The University of Portland offers a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree in rural Roseburg, Oregon, through an outreach program based at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg. The program enables rural nurses to acquire the degree while continuing to live and work in their community. (SK)

A system designed to provide workable mathematics enrichment to gifted students in a standard mathematics classroom is presented. Mathematical contracts are the main feature of this successfully used program. (MP)

The premises of this report are: (1) teachers can more effectively help children learn arithmetic if they understand what the child knows, (2) this understanding is best arrived at through talk, and (3) such dialogues are valuable instructional episodes. Strategies of this approach and a sample dialogue are included. (MP)

Describes a science program designed for gifted seventh and eighth grade students. Includes curriculum guidelines; implementation, development, and evaluation of the program. (MA)

Intends to show that there is something rotten in the state of education generally and particularly in that of the sciences. The author contends that science pedagogues should lead the current research and development of new ideas. (HM)

Examines the potential of educational resources centers in providing assistance for individualized instruction to continuing education programs. Discusses the adult learner's particular needs and the role of educational institutions in organizing the exploitation of available community resources, from the planning stages to final implementation.…

Describes the development of a flexible curriculum for Venezuelan students, designed to handle varying levels of proficiency in English as a second language and varying functional goals (including science and technology). (AM)

Looking at the emotional and academic needs of the chronically disruptive student, the author proposes a temporary alternative class, emphasizing self-esteem development and individualized instruction, as the best programmatic solution. (SJL)

Offers suggestions from eight contributors regarding a number of teaching strategies, including a system for individualizing remedial reading instruction, a method for incorporating students' personal experiences in remedial reading instruction, a method for motivating students to read, and activities to prevent summer backsliding in reading…

This article describes the advantages of the Individually Guided Education (IGE) system both as a school management design and an instructional system effective with students of all ability levels. The need for teacher commitment and training in IGE are discussed. (SJL)

Investigated group interaction and mathematical errors of 11th-grade students working individually and in four-person heterogeneous ability groups. Averaging over all types of errors, high-ability students did best in individual conditioning, low-ability students did best in group conditioning, and medium-ability students did equally well in both.…

Ideas and examples that support the problem-solving role of computers in the classroom are given: procedures, techniques, and sample problems that can be used with beginning, intermediate, and advanced students have been included. (MP)

Government policies and procedures for identifying, assessing, placing, and programing children in special education in Ontario, Canada, are examined. Survey results provide a picture of the variability that exists across Ontario in interpretation and carrying out of the regulations. (JMF)

The major difference between individualized and traditional instruction methods is the pattern of student interaction with the teacher, with the classmates, and with the learning materials. (JN)

A sample of a geometry word puzzle is presented as an enrichment and learning activity that has been used successfully in a mathematics classroom. (MP)