A model for the audiotutorial learning system was developed which consists of three stages. In the first stage, prelearning activities, the teacher and the learner communicate the goals, objectives, needs, expectations, and rationales for the learning. Also in this stage is a diagnosis-prescription test designed to structure and initiate the next…

Students in an elementary algebra course use audio-cassette recordings of lecture materials to accompany their textbooks. (SD)

Provides six examples of ways to individualize instruction in the areas of nutrition and consumer education. (SB)

The value in using the computer as a teaching machine is likely to be a function of how well it can adapt to individual differences in performance. The term adaptive'' is used to imply that the student is routed to material which follows different teaching strategies and that tasks are put together, on-line, to fit a particular student's…

Paper presented at Symposium on Research and Utilization of Educational Media for Teaching the Deaf (Lincoln, Nebraska, March 17-19, 1969). (JJ)

Designed basically to link theory to classroom practice this handbook attempts to point out that an individualized learning classroom is within the ability, energy, and reach of every classroom teacher. The three introductory chapters cover theories of individualized learning, objectives, and a method to evaluate the priorities for reorganizing…

A unit intended for self-instruction developed in 1974 at the University of Minnesota Work-In in Besancon, France is given. The goal of the unit is to enable the student to use the metro for transportation in Paris. (RM)

The major purpose of the experience described in this report was to determine what functional problems tended to develop under an individualized continual progress approach when large numbers of students were enrolled and where multiple instructional staff loads were maximized. This report describes: (1) the nature of the instruction, the basic…

Describes an individualized instructional system for teaching accounting students who lack motivation: The system provides students with mini-quizzes and an audio-tutorial system for use together and separately, allows the instructor to supplement gaps in student understanding of accounting concepts, and provides the instructor lattitude and…

The development and extensive utilization of self-instructional materials in clinical rotations have the potential to improve the educational activities of clinical education. Therefore allied health educators should consider self-instruction teaching strategy as a primary method. (NH)

How a basic media utilization course at the University of Utah has been developed on a completely self-instructional basis. (Author)

Two new strategies in computer-assisted language instruction designed to take advantage of the interactive capabilities of the computer are described. (RM)