Examines some of the objections of secondary school teachers to the application of the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) or Keller Plan and provides reasons why these objections are not valid. (PEB)

Presents a description of the development and use of a revised two-semester introductory organic chemistry course. (EB)

Describes a Keller Plan program for teaching thermodynamics to college students. The outcome is improvement in study habits, and a more positive attitude towards examinations, but less performance in problem solving ability than via traditional approach. (Author/GA)

Describes the Elastically Structured Teaching (EST) method of instruction employed at West Virginia University which gives students more freedom than does traditional lecture, but which is not totally self paced. (SL)

Suggests the use of individually paced instruction, projects, and directed individual study as teaching methods to encourage students' responsibility for learning. (CC)

Responses to a three item questionnaire administered to 105 seventh grade students indicated that less than 40 percent favored greater individualization of their science classes. (PB)

This is a report of the development of four self-study units in physics for college nonscience majors. The topics of the units are Waves and Sound, The Radiant Energy of Sunlight, Infrared Radiation, and Acceleration. Each unit includes an inexpensive, portable kit; a student manual containing all requisite background information, self-test,…

Describes a chemistry course designed for the general student at Pampa Senior High School, Pampa, Texas. It presents the fundamental concepts in chemistry in a nonmathematical context; contains many options in the form of minicourses; and permits the student to pace himself. (HM)

Discusses different kinds of material presentation in the teaching of electromagnetism at the university level, including three "classical" approaches and the Keller personalized proctorial system. Indicates that a general introduction to generators and motors may be useful in an electromagnetism course. (CC)