Distinctive contributions of each teaching method to the solution of instructional design problems are identified within the General Model of Individualized Instruction. (Author)

This paper reviews the principles, implementation, management, formats, problems, and research in modular instruction. A module is defined as a self-contained, independent unit of a planned series of learning activities designed to help the student accomplish certain well-defined objectives. The learner is able to proceed at his own rate, choose…

This history of personalized instruction (PSI) from its inception at the University of Brasilia in a course on behavior analysis to its broadening use by other disciplines, educational levels, and countries also describes research efforts, sources of support, and variations on the theme of unitized learning. (JH)

This bibliography is intended to be comprehensive (through December 1, 1973) in its coverage of articles, books, and conference papers on the personalized system of instruction. It also includes some papers dealing with related topics such as the audiotutorial method, individually prescribed instruction and, occasionally, programed instruction.…

Describes the use of the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) method in an undergraduate process dynamics and control course. Includes grade distribution data and student questionnaire results. (MLH)

This self-instructional text presents information on the design and development of curricular materials. Three broad divisions provide a framework for the text. Part I, "Background to Instructional Design," examines the goals of education, psychological bases of instruction, determination of subject matter, and necessary skills in formulating…

The Basic Instructional Program (BIP) was developed to investigate tutorial modes of interaction in computer-assisted instruction. This paper describes how the problem of presentation sequence is individualized based on a representation of the structure of the curriculum and a model of the student's state of knowledge. (Author)

Fredonia's independent learning laboratory makes individualized instruction a practical reality. (Editor)

Students enrolled in an audio-tutorial section of an introductory college physics course responded more favorably than did students in the lecture section on a student questionnaire concerned with attitudes toward the course and laboratory. (MLH)

Equates academic grading and ranking in that the grading system establishes achievement standards. Explores the incompatibility of Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI) and the letter grade system. Outlines the pressures applied to rank IPI students, explores time grading, considers IPI and motivation, and explains the important contribution…

Systems of programmed instruction appear to offer some solutions to common pedagogic problems. In this article, the author describes how one such system has been used in some higher education courses. (Editor)

Systematic experimental manipulation of the four components of the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) approach and required lectures gives results suggesting that dropping any one component is undesirable. (Author)

Describes an individualized introductory genetics course and its major outcomes: increased student achievement, a sense of self-achievement, more student confidence in their own ideas, as well as a program which costs less and can accommodate more students per instructor. (BR)

Presents a college program that utilizes a self-paced, mastery-oriented curricula. Courses are subdivided into small complete modules that may require a few hours or a few weeks to complete. Describes development of the modules and disciplinary differencies in their use. (GS)

The unit mastery learning system is a method of individualized, self-paced learning which, through repeatable testing, enables students to attain a mastery of the content of one unit before proceeding to the next in the program. This article describes the unit mastery learning system and its application in an introductory geography course at Hilo…