The authors developed an on-campus self-paced system of instruction featuring immediate feedback and tutoring. They then extended the technique to correspondence courses by giving examinations by telephone. Both courses are described, and the results are discussed in this publication. A Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) or Self-Paced…

Educational institutions, particularly universities, are facing increasing financial pressures, doubts about their relevance, continuing student violence, over-crowding, and the chaos of a knowledge explosion. These interrelated dynamic problems result from the way the educational system is organized and operated. The system's common ways of…

The library has traditionally been a center for independent learning and individual self-directed education. The Dallas Public Library, in cooperation with Southern Methodist University, set up a library independent study project (ISP). College credit could be obtained through the College Level Examination Program (CLEP); however, learning for…

Reported is a study that was partly developmental and partly experimental. A series of worksheets were developed based on the Elementary School Science (ESS) unit, Batteries and Bulbs, and were used to teach three classes of sixth grade students. Two other classes covered the same material using a lecture-discussion technique. Student gains were…

The use of microfiche as a means of programed self-instruction was examined in this study. Lessons adapted from a one-hour lecture on the slide rule were typed in large print in order to allow easy reading at distances normally used with microfiche readers. The 58 pages of the course were reproduced on microfilm, strips of which were then inserted…

Secondary school students must gain increasing independence in the reading study skills in order to meet the requirements of current subject demands. Many students do not know how to apply the study skills effectively. Nor do these skills seem to be taught, and the students do not seem to acquire competency by instinct. When providing the students…

This text is designed to be used in conjunction with two other texts, the "Thai Reader" and the "Thai Vocabulary." All words cited in the present book are followed by phonetic transcription allowing students to learn the writing system through self-study. Chapters included in the text are: (1) "Thai Consonants and Their…

This course in spoken Serbo-Croatian is intended for use in introductory conversational classes. Book I in the two-volume series is divided into two major parts, each containing five learning units and one unit devoted to review. Each unit contains sections including (1) basic sentences, (2) word study and review of basic sentences, (3) listening…

A proposed tenth dimension to the Los Angeles Community Colleges nine-campus system would be a college "type" organization but without any campus location. Its purpose would be to provide educational programs and collegiate recognition of the following six concepts: the concept of life-time learning, shift emphasis from degree…

The College Level Examination Program (CLEP) is a credit by examination program offered by the College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB) as an alternative to formal college education for independent learners. In 1970 the CEEB began to work with public libraries in providing help to the independent learner who wished to participate in the CLEP…

An experiment was conducted in a preservice teacher education course in materials for teaching at the East Tennessee State University to determine whether or not students would gain more cognitive information while developing psychomotor skills when using self-instructional techniques as compared with those students using a traditional…

This paper defines individualized education as any procedures which are used to make sure that an individual student receives instruction specifically appropriate for him. General programs and day-to-day lessons are to be tailor-made to suit a student's learning needs and his characteristics as a learner. Group teaching, self-direction and mastery…

The summary report compared the effectiveness of self-instructional guided inquiry materials with self-instructional expository materials on student's performance as measured by tests of cognitive learning, retention, immediate and delayed transfer. The study was conducted in 4 high schools in Georgia. Treatment preparation for the experiment…

This report covers the evaluation of preliminary field testing of a 1-year experimental training program designed to reach a larger number of Head Start teachers and teacher aides at a lower cost but provide an inservice program that was at least as good as an 8-week college program. The program began with a 4-day workshop for 60 teachers and…

The impact of the College Level Examination Project (CLEP) upon the total community has been good but not widespread enough to be classified "successful." Within the academic community there has been the overwhelming acceptance of CLEP and a continuing upgrading of credits to the benefit of the student, with a growing standardization of…