The learner-centered paradigm of instruction differs in such fundamental ways from the teacher-centered paradigm that it requires technology to serve very different functions. In 2006, a research team at Indiana University began to work on identifying those functions and published their results in 2008. Subsequently, the team elaborated and…

This article describes how a research-practice partnership has informed the iterative development of a web-mediated early childhood language and literacy professional development (PD) intervention. Funded through the Investing in Innovation (i3) program, this new PD model is based on an effective in-situ intervention. As we translated the…

This study empirically evaluated the effectiveness of the instructional design, learning tools, and role of the teacher in three versions of a semester-long, high-school remedial Algebra I course to determine what impact self-regulated learning skills and learning pattern training have on students' self-regulation, math achievement, and…

Effective reading interventions for students struggling in the early grades have been a focus of considerable research over the past 20 years (Foorman, Francis, Fletcher, Schatschneider, & Mehta, 1998; Foorman & Torgesen, 2001; Geva & Siegel, 2000; Klingner & Vaughn, 1996). Comparable research targeting older struggling students has only recently…

This study used qualitative and quantitative approaches to evaluate the effectiveness of self-learning modules (SLMs) developed to facilitate and individualize students' learning of basic medical sciences. Twenty physiology and nineteen microanatomy SLMs were designed with interactive images, animations, narrations, and self-assessments. Of 41…

Students enter classrooms with different abilities, learning styles, and personalities. Educators are mandated to see that all students meet the standards of our district and state. Through the use of differentiated instruction strategies, educators can meet the needs of all students and help them to meet and exceed the established standards. In…

The integration of work and learning is becoming the dominant means of workforce training in many organizations today. Though structured classroom learning will likely but never entirely recede, a preponderance of current research indicates that the future of most job-related learning will lie in non-traditional methods such as short e-training…

A program is described in which students are taught personal financial management using a self-paced multi-instructional approach. Less advanced students profit from a slower pace at which they are not penalized and superior students gain desired basic knowledge and move into auxiliary units that enrich their course of study. (CT)

Describes some of the most successful prepackaged'' systems for individualizing instruction and a procedure for deciding whether they fit the philosophy and special needs of a particular school or situation. (Author/DN)

Over a three-year period, the teachers of Prairie High School (Iowa) wrote 1,600 videotapes that were used in individualized learning packages in several curricular areas. (IRT)

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…

Suggests ways to maximize the individualization of packaged instruction and discusses techniques for developing tutor-assisted modules as a means of keeping a human element in packaged instruction. (RAO)

Describes features that can increase quality of student interaction in computer based materials, with emphasis on interactive videodisc projects. The features discussed include nonlinear format, user-control options, feedback that ensures remediation, modular content organization, program flexibility to accommodate individual user needs, and…