Intended as a resource for any teacher who wants to include explicit phonemic awareness instruction in an early reading program, this book provides three separate sets of phonemic awareness lessons, complete with scripted directions, reproducible learning materials, and assessment tools. Incorporating a variety of activities, each set of lessons…

This paper tells the story of Sister Mary Theresa Brentano, O.S.B's (1902-1987) innovative use of magnetic audiotapes to provide instruction for students in grades K-12. From 1952 to approximately 1968, Brentano implemented, refined, and tested her tape teaching methods with special emphasis on individualizing instruction in the elementary school.…

This study investigated the effects of personalized instruction on the achievement and attitudes of Taiwanese students on two-step mathematics word problems. A total of 136 fourth graders in a Taiwanese public school participated in the study. Subjects initially completed a Student Survey on which they chose their favorite foods, sports, stores,…

To prepare diverse learners for various roles in life, teachers should develop contextualized learning environments that enable students to develop individual skills while contributing to the knowledge of the classroom community. This is accomplished by integrating various subject matter domains with interdisciplinary themes that incorporate…

This follow-up study explored behavioral self-regulation, private speech and speech-action coordination with 72 preschoolers classified 2 years prior into two groups: those diagnosed as at-risk for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and healthy controls. Children were videotaped as they completed tasks of executive functioning,…

This report describes research and development activities concerned with developing a set of tools for planning interventions for individual children, birth to age 8. It is part of a 5-year project to develop a comprehensive system of assessment within a decision-making framework for programs serving children with and without disabilities, birth…

With the advent of constructivist oriented instruction in learning institutions comes an enormous challenge, that of structuring individual-centered learning within a community of learners. Within this instructional framework, struggles to satisfy both individual and group learning needs can lead to one canceling the other out. Tendencies towards…

This paper describes a research and development project initiated by a network of European logistics educators to promote all types, forms, and levels of logistics education by benefiting from the educational potential of multimedia/hypermedia as well as information technology and telecommunications. The main outcome of this project will be a…

This book presents a new method for English Language Arts teachers to assess student learning using authentic assessment techniques. It instructs on the implementation of the processes of Hypothesizing and Testing on a one-on-one basis, in order to better understand how children learn. Section 1 ("What Is the Hypothesis-Test Process?")…

Discusses the conduct of a new individualized elementary teacher education program at the University of Florida. Comparison of science content achievement between the new and traditional student groups shows the absence of significant differences. However, about 11 percent of college students scored lower than the top 10 percent of sixth graders.…

To remain educationally accountable, agriculture instructors must use production enterprises whenever they are available, exploiting their potential for facilitating the development of students' decision-making abilities through management practices, presented here in sequential development (student-set goals, standards, records, record analyses,…

Minis (mini-courses) and mods (periods of time of varying length devoted to the development of language skills), are two innovations which have been incorporated into the language program at Gustavus Adolphus College, Minnesota. (DD)

Demonstrations of diagnostic teaching are outlined, generalizations about diagnostic teaching made, and emphasis placed on the need for teachers to individualize instruction and to take into consideration student learning levels. (JB)