The University of Connecticut's undergraduate special education program, which uses the prescriptive teaching approach to train special education teachers, is described. Student support services that help "high risk" candidates succeed in a demanding program are outlined. Program elements and evaluation criteria that provide students…

This address stresses the idea that selected findings from research in neuropsychology can be of use in courses in diagnostic and prescriptive teaching and in clinical work with children and adults. A short history of psychological theories from faculty psychology through Piagetian techniques is given. Then efforts in neurospsychology are…

Offered for the clinical teacher in training or reading specialists in elementary schools is the Pupil Profile of Reading Skills, intended for assessment of 110 specific factors related to the reading process and for translation of objectives into daily tasks. (MC)

Described are two classroom programs for severely emotionally disturbed children (7-10 and 15-17 years old). Discussed are such program components as room arrangement, individualized schedule planning, the token system used in vocational training, and a sample prescriptive model (which includes language training, situational training, formal…

The secondary level program of Spring Lake (MI) Public Schools provides services necessary to develop community living skills. Students proceed through three phases: daily living courses (basic academic subjects); prescriptive programing based on the student's needs; and vocational orientation, preparation, and training (including a senior year…

A description of this basic arithmetic program includes an outline of its goals, features contained in a teacher's manual, task cards and supplementary resource materials, steps involved in the implementation of the program, and answers to some questions about the program. An outline of the training program is given along with a workshop schedule.…

This document describes a generalizable process for assessing needs and prescribing instructional resources which was piloted in the science teaching project of the Pennsylvania Department of Education entitled Investigative Science for Elementary Education (ISEE). Based on careful consideration and analysis of a number of information and…

This document presents achievement results of a study conducted to determine the effects of diagnostic tests administered to provide immediate feedback and to serve an organizing function in the study of course material. Thirty-three first year college students in biology classes comprised experimental and control groups. Results from the first…

In recent years, higher education has been subject to the criticism that the pervasive lecture method is impersonal and ineffective. The individualization of instruction using instructional technology can help to answer that criticism by facilitating the optimal combination of professor-determined objectives and processes with student-determined…

This second edition contains descriptions of 29 diagnostic-prescriptive reading programs (K-12) for which some success has been demonstrated in the classroom as shown by statistical evidence of significant improvement of student learning. A four-page program profile matrix provides the reader with easy identification of the salient features of…

This paper discusses six instructional techniques for strengthening strategies of comprehending written language: the language experience approach to develop awareness of the sensible nature of language; story-division to strengthen semantic prediction; reader-illustrations to develop thought units; paragraph-analysis to reduce uncertainty;…

Described are assessment procedures, scheduling techniques, and the use of the prescriptive model employed by the diagnostic/prescriptive specialist for educating severely disturbed children. Assessment areas are noted to include medical problems, specific fears or apprehensions, pertinent reinforcers, length of attention span, level of…