A fading procedure to maintain student pacing in personalized instruction courses in two settings--a small educational psychology course at a public university and a large psychology course at a private university--was investigated. Students in both courses were divided into two groups. The first group had gradually lengthened unit completion…

This module on health careers is one of eight modules designed for individualized instruction in health occupations education programs at both the secondary and postsecondary levels. This module contains an introduction to the module topic and two learning experiences. Each learning experience contains an overview, an objective (e.g., name and…

This module on communication in health occupations is one of eight modules designed for individualized instruction in health occupations education programs at both the secondary and postsecondary levels. This module contains an introduction to the module topic and one learning experience. The learning experience contains six activities (e.g., read…

A paramount objective of the middle school is to further the self-development of its students in the several academic disciplines, study skills, problem analysis, and problem solving areas. The curricula content is determined by students and the professional staff members working with them. Emphasis is on individual growth with student involvement…

The Ruby S. Thomas School boldly rejects the self-contained classroom tradition in favor of the newly developing "big-room" concept. All of the pupils in each of the six elementary grade groups are instructed in one of six large, carpeted rooms or "pods". Each pod encloses a completely column-free area of approximately 4,000 square feet. These,…

The interval from 1930 to 1965 witnessed the disappearance of virtually all one- and two-teacher schools in 17 Southern and border states. Isolation and transportation difficulties prevent further consolidation of small schools in many of these states. A number of small schools still in existence are located in hospitals and correctional…

Eight major instructional models and the basic strategies which define each of them are presented in this paper along with contrasts of the individualized instruction models with the "traditional" model of instruction (characterized by fixed-content, fixed-time, variable proficiency). The author notes that the models could be useful to industrial…

A compilation of papers submitted by the faculty of a teacher training institute, this manual is for reading teachers of adult students. The titles and their subtopics are as follows: (1) Introduction: Student Viewpoint; (2) Recruitment and Retention of the Adult Learner (recruitment information and techniques, how to be a successful recruiter,…

This paper describes the author's experiences teaching a high school class after ten years of teaching college-level secondary education students. The author tells how she arranged to teach a short-story course in a local high school and how she organized the course around small-group and individual activities through the use of activity cards.…

The problem of developing and evaluating a personalized, competency-based modular instructional strategy was chosen to offer an alternative to the traditional lecture method in a laboratory food and nutrition course at the university level. The content of the course was divided into modules with competency-based objectives. Students passing the…

This report presents the findings from the Instructional Dimensions Study (IDS). The IDS examined the relationship between selected program characteristics such as instructional setting, time, content, and individualized instructional practices, and program effectiveness. Specifically, it assessed the effects of these program characteristics on…

A study of 94 students was undertaken in an attempt to support the hypothesis that remedial English instruction in college can result in measurable improvement in student writing. These students, chosen randomly from 376 prospective remedial students were divided into seven different writing classes which met for one-hour class sessions four days…

Out of a need to provide self-paced instructional units, a project was developed combining various delivery techniques in a unique package designed to increase instructor efficiency and to allow students to proceed with learning as quickly as they are individually able. Although the project is not yet in final form, field testing has been…

This publication is the examination booklet used for a home study course in water treatment. This course is the advanced part of a series produced by the Department of the Navy. This publication is designed to be used in conjunction with a course textbook. Each of the four examinations contained in this document are referenced to a specific…

Intended to be used by secretarial science students in a single skills laboratory, this operations manual for a dictaphone cassette contains step-by-step instructions and simple diagrams designed to be easily understood by students. (Two other learning modules designed for student use in a single skills laboratory and a report on the development…