Describes the establishment and operation of adult Individual Learning Centres in New South Wales (Australia) colleges to provide a flexible alternative to existing college preparatory courses. The Centres include alternative instructional methods, individual study, self-instructional materials, open entry/exit arrangements, and teacher tutoring.…

This report examines individualized instructional approaches to teaching, reviews of the literature in that field with specific reference to Upward Bound programs, and reports on a research study which investigated the relationship between an Activity Based Curriculum (ABC) and the academic performance of economically disadvantaged high school…

The Student Development Center (SDC) serves as a coeducational center for collegiate low achievers in order to transform their ineffective behaviors into those which are conducive to academic success. Before a student is accepted into the program, he is evaluated through standardized tests and an interview with two staff psychologists who…