New "packaged memory" devices increase the worker's capacity for information storage and retrieval and dramatically reduce the amount of theory training necessary in highly technical jobs. (Author)

The Integrated Skills Method is an organized, individualized approach to teaching handicapped children specific reading skill behaviors. (LC)

A world civilizations course, based on the learning needs of the student, incorporates individualized options, library based instruction, choices in the medium of instruction, and the removal of grade pressures. (JH)

Compares the lecture and self-paced methods of instruction on the basis of student motivation and achieveme nt, comparing motivating and demotivating factors in each, and their potential for motivation and achievement. (Authors/JR)

This report evaluated the Advanced Reading Development Program designed to enrich reading instruction for 360 junior high school students in New York City who were reading two or more years below grade level. Students received individualized reading instruction for four forty-five minute periods per week. Students were pre tested in October, 1975…

The College Bound Program was designed to help educationally disadvantaged and linguistically isolated 9th to 12th grade pupils improve their skills in reading and mathematics. Students were exposed to 40 minutes of daily instruction, five days per week, for a full year in both subject areas. Each day's exposure was remedial in orientation and…

This one year field study of the effects of instructional practices and teacher characteristics on student achievement in and attitudes toward reading and math at the first and third grade levels involved the study of individualized instructional practices, and (2) instructional settings used in these grades. Also examined were the relationships…

This paper describes the materials, processes, and effects of three individualized compensatory courses in reading, writing, and mathematics. Each course was outlined separately and evaluated according to student performance in selected transfer-level courses. Follow-up studies for each course show that the performance level of former…

This document presents a review of the Remedial Reading Project also known as Conquest. This project served 19 Title I elementary schools, two parochial elementary and junior high schools, and four district junior high schools in the St. Louis, Missouri school district. The main components of the project were the reading rooms, reading clinics,…

This manual is designed to coordinate the various components of the Academic Advancement Program - Mathematics, an individualized, self-paced instructional program designed for use in grades 6 through 8 and for remediation in grades 9 through 11. The following six essential components of the program are explained in detail: (1) learning materials;…

Research literature supports the contention that teachers should be involved in program design, implementation, and evaluation of inservice education programs. This study was an attempt to gain information concerning the self-perceived inservice needs of teachers in an urban setting. Six areas of need were identified: (1) developing pupil…

An experimental problem-oriented medical curriculum was developed and administered by means of PLATO IV computer terminals to students enrolled in a Physician Assistant course. This report provided information required to determine if subsequent in-depth study of the comparative effectiveness of computer-assisted instruction as opposed to…

Author charted the history of the experiment, known as Countesthorpe College, Leicestershire, and described the school as it is working today. (Editor/RK)