A learning packet is a unit of study on any given topic which allows the student to work somewhat independently from his/her teacher and from the learning rate of the remainder of the class. Most learning packets contain a self-assessment test to find out exactly where the student is with respect to a particular skill. Good learning packets…

Computer managed instruction should be able to meet student needs immediately, remove clerical work from teachers' tasks, process information at student-pace demand, and fit the prescribed curriculum. To create such an integrated program of compatible instruction, curriculum, and information system, a Madison, Wisconsin, Public Schools Title III…

This program, included in "Effective Reading Programs...," serves 720 predominantly white students in kindergarten through grade six. The program, located in a small rural town in which families are mobile but incomes are low ($6000 annually), began in 1970. Needs-based instruction is the focus of the program. The reading curriculum is…

Two major concepts are considered. First, a distinction is made between Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI) which is more closely associated with the cognitive domain and Individual Reading Program (IRP) which is more representative of the affective domain. IPI is characterized by continuous progress, skill mastery, subject matter…

Recently, several systems bearing the label "instructional management systems" have been developed and reported. An analysis of such systems, however, reveals that most are limited to test-scoring and reporting functions and might best be considered instructional monitoring systems. State-of-the-art computer and educational technology is…

This final report of the 3-year Grand Forks, North Dakota, ESEA Title III project focuses on the impact on the school district (11,500 pupils) and its instructional program of a six-school experiment in which two elementary and one junior high school were provided with one teacher aide for each six teachers. The introduction describes the…

Ways that the teacher can make communication skills instruction relevant to the learner are emphasized. It is suggested that teachers (1) learn more about our language structure, (2) study the particular environment and language of students, (3) emphasize strategies of word attack in context rather than teach lists of individual sight words, (4)…

The curriculum is the heart of the secondary school and its continuous revision is at once dependent upon the evolution of theories and the emerging needs of society. Curriculum theory may be regarded as a body of beliefs, assumptions, and knowledge derived through a process of critical analysis and substantiated by study and observation. Four…

Four papers on research and innovation in military training within the Army Training system deal with procedures for individualizing training, the Project IMPACT prototype system of computer assisted and programed instructions, student motivation and performance, and prospects for the 1970's and 1980's, and the implications of research in learning…

A primer on school design prepared to serve as a review of educational change and architectural consequences. Major themes underlying reforms in education are discussed, teaching and alternative learning arrangements are reviewed, and the interrelation of school activities are examined. The current educational scene is reviewed in an attempt to…

This document reports proceedings of a conference attended by state department of education members, college deans of education, and school superintendents from Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Illinois. Major contents are two addresses: (1) "The Future and Educational Personnel Development" in which Dean Corrigan of the U.S. Office of…

Fifteen speeches and reports presented by participants of the 14th Biennial School for Executives of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) comprise this report. Participants' speeches focus on possible solutions or needed changes in education due to the effects of societal change: bringing decisionmakers closer to the…

This book describes a program of individualized instruction in action--a program which began in one elementary school, was adapted to the varying needs of other schools, and is now expanding in the direction of involvement of all of the students in the Duluth Public School system. The introductory chapter defines the ideal of individualization…

Phase 1 has been completed of a five-phase project to develop a model of teacher role behavior in individualized classrooms, to develop teacher training courses (including workshops) for behaviors specified by the role model, and to train teachers (inservice and/or preservice) to fulfill the role provided by the model. The classroom management…

A brief description is given of the training program at a delinquent youth residential center for boys in Philadelphia. The main objective of the center's program was to improve the boys' basic skills in reading. Emphasis was on individualized learning through constant diagnostic instruction. The second part of this report explains in detail some…