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Wisconsin Univ., Madison. – 1971
Based on interviews with a representative of each of the 18 Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education Districts of Wisconsin, this study sought to determine the present and future use of individualized instruction in business and marketing offerings. Analysis of the interview data revealed that: (1) 12 of the 18 districts reported business or…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Business Education, Curriculum Development
Bloomberg, Jerome – 1971
Basic Mathematics Review (BMR) is a remedial non-credit course at Essex Community College (Maryland) being taught on an individualized basis. Following diagnostic testing and placement, instruction utilizes programmed materials, tutors, and self-tests. Evaluation of the new individualized BMR and comparison with the traditional remedial course…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Course Evaluation, Individualized Instruction, Instructional Improvement
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC. – 1972
This issue of "Science Education News" is concerned with nontraditional approaches to college-level education. Recent trends and new programs representing examples of innovative learning are presented by these six articles: The Prospects for Nontraditional Study; Accreditation of Nontraditional Study Programs; New York Regents External Degree; The…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), College Programs, Educational Innovation, Educational Trends
Easterly, Jean L. – 1977
Simulation gaming is an instructional technique, uniquely suited to enhance the repertoire of the social studies teacher. As its name suggests, simulation is anything that recreates reality. A game, on the other hand, is an activity in which (1) participants agree to abide by a set of expectations in order to create an experience and (2)…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Games, Game Theory, Individualized Instruction
Cary, Steven E.; And Others – 1976
This paper provides descriptive information about the implementation of prescriptive criterion referenced testing and its impact on a compensatory reading laboratory program in the Houston public schools. After describing the program and the rationale for the selection of a criterion referenced test, a study of the teachers' utilization of the…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Criterion Referenced Tests, Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Education
Morgan, Robert M. – 1976
It is suggested that a major weakness in individualized instruction has been the failure to provide for adequate Instructional Management Information Systems. This is a defect which can be remedied by linking such programs to more sophisticated and more readily accessible instructional data processing centers. An effective application of the…
Descriptors: Communications, Communications Satellites, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology
Dodge, Richard A., Ed. – 1976
This publication, published quarterly by the American Institute of Biological Sciences, focuses on biology education in colleges and universities. Included in this issue are articles dealing with adapting available materials to an individualized instructional format, science seminars for liberal arts freshmen, the role of physiology in anatomy…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Biology, College Science, Computer Assisted Instruction
Monaco, Theresa M.; Chiappetta, Eugene L.
A "model approach" to teacher education specifies the development of a model of an idealized learning environment. One way to create a model as a real entity as opposed to a written document is to operationalize model classrooms that exemplify the type of instruction desired. The model described here goes hand in hand with the university-based and…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Demonstration Programs, Field Experience Programs, Individualized Instruction
Jackson, Carl R. – 1974
The development and implementation of a two-year interdisciplinary course integrating a machine shop and drafting curriculum are described in the report. The purpose of the course is to provide a learning process in industrial drafting featuring identifiable orientation in skills that will enable the student to develop competencies that are…
Descriptors: Drafting, Individualized Instruction, Instructional Innovation, Integrated Curriculum
Hicks, John S. – 1974
Presented is an evaluation of a program designed to provide individualized instruction for 28 seriously emotionally disturbed students in a residential psychiatric program in New York City. Findings are reported to indicate that the program met its objectives in producing significant growth in both reading and math achievement, and additionally…
Descriptors: Attendance, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Research, Individualized Instruction
Miller, Martin B. – 1976
Evaluated was the program, which followed the resource room model, to provide supplementary individual and small group instruction to 360 mainstreamed children (in grades k-6) diagnosed as neurologically impaired. Aside from providing direct instructional services, program teachers consulted with regular class teachers about problems for students…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Individualized Instruction, Learning Disabilities
Schoen, Harold L. – 1976
Research dealing with specific aspects of individualized mathematics programs is summarized in this paper. Some explanations for the failure of self-pacing to result in superior achievement are examined. Studies dealing with student-teacher interaction in individualized programs are cited. Research with implications for new directions for…
Descriptors: Achievement, Curriculum, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education
Lindvall, C. M.; And Others – 1976
The development of the Individualized Mathematics (IM) program is described in this paper. This program, for use in grades K-3, incorporates elements from predecessor Learning Research and Development Center mathematics programs, IPI mathematics, and PEP quantification. It features the systematic use of lessons involving manipulatives in an…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Evaluation
Torop, William – 1976
This student booklet is one of a set of eight designed to be used in a self-paced introductory chemistry course in conjunction with specified textbooks and computer-assisted instruction (CAI) modules. Each topic is introduced with a textbook reading assignment and additional readings are provided in the booklet. Also included are self-tests (and…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Chemistry, Classification, College Science
Torop, William – 1976
This student booklet is one of a set of eight designed to be used in a self-paced introductory chemistry course in conjunction with specified textbooks and computer-assisted instruction (CAI) modules. Each topic is introduced with a textbook reading assignment and additional materials are provided in the booklet. Also included are self-tests (and…
Descriptors: Atomic Structure, Autoinstructional Aids, Chemistry, College Science
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