A study was conducted to see if junior college and high school students do as well in learning elementary accounting through an individualized self-paced approach as through the traditional teacher-led method. (CT)

A year-round tennis instruction program was developed to provide an alternative to private club and municipal programs of tennis instruction. Private and group lessons were given at moderate prices. Other benefits of the program include improved community relations and more opportunities for experience for young tennis instructors. (JN)

Describes four approaches to competency-based staff development piloted in Texas during 1978 and 1979. These approaches to staff development are identified as (1) the pre-post workshop model, (2) the pre-inter-post workshop model, (3) the opportunities course model, and (4) the diversified training model. (CT)

Describes a cooperative project to develop materials for a self-paced, personalized system of instruction (PSI) to be used in core engineering courses offered at six participating colleges. Faculty training in PSI methods, cost effectiveness, and project evaluation are discussed. Four references are listed. (FM)

Discusses the work of Helen M. Robinson and William S. Gray that has influenced the author's own work in discovering causes of and preventing reading disability and in combating world illiteracy. (MKM)

This article clarifies the new perspective with which physical education is viewed within the educational process of the handicapped student. The role of health-related personnel in program implementation is discussed (CJ)

Computer-based education provides adult educators with an interactive and self-paced medium which has pedagogical and cost advantages. Applications of such educational technology must be an integral part of the instruction process. (Author/SK)

Describes techniques currently used to instruct individual library users, including library tours, handbooks, guides, programed instruction, and computer-assisted instruction. (FM)

Effective individualized instruction depends primarily on the teacher possessing the skills to implement it. Individualization is therefore quite compatible with the traditional self-contained elementary classroom model, but not with its alternative, departmentalization, which allows teachers neither the time flexibility nor the familiarity with…

Describes a method of individualizing textbook reading assignments. (MKM)

Recommends a rotation process for teaching accounting. Discusses student goals, selected proper materials (cassette tapes, computer simulation center, journals, and business forms), work stations, how to track student progress, and individual work paces. (CT)

The aim of the computerized grouping procedure was to facilitate the management of individualized programs of instruction by grouping students in accordance with a large number of teacher- and school-specified factors more efficiently than would be possible manually. (Author/IRT)

Describes an automatic exercise-problem selection method which is based on the theory of Learning Diagnosis and Treatment (LDT). An optimum problem for each learner is identified by comparing the required readiness for the problem and the learner's mastery level. (Author/CMV)

Discusses a study to evaluate pedagogical alternatives for teaching social studies (particularly geography) to adolescents. Topics discussed include individualized learning, learning from resources, autonomous pupil learning, and competing ideologies of education. (Author/DB)

P.L. 94-142 presents unique problems to schools with special education programs. This article offers suggestions for implementing the act's objectives of individualized instruction, least restrictive environment, and equal protection for handicapped children. (Author/LD)