The organic curriculum is an attempt to meet challenges to education in a systematic way instead of dealing with each as an isolated segment. It proposes to radically change the present secondary educational program in the direction of the learner-oriented curriculum. The objective of the program is to integrate academic training, occupational…

It is a difficult task to arrange a learning environment permitting each student to pursue, at all times, the types of activities that most appropriately meet his needs. The concept of individualized performance-based instruction is an attempt to realistically approach this task by diagnosing students' needs and interests related to desired…

This publication is the second in a series intended to disseminate program ideas tried successfully at one Job Corps Center and of likely interest to other centers. Contained in this issue are materials of value in tutoring math and reading to corps-members whose first language is Spanish. (Author/SK)

An instructional management program was developed to assist students in selecting learning activities. The program was based on a general model for specifying hierarchical curriculum structure. This model was developed using the directed graph, a mathematical form of a structural model. A hierarchy could then be generated from the curriculum…

Several principles for the effective use of computers in education are identified as a result of experiences with Project Solo, an experiment in education patterned on the dual-solo example of flight instruction in allowing the student to eventually exert more influence on his learning than his instructor. First, the essential social character of…

Composed of selected articles from recent issues of "Educational Technology" magazine, this volume in the review series covers individualizing instruction. Topic areas discussed in the articles include concepts of individualized instruction, student centered programs, systems for individualizing instruction, validation techniques, individualized…

A study was devised to investigate how media centers function within individualized instructional programs at selected elementary schools in Connecticut and to evaluate those media centers in relation to their school programs according to criteria developed by leaders in the field. Results of questionnaires showed 1) a relationship exists between…

Learning Activity Packages (LAP) relating to time, space, and matter are presented for use in sampling a new type of learning for a whole year. Besides the unit on introduction to individualized learning, 11 major topics are incorporated into three other units: (1) observation of the physical world, (2) space and exploration for environmental…

Learning Activity Packages (LAP) relating to the earth and space are presented for use in sampling a new type of learning for a whole year. Eighteen topics are incorporated into five units: (1) introduction to individualized learning, (2) observation versus interpretation, (3) chemistry in the space age, (4) the space age interdisciplines, and (5)…

THE CONSISTENCY OF THREE MEASURES OF LEARNING RATE IN MATHEMATICS AND READING WAS STUDIED OVER DIFFERENT UNITS OF STUDY. STUDENTS OF GRADES ONE THROUGH SIX (N=152) MATHEMATICS AND READING, INDIVIDUALLY PRESCRIBED INSTRUCTION. EACH WAS ASSIGNED TO A SPECIFIC LEVEL IN A CONTENT AREA BASED ON SUBJECT MASTERY. THE RATE MEASURES INCLUDED THE TOTAL…

The research project addressed itself to the problem of mastering the meaning of multiple-meaning words by 17 prelingually hearing impaired children (8-14 years old). It was hypothesized that it should be possible to develop programed instruction using visuals and vocabulary appropriate for a given designated group which could be individually…

This bibliography is part of a doctoral thesis entitled "Individualized Instruction: Its Effects upon Achievement and Interest in Beginning College Spanish," an evaluation of Purdue University's Paced Spanish program. The bibliography cites more than 140 books and journal articles on the theories and goals of foreign language teaching…

Intended to be a practical guide for administrators, teachers, and parents on how to meet the individualized education program (IEP) requirements of Public Law 94-142, the primer provides 10 author contributed chapters to aid the reader in developing, implementing, and monitoring an IEP for every handicapped child. Chapters have the following…

A program in beginning French is described in which an individualized approach to language teaching was used to achieve a high level of mastery and avoid grade bargaining by varying the time needed by students to achieve mastery. The same course structure was used to train language majors as teaching assistants. (Author/RM)

Discusses nine problem areas that emerged at a community college when they introduced a continuous intake/exit individualized learning system in their basic skill development program. Also, presents the strengths and weaknesses of the system. (EM)