The purposes of this study were to assess staff perceptions of desirability and level of implementation of Individually Guided Education (IGE)/Secondary Schooling in four high schools implementing programs similar to IGE and to identify factors enhancing or impeding implementation of these programs. Theoretical foundations of the study included…

This Child Development Associate (CDA) training module is designed to help the CDA intern develop the knowledge and skills necessary for establishing an individualized program for young children. Objectives are presented, along with suggested activities for achieving each objective and an assessment checklist. Also provided is a study guide…

Recent comprehensive analyses such as those by Harnishfeger and Wiley (1975) and Zajonc (1976) indicate the existence of a national and international downward trend in achievement and intelligence test scores. An analysis of the achievement and intelligence test scores in a small, upper middle class, New Jersey elementary school district showed an…

This report contains four papers which discuss the theory, development, and evaluation of a Western Michigan University inservice program for developing individualized instruction. The first paper discusses inservice education based on the philosophical assumptions and implications of informal/open education towards individualized instruction. It…

This paper describes the individualized program in second-year French at the University of Montana. Learning packets were designed for the course, and each contained the following: (1) a list of learning objectives, (2) an activities map, (3) self-tests, (4) a preparation test, (5) the final test, (6) a conversation-pronunciation test, and (7) a…

The publication is intended to convey a perspective on career education, emphasizing recognized instructional organization, processes and procedures, and concerns. The first chapter discusses the career education concept generally, as an instrument for curricular analysis and as a bridge between the classroom and the community. The second chapter…

In order to assess the effectiveness of the Continuous Progress in Spelling program, an individualized approach to spelling mastery, this study investigated the relationships among grade level, reading ability, spelling achievement, and attitude changes, in third- and fourth-grade participants of the program. A total of 689 students from five…

An earlier report on the progress of Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI) is brought up to date with summaries of known materials dealing with several aspects of IPI. Part 1 of the report provides a general description and findings of IPI to date. Part 2 provides specific subject description and reviews in abstract format and formative and…

The Progress Check Booklet is designed to be used by the student working in the programed course to determine if he has mastered the concepts in the course booklets on: electrical current; voltage; resistance; measuring current and voltage in series circuits; relationships of current, voltage, and resistance; parellel circuits; combination…

This issue of the "Illinois English Bulletin" is divided into 30 sections which discuss individualizing instruction. Some of the topics included are: the advantages of individualizing instruction in general, the writing of daily learning objectives for use by the classroom teacher, individualizing instruction at Lincolnland Community College,…

A novel approach to the collection and utilization of program treatment information that quantifies innovative educational practices is described. Data was collected from groups of students within grade and within subject matter area who were exposed to the same program characteristics. These flexibly defined "educational experience…

This paper reports on an on-going experiment in computer-aided language instruction. In 1972, a class of beginning German students at the Duluth campus of the University of Minnesota volunteered to test two pedagogic theories: (1) Could a computer-aided course be used by a class and an instructor who knew nothing of computers and who had to rely…

The current emphasis on quality in education began with the launching of Sputnik in 1958. This led to the realization that all was not well and to the era of massive government grants to aid education. Great advances in technology and new dimensions for one practical field of psychology, education, have profound ramifications for students,…

Self-paced programed and audiovisual (AV) instructional materials covering portions of the Air Force course, Precision Measuring Equipment (PME) Specialist, were developed, administered, and evaluated as means of assessing the feasibility of individualizing the PME course as part of the Air Force's Advanced Instructional System (AIS). The…

This newsletter, devoted to the topic of individualization of foreign language instruction in America, contains a series of statements by prominent educators expressing their endorsement of the theory implied in this increasingly popular mode of instruction. A summary of general curriculum guidelines governing educators in the State of…