The purpose of this research was to determine what components of academic and therapeutic clinical day programs ensure success for students with mental health diagnoses as they transition back to conventional educational settings. This study focused on the importance of developing students' capabilities to fulfill their own needs within Maslow's…

In this interview, James Block explains the model of mastery learning, developed by himself and B. Bloom, according to which individual differences in academic ability are lessened by appropriate teaching methods. (GW)

As a result of an extensive examination of its freshman composition program, the English department at the University of Nebraska at Omaha created an individualized, self-paced program in writing. This paper describes the areas of concern identified during the assessment of the traditional writing program, discusses the principles upon which the…

CONCLUSIONS ABOUT INDIVIDUALIZED READING BASED ON INFORMAL AND CONTROLLED STUDIES ARE PRESENTED. RESEARCH INDICATES THAT THERE ARE NO HOMOGENEOUS CLASSES, ALTHOUGH VARIOUS GROUPING PLANS HAVE ATTEMPTED TO NARROW THE RANGE OF INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES. INFORMAL STUDIES BY SOME TEACHERS WHO HAVE TRIED INDIVIDUALIZED READING IN THEIR CLASSROOMS REFLECT…

To what degree testing can become adaptive is considered in three ways: from a formal methodological perspective; from a human process, stability, perspective; and from a sub-system or component view within an adaptive instructional system (AIS). With the advent of large computer-based training systems, the opportunity to broadly implement…

The prediction of achievement provides teachers with necessary information to help children attain optimal achievement. If some skill prerequistites to learning which are not fully developed can be identified and strengthened, higher levels of achievement may result. The Metropolitan Readiness Tests (MRT) are routinely given to all University City…