The mathematics learning center at Tacoma Community College aims to provide an effective method of reaching a diversity of student needs using three programs: independent-tutorial study, student tutorial, and a basic arithmetic skills laboratory. More than 30 mathematics courses are offered; each has an option of individualized instruction or…

At the Waukesha County Technical Institute in Wisconsin students benefit from individualized instruction and open entry/open exit system. The key to this flexibility is a series of audio-visual modules to support lecture presentations and demonstrations. (HD)

Chicago educators are countering anonymity with smaller schools that have been restructured and "recultured" into small learning communities stressing personalized instruction, high student visibility, and teacher collaboration. Since the mid-1990s, 130 small-design elementary and secondary schools serving 42,000 students have been…

A review of the literature on individualized instruction in writing centers and other places reveals several histories, theories, and rationales for such instruction. Suggested models of instruction emphasize the progress of the individul through conferences, individualized assignments, high levels of peer interaction, and grade negotiation. The…

No morning bell is needed at San Diego's Belle Benchley School, where mixed age groups touch things off spontaneously. (Editor)

During the 1983-84 academic year, a mathematics laboratory was established at Somerset County College to provide tutorial and testing services for high-risk students. This report describes and evaluates the first-year activities of the lab and proposes plans for increasing and evaluating the services and use of the lab during 1984-85. First, the…

The writing lab at a Florida two-year technical institute is designed to help students fulfill the writing requirements for their technical degree programs. In the lab, developmental students take composition courses that may be substituted for traditionally required composition courses in their programs. Some students take additional writing…

This in-service manual for administrators and faculty at South Seattle Community College (SSCC) offers information on learning disabilities and describes the college's programs for learning disabled (LD) students. The first sections present legal and professional definitions of learning disabilities; briefly consider such causes of learning…

This catalogue describes thirty-two education programs developed by the State Department of Education of New Jersey. They include programs that improve basic skills in mathematics and language arts, offer career education and guidance, enrich curricula, enhance classrooms, school, and district administration, and are designed to raise the levels…

Describes two elementary school teacher education programs, one at Winona State, the other at the College of St. Teresa. The Winona program is characterized by recruitment of students who like science, early experience in schools, and "hands on" methods courses. St. Teresa program is individualized and the science is unified. (GS)

This report contains detailed descriptions of 49 sets of materials designed to be used for inservice teacher training in individualizing instruction, classroom management and discipline, and motivation. The report attempts to provide consumer information for teachers choosing materials for inservice training. Each entry consists of a summary of…

This practicum report concerns the elementary mathematics management program initiated by the Coffee County, Georgia, School System which provides for diagnostic and prescriptive learning through the use of a continuous progress plan. Learning objectives' checklists (guides) were constructed for levels Readiness through 6c. Tests were constructed…

Growing out of concern about the increased absenteeism and poor achievement of a select population of students at Fox Chapel High School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this program aimed to decrease absences and improve student achievement and self-concept. It also involved a review of the climate provided for learning and of the teaching-learning…

During Spring and Summer 1978, the basic mathematics lab course offered at Miami-Dade Community College began to use the college's Response System with Variable Prescriptions (RSVP) to assist in individualizing instruction and record-keeping. The RSVP computer software package permits the maintenance of a record on each student, which includes…