This document is a guide to twelve competency based modules designed to develop management skills for small business owner-managers. Provided are the following sections: description of module format; the role of the teacher counselor; study habit suggestions; "My Blueprint for Success" (to be completed after each module, its purpose is…

This student program guide is designed for mildly mentally disabled secondary students in experience-based career education programs (EBCE). Section I provides a brief overview of the document. Section II contains four activities for use in determining career interests and aptitude; included is a chart for relating school subjects and occupations…

The objectives of this project were (1) to determine whether or not adapting instruction to student characteristics will improve the effectiveness and efficiency of training, (2) to identify the learner attributes that interact best with specific instructional treatments, and (3) to establish what must be done to create and implement a useful…

In this program for college students the goal is to help students learn more efficiently and effectively. Designed primarily to aid the under-prepared student, the program attempts to fill in gaps in the student's background and help him or her learn those techniques that are necessary to college survival. A diagnostic survey is conducted with the…

This document reports data from a study designed to identify student behaviors related to academic success and involving 303 students enrolled in natural science classes at Kansas State University. Results of student responses to the Inventory of Study Practices are presented and implications for students, advisors, and teachers are identified.…

The learning module described focuses specifically on the development of the Individualized Education Plan (IEP) for the handicapped child and is for the use of parents and teachers working together. The scope and sequencing of topics is outlined, and the activities and resources involved in the use of the module are described. A critique of the…

The basic design of the videodisc technology, especially the three features of the freeze frame, electronic address, and fast random access, makes possible the creation of a new audiovisual delivery system that has revolutionary applications for education in individualized interactive instruction. In addition to the linear playback mode for home…

An individualized instructional development training program was developed that allows teachers to enter at several points and move through the instruction in a way that suits their own particular needs and challenges. The program was designed for implementation on the TICCIT computer controlled television system, although it could be adapted to…

This staff development project was designed to increase teacher competency in the education of learning disabled adult students by helping the teacher to become aware of special education techniques and materials through inservice training. Emphasis was on reading with a variety of approaches demonstrated. Intensive workshop participation was…

Designed for junior high school students, this curriculum on marine science careers contains instructional materials on oceanography and related careers suitable for individualized study. The curriculum is organized into a study-direction book (see CE 020 395) and a separate answer-response book (included in this document). The answer-response…

A fictitious community of 583 households was set up to simulate a survey population, and was used in two laboratory assignments where students "interviewed" householders by a quota sampling procedure and tested the performance of several probability sampling designs. (Author/JEG)

The purpose of this study was to select a high school using the Individualized Instructional System (ISIS) materials and the Introductory Physical Science (IPS) course and to detect any changes in the students' attitudes toward science and ability to employ specific processes of science at the end of a semester of coursework. Wayne, Nebraska, High…

A research/evaluation project was conducted to assess library needs, use, and services for nontraditional students, and construct an experimental library skills course. A survey of every tenth student assessed their needs for library services and facilities in relation to 17 personal factors, using the chi-square test to establish relationships. A…

All students are gifted in some special way. Today's classrooms must be individualized so well that, as teachers, we really know our students and their most effective patterns of learning, realizing that cognitive and affective learning are equally important. If individual children are to approach their potential in giftedness, in whatever area,…

Presented is a method for individualizing mathematics which utilizes the "Learning Activities Package" (LAP). LAP is a self-contained unit based on specific behavioral objectives which contains a pretest, a posttest, examples, explanations, and activities. The topics covered include but are not limited to: multiplication and division by powers of…