This guidebook describes an instructional and curricular tool, the Unipac, which teachers can use to individualize instruction. The Unipac is defined as a lesson plan for learners, a self-contained set of teaching-learning materials designed to teach any single topic; it is structured for individual use and aids the development of a continuous…

Included is a set of five teacher-prepared Learning Activity Packages (LAPs) for individualized instruction in topics in biology. The units cover the topics of individuals and populations, communities and ecosystems, diversity, plant functions, and animal functions. Each unit contains a rationale for the material; a list of behavioral objectives…

Included is a set of five teacher-prepared Learning Activity Packages (LAPs) for individualized instruction in topics in biology. The units cover the topics of genetic continuity, methods of investigation, cell biology, genetics, and animal physiology. Each unit contains a rationale for the material; a list of behavioral objectives for the unit; a…

The rapid growth of the middle school has necessitated the formation of a new teacher education program. Until the present time, the middle school teacher has received in-service training at the elementary and secondary levels. This method has proved to be inadequate and a preservice education program that is neither elementary nor secondary has…

This program for preservice teachers is an outgrowth of a critical need for preparing students to teach environmental subjects in public schools. By using exit criteria, competencies, and behavioral objectives as guides, students help determine their individual academic needs and then plan a self-instructing, self-paced program to meet these…

A remedial program was developed at Nashville State Technical Institute to provide individualized instruction in mathematics, English, and reading. Students scoring less than a composite 50 percent on the five sections of a developed diagnostic reading test were assigned to the remedial reading program. The IBM Model 30 Computer was used to assign…

At an international symposium on individualized instruction, educators from America and Europe expressed their concern that the societal need for unity, cohesion, and a sense of mission is in direct conflict with the individual's need for diversity and freedom. They pointed to parents, administrators, teachers, and teacher educators as the major…

Because of great differences in reading ability among junior-high students, various forms of individualized reading instruction can be used successfully to the benefit of the students. Within a given class there are several ways the teacher can direct the reading activities to meet the individual needs of students. For example, total group reading…

The effects of individually prescribed instruction (IPI) in reading as compared to the traditional mode of instruction are examined. The IPI model includes four components: analysis of subject matter content, diagnosis of student preinstructional behavior, sequencing of materials to facilitate learning, and evaluation strategies. Elementary…

This book is divided into two parts: a discussion of the role of individualized instruction in today's schools, and a detailed description of objectives and implementation of the Duluth Individualized Mathematics Program. In the first part, the author argues that schools should not be preservers of tradition but agents of change; diversity should…

Reported were data from the first year of a 2-year project in which four elementary schools implemented a new organizational pattern that stressed individualized instruction and maintenance of mild to moderately handicapped children in regular classrooms. Schools were selected on the basis of the following criteria: school population of 600 to 900…

Student control of computer-assisted instruction has a number of pragmatic advantages due to difficulties in providing a general program which is truly individualized. The attempt here has been to define and describe the commands which could be modified to provide learner control in any computer-assisted instruction course. Some of the commands…

Included are performance-based test items for students completing the Unit I, Level 1, Intermediate Science Curriculum Study (ISCS) materials. There are 25 specific performance objectives listed in the beginning which are later followed by several test items for each. Correct answers are given for each test question. Observation techniques are…

This publication provides examples of test items which can be used to test the performance of students after completing activities of Unit 1, Level II, in the Intermediate Science Curriculum Study (ISCS) materials. A total of 30 performance-based objectives are listed by several question items. Correct answers are provided. The publication is…

This publication is one of 14 modules prepared for training pre- and in-service teachers to teach Intermediate Science Curriculum Study (ISCS) materials. The organization of this publication is centered around the first unit at level I discussing the broad physics concept of "work." Various activities are suggested for teachers. This…