Comments on the basic elements found in all individualized programs and the need for curriculum designers to be aware of their integral relationships. (RL)

Discusses why educational technology has made little impact on secondary education and outlines a model which uses technology to achieve a more flexible curriculum. (AA)

A project that has as its major goal the achievement of the best method of individualized instruction is discussed. Student abilities and interests, achievement test results, and teacher recommendations are three factors taken into consideration when mapping out a course of study for a particular student. (CK)

Based on a major research project (the InterActive Project), this book explores and illustrates how digital technologies can transform learning across the curriculum. Using a wide range of educational settings--primary, secondary, school and home--it will help practitioners think about, plan and execute effective learning in their classrooms and…

Some high achievers are not as easy to engage. Sometimes motivating high achievers is "a matter of being more sensitive to what they are interested in," says Don Ambrose, a professor of education at Rider University in New Jersey. But too often classrooms are not set up for that kind of sensitivity. Research shows that schools are…

This document is one of eight reports prepared to support the development of a new learning system, a development effort that is the first step in a major initiative undertaken by the Stupski Foundation. The Foundation endeavors to improve the life options of all students, especially underserved urban youth of color by fundamentally redesigning…

The experience of UWW at Morgan State College in Maryland with contracts, including costs of the program.

The individualization of instruction, (the IGE program), the built-in planning system which provides released time, and the curriculum coordination of the Instructional Improvement Committee increase the probability for the establishment of a cognitive, practical approach to learning. (Author)

This is a guide for teachers of high school physical education programs which explains how to prepare a program with the greatest possibilities for individualized learning. First, it explains what kinds of equipment and facilities are necessary. Then, it explains the procedure for the mini-courses, the design of which allows a student to either…

This paper describes a curriculum design model to train research and development personnel under USOE-NIE funding. This design model, called PIC (Process Individualization Curriculum), was chosen for coverting on-campus courses to extra-mural self-instructional courses. The curriculum specialists who work with professors to individualize their…

The objective of this project was to discover an effective means by which teachers could have available sufficient data to make decisions in order to preplan individual teaching-learning situations. In order to achieve this objective, an electronic information retrieval system was developed. Behavioral objectives, subject-matter statements,…

This monograph presents an overview of the Individually Guided Education (IGE) concept, indicates procedures used to develop courses at the University of Wisconsin, and provides a description of the graduate courses. In the overview, IGE is defined as a comprehensive system to produce higher education achievements through providing for differences…