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Rizzo, William A. – 1977
This report concludes the second phase of a four-phase study concerning the application of the microfiche medium for onboard training. This study compared the efficiency of using microfiche versus traditional paper copy for training. Thirty experimental trainees completed the curriculum using training modules republished as microfiche. The school…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Media, Evaluation, Individualized Instruction

Merrill, M. David – 1984
This chapter presents the theory and research underlying Merrill's concept of learner control as an instructional system. Three levels of learner control--content-control, display-control, and control of conscious-cognitive processing--and efforts to manipulate these variables are described, and a model of external and internal learner control is…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Instructional Systems, Models, Pacing
Gabriel, J.; Pillai, J. K. – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1981
The effectiveness of a modular approach to learning in a botany unit as compared to the traditional teaching approach in terms of learning efficiency, learning time, and mastery level is reported. Three references are cited. (Author/CHC)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Botany, Developing Nations, Flexible Scheduling

Callahan, Connie; Smith, Richard M. – Roeper Review, 1990
A group of eight gifted junior high students was presented programed units of psychology instruction based on Fred Keller's model of personalized instruction. Compared to a control group which received traditional lecture-format instruction, subjects completed the material in less time and scored significantly higher on the final test. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Gifted, Independent Study, Individualized Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness
Ruskin, Robert S. – 1974
Over the past decade, momentum has been gathering for the development and application of a variety of approaches to the instructional process that emphasize mastery and self-pacing by the student. Included are approaches such as programmed instruction, computer-aided instruction, and individually prescribed instruction. This review considers one…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation, Educational Media, Educational Technology
McKinley, Robert L.; Reckase, Mark D. – 1984
A new procedure is proposed for developing, evaluating, and implementing routing procedures for use with individualized instruction programs. An item response theory model for describing the relationship between performance on sequentially arranged units of instruction, and procedures for using the model to evaluate sequential relationships and…
Descriptors: Estimation (Mathematics), Individualized Instruction, Latent Trait Theory, Mastery Tests
Massey, Tom E.; Conner, Totsye J. – 1975
Materials from an individualized Algebra I program were used by 307 experimental students in ten classrooms of nine public junior and senior high schools. A control group of 250 students in ten classrooms used a traditional textbook approach to Algebra I. Achievement of the total experimental and control groups as measured by the Lankton Test was…
Descriptors: Algebra, Educational Research, Field Studies, Individualized Instruction
Taber, Margaret R. – 1974
Electric Circuits 540-126 is the second course of a three-course sequence which is taken during the first year of the two-year program in Electrical-Electronic Engineering Technology at Cuyahoga Community College (Ohio). The conventional lecture method of instruction includes textbook and other reading assignments, lectures based on the readings…
Descriptors: Conventional Instruction, Engineering Education, Engineering Technology, Individualized Instruction
White, Sandra – 1976
Alternative methods for facilitating mastery of reading skills must be provided if instruction is to become differentiated and truly individualized. As part of a study to find alternative methods in reading instruction, 45 fourth graders were pretested for mastery of one skill within the Wisconsin Design for Reading Skill Development, and the 44…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 4, Individualized Instruction, Learning Laboratories
Bukowski, Joseph E. – 1976
This study was designed to determine the effectiveness of two methods of individualized instruction compared to the traditional textbook-lecture method in teaching introductory accounting courses. The two experimental class sections and the control class section involved in the study enrolled a total of 71 students. In the first individualized…
Descriptors: Accounting, Audiovisual Instruction, Business Education, Conventional Instruction
Tanner, David E. – 1987
This study focused on the use of computer-assisted instruction with high risk students. Subjects were eleventh grade American history students who were presented the same material either by their regular instructor or by a computer sequence developed with an authoring system. Despite a statistically significant advantage for the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Grade 11, High Risk Students, High Schools
Thiagarajan, Sivasailam – 1973
Provided are the rationale, content and strategy for an introductory course in instructional design for special education teachers. The teacher's need for varied competencies in instructional design, management and interaction are discussed. It is recommended that teacher training include development of such design skills as task analysis, learner…
Descriptors: Course Objectives, Exceptional Child Education, Handicapped Children, Individualized Instruction
Taber, Margaret R. – 1974
Electric Circuits 540-125 is the first course of a three-course sequence taken in the first year of the two-year program in Electrical-Electronic Engineering Technology at Cuyahoga Community College (Ohio). The conventional lecture method of instruction includes textbook and other reading assignments, lectures based on the readings and homework…
Descriptors: Conventional Instruction, Engineering Education, Engineering Technology, Individualized Instruction
Beard, Marian; And Others – 1978
This report intended for use by instructors describes research in curriculum design for computer-assisted instruction. The issues and difficulties involved in courseware development are discussed, with particular emphasis on the problems of current "generative" techniques. The Curriculum Information Network (CIN), as used in the BASIC…
Descriptors: Branching, Computer Assisted Instruction, Course Content, Curriculum Development
vonFeldt, James R. – 1977
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…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Deafness, Individualized Instruction