Provided are the rationale, content and strategy for an introductory course in instructional design for special education teachers. The teacher's need for varied competencies in instructional design, management and interaction are discussed. It is recommended that teacher training include development of such design skills as task analysis, learner…

As part of an ongoing study of handicapped children in the open classroom, 12 children (in grades K through 4) were observed who had been identified by their teachers as either benefiting most or least from open class instruction. The literature review of the entire study focused on the critical variables (teachers' roles, individual differences,…

The TITA (Totally Interactive Testing and Analysis) System algorithm for the repetitive construction of domain-referenced tests utilizes a compact data bank, is highly portable, is useful in any discipline, requires modest computer hardware, and does not present a security problem. Clusters of related keyphrases, statement phrases, and distractors…

This report presents the results of a curriculum project which produced an instructional design for field supervision. The primary objective was to operationalize the "systems approach" to field supervision by showing how the theory/practice synthesis, learning theory, and variation of newer instructional designs could be used in the student…

Project ACT (Adult Competency Training) was a United States Office of Education staff development project in Region 8 from 1972 to 1975, implementing a self-generating and self-supporting staff system to help adult educators become better prepared to serve their clients. The project served Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and…

Developed by the National Bureau of Standards, OMNITAB is a simplified computer language designed to permit the novice user to solve basic statistical functions after less than an hour of instruction. It was hoped that by providing students in introductory statistics courses with an easily understood computer language, fears of number operations…

With this volume, the American Society for Engineering Education begins a series of monographs for advancing education. Although the work deals particularly with engineering education, it is intended that techniques and innovations mentioned will be applicable to all fields of education. In this volume, components of an individualized instruction…

Commissioned by the Programme on Teacher Policies within the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), a team of educators, school administrators, and research workers prepared this report aimed at demonstrating how new patterns of teacher tasks emerged from educational development work in the Malmo region of Sweden. Primarily,…

A need to integrate the various trends in education including career development, human relations, and individualized instruction in a group setting was a primary motivation for this book. A second motivation was the need for "hands on" materials and strategies that teachers and counselors could use with students--in this case primarily at the…

Developed by the Special Education Supervisor Training (SEST) Project at the University of Texas at Austin, the document examines two instruments and basic procedures for observing and analyzing individualized instruction. Guidelines are provided for self training and training others in the use of the Individualization of Instruction Inventory…

From a goal of academic excellence for the few in the 1950's, higher education moved to a goal of educational opportunity for all in the 1960's. Although the open access philosophy led to the influx of many poorly prepared students, the teaching methods of the 1950's persisted. Only in the 1970's have college teachers begun to deal with the…

This is part of a series of 42 Calculus Based Physics (CBP) modules totaling about 1,000 pages. The modules include study guides, practice tests, and mastery tests for a full-year individualized course in calculus-based physics based on the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI). The units are not intended to be used without outside materials;…

This is part of a series of 42 Calculus Based Physics (CBP) modules totaling about 1,000 pages. The modules include study guides, practice tests, and mastery tests for a full-year individualized course in calculus-based physics based on the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI). The units are not intended to be used without outside materials;…

Attendance at guest lectures, instructor lectures, and films in self-paced introductory psychology courses was examined in two experiments with 180 students in an introductory psychology class at Utah State University. In the first experiment, students were given no points, one point credit toward interviews, or one point credit toward the final…

Course content validation was developed as a diagnostic model to ascertain the extent and quality of implementation of individualized instruction at College of the Mainland (COM). This process diagnoses the quality of instruction as judged by instructional peers at other institutions. Content raters are sent course syllabi, course documents,…