Two Colorado teachers' attempts to individualize mathematics instruction in grades 7 and 9 in small schools are reviewed. The seventh-grade teacher utilized multi-level textbooks in individualizing instruction. The results of the program were evaluated by the California Arithmetic Test. Grade placement for reasoning and mathematics fundamentals…

The last three decades of the twentieth century will witness a drastic change in the business of providing instruction in schools and colleges. The idea of "individualized instruction" has been pursued in a desultory fashion by American educators for most of the century. There have been several different concepts of individualization, the most…

Continuation education is aimed at the student who has not had successful experiences in the comprehensive high school but is subject to compulsory school attendance. This handbook views the instruction process as an interaction between the teacher, the student, and the curriculum. It provides guidance in developing an instructional package…

Presented is a description of a physics program format used, with a high degree of success, at Boyertown Area Senior High School in Pennsylvania. The program features integration of desirable curriculum innovations such as individualization with a recognized curriculum (Project Physics) while maintaining the quality of a solid first year physics…

Students should be encouraged and taught how to write more effectively. This may be accomplished by involving them in two types of writing--the journal and the essay. The student is encouraged to record in his journal what he did and thought during the day, regardless of the trivialities. The journal is never evaluated by the instructor unless the…

Competent middle school teachers must both extend students' abilities in the decoding and comprehending skills and stimulate their applications of these reading skills in content area texts. In considering this differentiation of instruction, teachers should be aware of an aptitude by treatment interaction (ATI)--no one technique will produce the…

Over the past decade, momentum has been gathering for the development and application of a variety of approaches to the instructional process that emphasize mastery and self-pacing by the student. Included are approaches such as programmed instruction, computer-aided instruction, and individually prescribed instruction. This review considers one…

This paper presents the theoretical basis for the model of individualization used in an elementary-school science program and describes the Individualized Science (IS) individualized-learning management system, which is an operational realization of the model. The science content and science learning goals of the curriculum reflect the authors'…

When talking about different faculties designing a single performance-based module, one is faced immediately with 2 sets of opposing views. The first has to do with the conflict between a strict discipline orientation and interdisciplinary, cross-disciplinary, or non-disciplinary work. The second set of conflicts arises from the differences…

The basic goal of this program was to provide individually-tailored instruction for more than 70 4-year-old children identified as having potential learning handicaps. Children selected for the program attended small half-day sessions four times a week. Instruction in the areas of language arts, mathematics, science, health, motor skills, and…

This course guide is the fifth in a series dealing with chemistry. The course is specifically designed for students interested in taking the Advanced Placement Chemistry examination and thus is equivalent to a first year college general chemistry course. Included in the guide are performance objectives, visual aids, a course outline, a list of…

Presented is a study of a science program for upper elementary and middle school children encouraging the development of logical thinking skills, describing variables, interpreting and criticizing experiments, and understanding experiment design. To provide a basis for the program, the students suggested projects to be done and developed…

There is every reason to believe productivity per person in education has decreased over the years. Per pupil expenditures have increased nearly threefold in constant dollars over the past two decades, while student/teacher ratios have decreased. Those who doubt that per person productivity can be increased do so because of their conviction that…

A comparison of oral interviewing and written proctoring procedures is described. Students were required to present units orally or in writing from unit study guides. Final exam scores were positively correlated with the number of oral interviews one student interviewer gave to another student, and negatively correlated with the number of…

This newsletter begins with an editorial on the purposes and methods of individualizing foreign language instruction. Mirta R. Vega describes an individualized Spanish course for English speakers, produced by the Dade Co. Public Schools, Miami, Florida. Also presented is a list, compiled by Robert McClennan, of the potential problems of foreign…