The State of Florida and local mandates require that a diagnostic/prescriptive systems approach to reading and mathematics instruction be available to all students at grade levels K-6. It has been demonstrated that the Dade County Systems approaches are viable alternatives to non-systems approaches to reading and/or mathematics instruction.…

At Coffee High School in Douglas, Georgia, a needs assessment committee recommended the replacement of the traditional nine-month program with a quarter system using longer class sessions and allowing more individual attention. The committee members chose the Better Learning Opportunities for Children (BLOC) Program. Implementation involved…

Provided is a guide to individualizing instruction in vocational education. Background information on the Alternatives Approach to Individualization in Vocational Education (AAIVE) Project and an introduction to the publication are presented in section I. Section II contains a glossary of terms used in this handbook and in the literature…

The U-SAIL system is a practical approach to individualization of instruction in which a problem-solving process is employed to install a program in logical sequential phases. U-SAIL is a nationally validated, successfully replicated, cost-feasible system for individualization of instruction which can be implemented in a variety of settings with…

Described is Vermont's program of individualized driver education for handicapped secondary students 15 years or older and for disabled adults no longer in school. Sections outline the following program components: three R's of driver's education (responsibilities of the schools, regulations of motor vehicles, and rights of the handicapped…

The object of the manual is to help the student become proficient in the skills required in the building of fences. The procedural steps are illustrated and the book is developed into a self-study unit. By following the steps, the student can perform the various tasks with a minimum of assistance from the teacher. (Author/NJ)

This report presents an evaluation study of Project League which is currently implementing Individually Guided Education (IGE) through the auspices of the Merrimack Education Center in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. The purpose of the evaluation was to determine the degree of IGE goal-oriented impact that Project League has had on participating…

Chapter 1 of this status report on the implementation of individually guided education (IGE) states that this report is intended to serve the following two purposes: (1) to complete all the reported requirements relative to implementation funding provided by the U.S. Office of Education and the National Institute of Education and (2) to summarize…

The document recounts in a narrative scenario how fictional nursing teachers and a consultant in a work-session developed a matrix which helped the teachers organize their clinical nursing courses more effectively by discriminating carefully among knowledge, performance, and attitude objectives. Placing the objectives on the matrix revealed the…

This is a summary of discussion and materials used in a seminar on Cognitive Style Mapping (CSM) of individual learning strengths as a key to an accountable teacher education program based on personalized instruction. CSM refers to a diagnostic technique used to identify a student's relative learning strengths on selected learning variables. This…

This paper attempts to demonstrate the importance of control in the experimental design of alternative sociocultural and educational futures, leading to expanded or contrasted opportunities for generalized and individualized education. This is accomplished through the further explication of theoretical, value/design, and research approaches, and…

Individualized instructional packages are an approach to learning through independent study, integrated experiences, and multimedia. The implementation of individualized instructional packages into a course should include provision for a general assembly session in which the students become acquainted with the instructor who will later appear on…

This report describes the results of preliminary work by the Human Resources Research Organization to develop a comprehensive theory for structuring subject matter. The report focuses on the first three of five components that any comprehensive model of instruction should include: (1) a representation of the subject matter to be taught; (2) a…

As a resource to the instructors of nursing science at West Valley College, Saratoga, California, an instructional developer served three important roles. As a teacher, he provided encouragement and background information; as a facilitator, he asked questions which clarified the tasks necessary to develop curriculum; and as a counselor, he…

This programmed instruction booklet is an interim version of instructional materials being developed by Harvard Project Physics. It is the first of two booklets on the topic of waves and covers pulses, how pulses travel, and what happens when two pulses pass through the same region at the same time. For the second booklet in this series, see SE…