Individualising processes often are prescribed as all-embracing solutions in adult education policies worldwide. Nevertheless, re-adaptation of educational frameworks to individual students' needs may result in tensions for involved agents due to complexities of such initiatives. This literature review examines individualising processes in…

This study examined the participation of vocational instructors in the individualized education program (IEP) process and the inservice needs of these personnel in relation to the IEP effort. The authors report on the design and findings, and reflect on various methods employed in this investigation. (Author/CT)

Three college professors of education were selected as follows in a 1-year postdoctoral training program at Educational Testing Service (ETS). The program, designed to improve their capabilities to conduct sound educational research and to train others in research and procedures, was based on the assumption that the best training for research is…

To facilitate the basic objectives of Consortium Research Development (CORD) projects, a specialized educational research training institute was conducted for 52 college professors engaged in CORD projects. The institute was designed to increase participants' competencies for improving their courses of instruction through research and to enable…

This paper is one of a group that describes the research methodology for an evaluation of individually guided education (IGE) in American elementary schools. Described here are the procedures used to select the sample of schools being studied in the first phase of the evaluation. This phase was a large sample study that used structural equations…

A 6-week summer institute was conducted to train and improve the research and evaluation competencies of 19 public school and college teachers and administrators. Instruction was individualized on the basis of pretest information since the major objective was to help the participants develop programs of research to be implemented during the…

Moderate success of individualized programs for severely and profoundly mentally retarded persons in a library setting is documented in this report. These programs were developed following a survey tabulation and analysis of individual education programs, individual program plans, programs assessment chart profiles, and psychological and speech…

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…

A detailed description is provided of the variable general implementation of the instructional programming model (GOSA), which is part of the analysis in phase I of the Evaluation of Practices in Individualized Schooling. The variable is defined; the questionnaires on which the variable is based are listed; the procedures used to scale the…

The paper compares evaluation requirements established under P.L. 94-103 (Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act) and P.L. 94-142 (Education for All Handicapped Children Act). The correspondence of the requirements to traditional evaluation models is noted, and obstacles to implementation of the evaluation procedures are…

This study surveyed 12 journals in the field of emotional and behavior disorders to explore trends in five dimensions of research: (1) subject characteristics; (2) settings; (3)research design; (4) dependent variables; and (5) independent variables (interventions). Negligible trends were found and few studies reported interventions that were…

The use of children to tutor other children in school is the central theme of this volume; secondary themes of the book are helping relationships in general, and cross-age interaction by children. The book is addressed primarily to professionals who have a scholarly interest in this area, but it can be of use to practitioners. The book brings…

The document reports findings on implementation of P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) in three local education agencies (LEAs) in State C, one of three states studied. An initial section discusses the conceptual model which was used to generate hypotheses, organize data, and analyze findings as LEAs implemented the major…

This paper is one of a group that describes the research methodology for an evaluation of individually guided education (IGE) in American elementary schools. The paper covers the first phase activities from solicitation of participants (April 1977) through preparation of final data tapes for the structural equations analysis (September 1978).…

Presented are the findings of a study to identify, analyze, and explain activities and consequences in nine local education agencies (LEAs) in three states as they implemented the major provisions of P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. Section I summarizes the background of the study and its major objectives. In Section…