This document is the initial description of the specifications of the philosophies, procedures, and processes for secondary schools to use in planning, implementing, and managing Individually Guided Education (IGE) learning programs. This is specified in a target format. Also delineated is the general and specific developmental strategy the…

This paper poses a systematic change process for secondary schools that will enable them to achieve individualized and personalized learning for students. Included in the process are a perspective on change, planning issues and elements, a strategy for planning, a target/timeline framework, and a sequence for change. Finally, a pupose-oriented…

The paper discusses the appropriateness for handicapped students of Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE), a flexible high school program of highly individualized learning that utilizes direct experience in work and community settings to promote growth in basic academic skills, self-reliance, and career awareness. The need for expanded career…

Discusses the findings of a study (Erdmenger, in this journal 3/1974) of the flexible, individualized instruction in the English classes of an integrated comprehensive school, with a discussion of its effectiveness. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Divides the stated aims of practical work, listed in some of the A-level syllabuses of the GCE examining boards, into four groups and discusses each: didactic aims, the development of skills, the scientific method, and affective aims. (GA)

Part of a resource package designed to assist local education agency personnel in improving the quality of instruction and supportive services to students with special needs enrolled in vocational education programs, the fifth of nine instructor guides illustrates how the training plan can supplement the learner's individual vocational plan and…

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…

Describes different approaches to teaching reading by the individualized method. (MKM)

A report on the development, implementation, and evaluation of an inexpensive support system providing for file maintenance, administration and scoring of tests, and feedback to the instructor. (Author)

Like the individualized education program mandated for students with disabilities, an individualized career plan (ICP) can serve to guide a student's education. The ICP process can help all students plan their futures but is especially critical for students at risk of failing. ICPs have been advocated by career counselors for the past 3 decades.…

In Elizabethton (Tennessee) a separate program with one teacher keeps some high school students from dropping out and helps improve their attendance. (Author/MLF)

Station teaching can help solve problems of keeping student interest and providing individualized instruction in the junior high school language class. Students work individually on certain exercises and check their own progress at each station. (CHK)

Ten mainstreamed learning disabled high school students received treatment with an informal assessment and an educational plan. Analysis of pre and post tests (Peabody Individual Achievement Test, Revised Piers-Harris Self-Concept Scale, and Teacher Perception Survey) indicated that Ss performed better on achievement tests, were enrolled in more…