This document is the second of five curriculum modules containing instructional units for disabled students who need assistance in mastering the function keys for the ExecuWriter II, a phototypesetter manufactured by Compugraphics of Wilmington, Massachusetts. The purpose of these modules is to provide supplementary instruction on an…

This document is the third of five curriculum modules containing instructional units for disabled students who need assistance in mastering the function keys for the ExecuWriter II, a phototypesetter manufactured by Compugraphics of Wilmington, Massachusetts. The purpose of these modules is to provide supplementary instruction on an individualized…

This document is the fourth of five curriculum modules containing instructional units for disabled students who need assistance in mastering the function keys for the ExecuWriter II, a phototypesetter manufactured by Compugraphics of Wilmington, Massachusetts. The purpose of these modules is to provide supplementary instruction on an…

This document is the fifth of five curriculum modules containing instructional units for disabled students who need assistance in mastering the function keys for the ExecuWriter II, a phototypesetter manufactured by Compugraphics of Wilmington, Massachusetts. The purpose of these modules is to provide supplementary instruction on an individualized…

This module is the second of a series of three separate, but unified by process, minimodules, all of which are part of a larger set of twelve individualized performance-based modules, each based on a major competency needed by vocational administrators for effectively administering vocational education in local education agencies. The module…

A series of 10 teacher-prepared Learning Activity Packages (LAPs) in advanced algebra and trigonometry, these units cover absolute value, inequalities, exponents, radicals, and complex numbers; functions; higher degree equations and the derivative; the trigonometric functions; graphs and applications of the trigonometric functions; sequences and…

The purposes of this study were (1) to develop and evaluate resource modules in the areas of treating reading difficulties and individualizing instruction to be used in a competency based teacher education program in reading and (2) to determine whether an instructional portion of the reading difficulties module could effectively be implemented in…

As a supplement to Learning Activity Packages (LAP) on the time-space-matter subject, details are presented for self-directed activities. Major descriptions are given on the background of LAP characteristics, metric system, profile graph construction, spectroscope operation, radiant energy measurement, sunspot effects, density determination,…

This paper describes a series of summer workshops for inservice teacher training (kindergarten, grades 1, 2, and 3) in the application of techniques and procedures based on pupil mastery of individualized modules of instruction. Contingency reinforcement management methods were demonstrated and practiced in the attempt to change pupil behavioral…

This document is a learning module in interpersonal perception, designed to teach undergraduate and post-graduate students how to more effectively teach disabled or exceptional students. The feelings and behaviors of both teacher and child interact and affect each other to produce a positive or negative learning environment. Some of the feelings…

The experiences and opportunities in this total teacher education program have been designed to support the college's responsibility to the public for training effective teachers who can begin to immediately provide worthwhile individualized instruction in IGE elementary schools. (MM)

Describes a high school biology course using 17 learning activity packages for individualized instruction based on the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) Yellow Version. Topics discussed in detail include the learning activity packages, the use of computers, and evaluation of the program. (CS)

A working knowledge of governmental health and welfare services can help nursing students in their professional work. The self-instructional module described by the author outlines the structure of government health and welfare agencies, explains the different types of benefits, and aims at clarifying personal values regarding the economically…

Advantages of a modular approach to preservice and inservice training of adult basic education teachers are discussed. Features of the "Learning Modules for Adult Educators" being used in Texas are described. (SK)

The Personalized System of Instruction, known as the Keller Plan, is compared with the mastery learning approach. Learning concepts of both are discussed, as well as differences, difficulties, and effectiveness of each method. (SA)