The annotated bibliography on educational diagnosis and prescription contains 42 listings which are arranged alphabetically by author, and which include title, name of journal or publisher, and publication dates (from 1922 to 1973). Subjects of entries range from a specific discussion of the relationships between written spelling, motor…

Teacher training for work in Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI) depends heavily upon an intensive orientation to this specific system and to the theory and rationale underlying it. It can be fully successful only if it involves very extensive experience in actually working under this system in the classroom. Also, effective operation of an…

This guide for the interpretation of results of Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI), designed to assess the degree of implementation of IPI for each school and teacher, is composed of inquiries to be made on the use of diagnostic instruments and the teacher resources of materials and settings. (SP)

The rationale for assessment in special education is examined, and the importance of measuring student performance until mastery or proficiency of the skill/behavior has occurred is stressed. Guidelines are offered for determining proficiency. (CL)

The "Try Procedures," a diagnostic teaching strategy used with precision teaching, provides a way to determine which teaching methods produce the greatest gains for individual students. Five steps feature initial assessment, dividing items to be taught, teaching by two or more methods, probing, and looking at the data. Comparison of two sight word…

This article presents a definition and description of diagnostic procedures in adult education. (JA)

A description, presented as performance objectives, of how diagnostic skills may be taught to graduate students.

Innovative methods forcapturing the attention of problem learners are described. (CK)

The culturally disadvantaged child is an institutional invention. A change in the teachers' and administrators' perception of the children they serve is the first step in changing a child's perception of himself. (CK)

Simple exercises designed to improve visual and auditory perception are presented as part of a remedial reading program. (EJS)

Describes a history of psychology course taught using R. I. Watson's prescriptive framework. Also notes advantages, disadvantages, and teaching implications. (CK)

The article discusses two subtests of the Detroit Tests of Learning Aptitude: the Disarranged Pictures subtest which measures visual perception, and Memory for Designs, which assesses recall and reproduction of abstract visual presentation. Diagnostic and prescriptive considerations are reviewed. (CL)

A defense of prescriptivism against charges that it is bad linguistics and a form of tyranny. (DD)