The purpose of the project was to develop evaluation, guidance, and tutorial services to maximize the previous health related experience and education of people and to enable them to be placed, with advanced standing, into an existing practical nursing program. Because each student comes into a program with certain knowledge and abilities, Project…

This book is based on the following assumptions: there are recognized skills of decoding that are essential to the reading act; these skills can be identified by the knowledgeable reading teacher; there is a level of reading at which every child can best be taught; and reading comprehension is comprehension of the lexical and syntactical elements…

The Mathematics Basic Skills Development Project served 15 secondary school locations in the Minneapolis Public Schools' Target Area in 1972-73. The objectives of this project were to develop and use an instructional system which would enable low achieving secondary students to learn basic mathematical concepts and skills. An instructional unit…

Reported are procedures used in a Wisconsin public school system to implement 1973 state legislation mandating education of all handicapped children and stipulating that a handicapped child should be educated according to his individual needs. Included are a description of the multidisciplinary team approach and an outline of screening, referral,…

Developed for the Carroll County Public Schools, this Learning Activity Package (LAP) for grade 8 offers a way to provide individualized learning about tradition and change in modern India. Learning activities are based on curriculum and audiovisual materials available in the Carroll County Schools. The unit focuses on a comparison of urban and…

Multiple linear regressions were employed to determine the relative contributions of cognitive and affective variables accounting for variance in college students' achievement and amount of time taken to complete a self-paced, individualized course. Study habits and attitudes (SSHA) made greater relative contributions to explaining total course…

This minicourse was prepared for use with secondary physics students in the Dallas Independent School District and is one option in a physics program which provides for the selection of topics on the basis of student career needs and interests. This minicourse was aimed at providing students with a knowledge of the technical descriptions of music,…

This minicourse was prepared for use with secondary physics students in the Dallas Independent School District and is one option in a physics program which provides for the selection of topics on the basis of student career needs and interests. This minicourse was aimed at providing the student with the opportunity to compare scientific theory…

Two types of materials comprise the curriculum guide: descriptive information about student, job and individualized instruction techniques for use by the instructor and a set of 10 learning activity packages for the student. Together, these form a work unit which, when successfully completed by the student, provides the necessary skills for an…

The purpose of this project was to develop and field test a model for delivering teaching competency instruction to inexperienced vocational teachers. An off-campus course was developed utilizing six individualized learning packages or modules based on 38 competencies considered most important for beginning teachers. Twelve teachers from the three…

In this study concerning individualized instruction, forth fifth graders who had been taught language arts by an individualized instructional system since first grade were the experimental group. The control groups were of the same socioeconomic status and racial composition but had been taught by traditional methods of instruction. To assess…

This combination textbook-workbook is designed to provide a sequence of experiences to help the student learn the process of career and life planning through a learning-teaching approach. Major units covered are self, world of work, gaining knowledge and skills, considering alternatives, and making, implementing, and revising decisions. These…

This paper first addresses the issue of the contradictory nature of informed opinion and advice in the foreign language field today. It goes on to consider such controversial topics as the introduction of the written symbol, teaching the language versus teaching about it, teaching culture, the usefulness of FLES, and individualization. The…

The author's main objective in compiling this book on elementary physical education was to give both the classroom teacher and specialist a simple, yet practical, model for an individualized physical education program stressing movement education with a theme-oriented approach. This model is meant to augment or supplement the current program to…

Trainees from Navy Basic Electricity/Electronics School were assigned to receive either computer-assisted instruction (CAI) or conventional individualized instruction in a segment of a course requiring use of a multimeter to measure resistance and current flow. The (CAI) group used PLATO IV plasma-screen terminals; individualized instruction…