Describes a program for individualizing directed reading-thinking activities. (RB)

Introduction to a special section, "Adapted Physical Education. Other parts of the section are AA 501 889 through AA 501 894.

The described learning module is for the use of teachers who develop creative tendencies in students. Content areas include exploration, classroom learning environment, individual instruction, student responsibility, and independent study. Information is provided on the scope and sequencing of topics, activities, and resources involved in use of…

A post-baccalaureate, single-subject program for future secondary school teachers is described. This program contains the following features: (1) it is operated by a team composed of a teacher education department leader, faculty from other departments, master teachers, administrators, community persons, and candidates for the teaching profession;…

The Teaching Research Infant and Child Center classrooms service moderately to profoundly handicapped preschool children by providing comprehensive individualized curriculums emphasizing self help, motor development, language, and cognitive skills. Each model classroom contains 12 children with a teacher and an aide, and utilizes volunteers and…

The described inservice education course is for the use of elementary school teachers who wish to develop skills in initiating an individually guided mathematics program. The scope and sequencing of topics in the course are outlined, and activities and resources involved are described. Ordering information for materials is given, and a critique of…

The paper describes the system of conductive education for use with cerebral palsy and multihandicapped children which is based on the research of A. Peto. Conductive education is explained to involve such techniques as individualization of program and instruction, task analysis, transdisciplinary team organization, generalization of all learning,…

The individually guided education (IGE) program developed by the Kettering Foundation was implemented in September of 1973 at the John F. Kennedy Memorial Junior High School in Woburn, Massachusetts. The components of the program described in this speech include pupil and teacher scheduling, physical layout, pupil selection and adjustment,…

This document reviews problems, alternatives, and recent developments in the education of prisoners. The authors state as a guiding argument that while inmates are severely handicapped according to traditional academic measures, in terms of the current movement in education towards individualized instruction nowhere is there a more fertile ground…

Individualized instructional programs arise from varied values, concepts and competencies and hence differ in terminology, goals, strategies and results, making an intelligible view of the field difficult. This manual provides educators with a tool which makes it possible for them to compare different individualized instructional programs by…

This paper is an account of procedures followed when the traditional classroom of a college reading and study skill program was changed to a fully individualized structure. A folder of information to be used by each pupil consisted of personal information graphs for plotting rate and comprehension scores, answer sheets, a reading skill and…

The individually-paced instruction program carried out by the engineering faculty at Oklahoma State University is described in this article to illustrate its goals, principles, characteristics, developments, and present status. The instructional model is discussed in connection with behavioral objectives, criteria for performance, and student…

This manual for administrators and instructors accompanies the Learning Individualized for Canadians (LINC) courses of individually prescribed instruction in communications and in mathematics for adult learners. Information is given on the background of the LINC program, objectives, components, the individualized process, procedures for curriculum…

A program is described which combines multi-level grouping and individualized progress curriculum through teacher-prepared Learning Activity Packages (LAPs) in different subject matter areas. The organization and implementation of the program are discussed in detail, including goals of the program; placement of students at appropriate levels;…

This is the first of several reports on the "Study Methods in Mathematics Project;" the goal of the project is to describe and develop practical study methods which are especially suitable for adults' study of mathematics. In this report, the background of the project is discussed in terms of experience from research on the study habits…