Reviews, summarizes, and evaluates the research on audio-tutorial (A-T) instruction and attempts to provide some direction for future studies. Studies reviewed are grouped by type and include comparative methods studies, trait-treatment interaction studies, and studies of instructional variables. (GS)

Describes the individualized testing system and the impact of this practice on grade inflation of a biology course for nonmajors at Oral Roberts University, Tuba, Oklahoma. A course description, and discussion of results of 1,512 students who took the course over an eight-semester period are presented. (HM)

Describes a general chemistry program involving small groups of students working together toward the mastery of performance objectives. Explains the administrative procedure for the program and provides an evaluation in terms of professor time, student attitude, and student achievement. (GS)

Describes a course that supplements the traditional lecture approach with some aspects of self-paced personalized instruction in the form of a complete video and audiocassette collection of course materials designed for independent study, remedial work, review, or enrichment according to the needs or desires of the student. (GS)