This paper describes the author's experiences teaching a high school class after ten years of teaching college-level secondary education students. The author tells how she arranged to teach a short-story course in a local high school and how she organized the course around small-group and individual activities through the use of activity cards.…

The problem of developing and evaluating a personalized, competency-based modular instructional strategy was chosen to offer an alternative to the traditional lecture method in a laboratory food and nutrition course at the university level. The content of the course was divided into modules with competency-based objectives. Students passing the…

This report presents the findings from the Instructional Dimensions Study (IDS). The IDS examined the relationship between selected program characteristics such as instructional setting, time, content, and individualized instructional practices, and program effectiveness. Specifically, it assessed the effects of these program characteristics on…

A study of 94 students was undertaken in an attempt to support the hypothesis that remedial English instruction in college can result in measurable improvement in student writing. These students, chosen randomly from 376 prospective remedial students were divided into seven different writing classes which met for one-hour class sessions four days…

Out of a need to provide self-paced instructional units, a project was developed combining various delivery techniques in a unique package designed to increase instructor efficiency and to allow students to proceed with learning as quickly as they are individually able. Although the project is not yet in final form, field testing has been…

This publication is the examination booklet used for a home study course in water treatment. This course is the advanced part of a series produced by the Department of the Navy. This publication is designed to be used in conjunction with a course textbook. Each of the four examinations contained in this document are referenced to a specific…

Intended to be used by secretarial science students in a single skills laboratory, this operations manual for a dictaphone cassette contains step-by-step instructions and simple diagrams designed to be easily understood by students. (Two other learning modules designed for student use in a single skills laboratory and a report on the development…

A programed sequence for teaching students to solve word problems was developed using a combination of the information processing and structural variables approaches. Students using the sequence proceeded individually through mastery of a sequence of objectives. In order to evaluate the program, fourth and fifth graders were randomly selected from…

This booklet is one in a series designed to bridge the gap between theory and practice by suggesting specific classroom activities based on current educational theory and research. Designed for elementary school teachers, it is divided into two sections. The first section discusses such topics as providing a healthy classroom environment for free…

The value of the credit hour as a measure of performance of students, faculty, and organizations in higher education was examined. Testing the hypothesis that work time effort and designated repertoire are equal for a given credit across all students, student work time was examined in an individualized instructional system. Large differences were…

The test packet is part of an eight volume unit for grades 10, 11, and 12, designed for individualized progression in preparing the student for entry into the occupation of accounting clerk. The test packet contains both pretests and post-tests for lessons 12 through 21. The unit is concerned with the basic accounting theory as it is used in the…

The test packet is part of an eight volume unit for grades 10, 11, and 12, designed for individualized progression in preparing students for entry into the occupation of accounting clerk. The test packet contains both pretests and post-tests for lessons 1 through 12. The unit is concerned with the basic accounting theory found in the accounting…

An investigation was made to determine the instructional function of the professional media staff in a school. The objectives of the study were: (1) to develop a model to add the expertise of the media specialist to the teaching team; (2) to access the effect the model had on the academic achievement and self-concept of students; and (3) to…

In an attempt to prepare students for units analysis in the solution of problems in high school chemistry and physics, the author developed learning packets on the factor label method. Thirty-three students used these packets individually during a regular tenth-grade geometry class. There were two packets, each to be used for two days. Prior to…

This individualized learning manual deals with the mechanics of information retrieval of the ERIC files, using the RIC program of North Dakota. The material covered includes formulating a basic search strategy, identifying major concepts, the mechanics of computer searching, and the unique properties of the ERIC system. Each discussion contains…