Project AIM/LOFT (Accommodative Instructional Management/Learning Opportunities for Teachers) is a staff development training program that uses special instructional materials. The five-part staff development project includes: (1) intensive competency-based training; (2) in-class follow-up training; (3) action labs; (4) training in team dynamics;…

Compares the use of individualized self-paced and traditional instructional methods in elementary accounting, evaluating various student characteristics (i.e., age, sex, college grade point average, previous college-level business courses taken, prior work experience, and aptitude test scores) as predictors of student success under the…

Results of three studies comparing lecture/discussion to a Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) suggest that students perform better using PSI. (SK)

A rationale for learner-centered education and practical suggestions for the development of learning contracts based on individual objectives and attained skills are offered. The educator-as-learning-facilitator, developing the learner-facilitator relationship, and developing objectives are discussed. (Author/MLW)

Discusses the problems involved in matching differences between learners and differences between different types of media to improve the learning process. Thirty-eight references are cited. (CHC)

Reviews some representative literature in man/machine tutorial systems. Student-to-student tutoring, tutoring by proctor, tutoring in programed instruction and with teaching machines, auto/audio/video tutoring, and tutoring with computers are discussed. (RAO)

Paper presented at the 66th Convention of the International Association of Pupil Personnel Workers, October 20, 1980, Baltimore, Maryland, describes individual education based on the principles of Alfred Adler. Defines six advantages of individual education, emphasizing student responsibility, mutual respect, and allowing students to progress at…

Central Michigan University provides an individualized bachelor's degree program for adult students. A study of participants revealed common student characteristics and five factors predicting academic success: age at entry, grade point average, credits transferred or experientially earned, learning options used, and attitude toward staff. (MSE)

Discusses the role of individualized instruction (II), and educational innovation in general, in the back-to-basics movement. Describes several approaches to innovation and lists some common reasons for the failure of innovative instructional practices. (CS)

Provides general guidelines for conducting educational research in the field of individualized instruction. (CS)

Presents a brief review of the historical background of Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) by one of its founders. Reflects on the past and future for this form of individualized instruction. (CS)

Discussed are several suggestions for the maintenance of a science self-paced classroom. Topics include the use of computers for student self-assessment, teachers and students roles in the self-paced classroom, and laboratory setup and packaging in the self-paced science laboratory. (Author/DS)

Great Britain's Industrial Language Training (ILT) program is intended to improve immigrant workers' English skills in the workplace. ILT tutors design individualized instruction programs which take into account the varying objectives of the trainees, the companies, and the trainers. (SK)

An investigation of the relationships among student attributes, styles of teaching, and outcomes in a BSCS-based secondary school biology course is described. Two teaching styles, individual and small group teaching and whole group teaching, were investigated as were student attributes including general ability, personality characteristics, and…

The initiation of Public Law 94-142 has provided a variety of assurances for the nation's handicapped. This article examines these assurances and strategies for their implementation. (Author/DS)