Discussion of educational reform/renewal involves consideration of the institutional characteristics of schooling. Schools have underlying patterns of conduct, belief, and values that provide meaning to the ongoing activities of learning. These patterns and assumptions of school life have tended to produce standardized educational experiences,…

This paper discusses a course designed to equip students to use library resources while conducting academic research. By employing the methods of individualized instruction, a minimal teaching staff can direct the learning of large groups of students. Identifiable competencies are developed and can be assessed in: (1) the critical thinking which…

This self-instructive workbook focuses upon teacher-initiated questioning strategies and the relationship of the strategies to students' thinking. It utilizes written materials, audiotapes, videotapes, and students in the classroom. The goals of the workbook are to enable the teacher to (1) identify and classify types of questions in terms of…

Chapter 966, Statutes of 1970, authorized the Superintendent of Public Instruction to exempt no more than five school districts from existing statutory provisions establishing minimum class-size standards and reporting requirements. The purpose of the exemption was to enable selected districts to establish pilot programs using differentiated…

In inner city community colleges, problems of improving student achievement and enhancing positive attitudes toward learning are compounded by lack of adequate training in basic academic skills. A pilot project was undertaken at Kennedy-King College (Illinois) to assist instructors in developing individualized learning courses. Following a review…

The staff of the Individualized Language Arts Diagnosis, Prescription, and Evaluation Project, a funded ESEA Title III program, has developed methods based on a diagnostic-teaching framework designed to analyze students' writing skills for grades 1-12. The program structure also provides teachers with methodology for developing and reinforcing…

The publication is designed for use in teacher education and directed towards curriculum development in career education. The collection of 24 transparencies provides illustrations of the advantages of module building for a career paths course that involves specific objectives, diagnostic pretesting, alternative learning environments, and mastery…

This paper expresses the fear that competency-based teacher education, with its use of individualized instructional modules, may neglect the central skill of teaching--the communicative process. Communicative experience cannot be packaged. Subjects peripheral to the act of teaching are best suited to modules for individual learning. Teachers,…

The history of the founding and first five years of operation of Pima Community College in Tucson, Arizona is presented in this paper. Following a brief description of the entire college program, philosophy, and physical plant, the reading program is discussed. The reading area is an independent academic area within the general studies division.…

The book's focus is on classroom procedures that allow an instructor to meet the needs of individuals while managing the learning activities of a group. The individualized instruction model that seems most appropriate for use with vocational programs is the fixed-content, variable-time, mastery model in which individuals are assisted in developing…

Presented are proceedings and products from a special study institute on individualized instruction in science for the handicapped (New York, 1974) in which both teachers of the handicapped and regular classroom teachers participated. It is explained that objectives of the institute included acquainting teachers of special education with the…

Fifth- and sixth-grade students in one school were instructed using the Mathematics Target System, an individualized approach, while those at a comparable school were given more traditional instruction. Students in both the experimental and control groups were pretested using the Pupil Opinionnaire, Attitude Toward Mathematics scale, and the…

The Developing Mathematical Processes (DMP) program was field-tested in the kindergarten and first three grades of one parochial and five public schools. DMP is an activity-based program developed around a comprehensive list of behavioral objectives. The program is concerned with the development of intuitive geometric concepts as well as…

A program designed for those students with varied skills, talents, and abilities who feel the present courses of study are not meeting their needs, the Communication Arts Curriculum is based on an approach to learning in which each student selects his or her own learning activity, assembles the resources, and participates in personal evaluation.…

Since 1970, the Migrant Child Teacher and Aide Institute has introduced approximately 175 Arizona teachers and 50 aides to new curriculum concepts in the areas of oral language development, reading, and individualized instruction. Jointly selected by the building principal, school superintendent, and the State Director of Migrant Education,…