Reaction to the article, "A Critical Analysis of Competency Based Systems in Adult Education," was altogether a surprise. The author believes that, for a better understanding of human action and its vital manifestations, we need to apply our categories in a less trenchant manner, checking them continuously for their relevance to life-world…

Program slicing, a variant of the psychometric method of evaluation, is described to be useful to teachers for evaluating and modifying instructional materials for specific needs of individual children or groups of children. (MC)

When teachers understand how to teach differently, students will learn to write and transcribe shorthand in much less time than is thought possible. (Author)

A basic requirement in curriculum design and development is that curriculum objectives be stated in terms of observable human behavior. This project developed a technique for evaluating curriculum objectives based upon the analysis of behavioral objectives as classified into three components--action word, context, and criterion. In order to…

A multimedia course in economic analysis was prepared and used in conjunction with the United States Naval Academy. (ED 043 790 and ED 043 791 are the final reports of the project evaluation and development model.) This report provides a list, by course segment, of summarized behavioral objectives for the course with their associated learning…

Compares the similarities of and the differences among the three instructional systems -- PLAN, IGE, and PIP -- discussed in EA 504 612-614. (MF)

The purpose of this article is to clarify critical variables in the individualizing process. These include selecting appropriate practices, dealing with the abstract, changing student behavior, and humanizing instruction. (SK)

A classroom test is a work sample of all the behaviors the student must master in a given curriculum or part of the curriculum. Student performance on this sample enables the teacher to generalize concerning progress and mastery in the portion from which the sample is drawn. Each behavior to be mastered demands a suitable test or test items…

A multimedia course in economic analysis was prepared and used in conjunction with the United States Naval Academy. (See ED 043 790 and ED 043 791 for final reports of the project evaluation and the development model.) This report presents the first concept area--basic principles--in 24 segments, of which eight are "enrichment segments."…