During the spring of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic forever changed the lives of Americans. Being an educator, I experienced the school shutdowns of March 2020 and felt the impacts on our educational system on a personal level. More students than ever failed courses needed to be promoted and to graduate high school. This led to more students at my…

Responsive professional development is about watching learners closely, interpreting observations to make nuanced decisions, and taking action to support learners at particular moments. What might they be ready to do next? What instructional moves will best provide "just enough" support? In other words, what is the next wise action?…

This document consists of a brief description of a continuum model of individualized instruction and a learning module on individualized instruction. The continuum model spreads the instructional components--objectives, diagnosis, instruction, and evaluation--on a continuum from teacher-directed to student-directed activity. The learning module is…

Presented are guidelines to help teachers make learning activity packets (LAPs) to aid the individualization of instruction. (DB)

Stresses the importance for theatre teachers to understand the concept and practices involved in a learning packages' approach to instruction. (MH)

A case-approach instructional module is described that was designed with flexibility for teaching quality assurance and drug prescribing review concepts to different student types in different instructional situations. (MSE)

"This article is a summary report of efforts to study teachers in existing school systems as a prelude to formulating one or more role models of teacher behaviors for individualized instruction. (Authors)

This paper focuses on individualizing instruction as it relates to the diagnosis of the needs of individual learners and the development of appropriate instructional activities to meet these needs. A format is presented for assisting teachers in the process of personalizing instruction in an effort to optimize the learning environment for each…

When talking about different faculties designing a single performance-based module, one is faced immediately with 2 sets of opposing views. The first has to do with the conflict between a strict discipline orientation and interdisciplinary, cross-disciplinary, or non-disciplinary work. The second set of conflicts arises from the differences…

The development of a course curriculum for generic competencies in teacher education is reported with focus on a sequence of learning laboratories or modules consisting of both a pre- and post-test and a statement of the specific content objectives for that lab. Implementation at the University of Houston is described. (LBH)

An abbreviated description of design and construction of an individualized program for automotive shop courses presented as an example of what can be done with limited resources to improve program quality. (HD)