A cybernetic subcomponent is proposed which can gather the necessary information and make the operating decisions to allow one system of instruction (M.D. Merrill's) to respond to and provide for differential needs within the individual learner. (Merrill's system divides the universe of instructional objectives into a taxonomy of seven categories,…

This is an informal appraisal of differences between lecture method and individual instruction. In an experiment, known underachievers were combined at random with regular enrollees. The instruction method (contingency contracting) emphasized increased student motivation by making the student-teacher relationship cooperative instead of…

A project designed to determine the relevance of existing standardized achievement tests to the goals of individualized instruction is among the ongoing research activities of Project PLAN, a computer-supported individualized education program. Standardized achievement tests (including the Metropolitan Readiness Test, the Scholastic Aptitude…

This report describes an experimental study conducted in two New York state high schools for the purpose of determining the feasibility of using electronic calculators to improve mathematics instruction. The study was also concerned with determining whether or not curriculum-related materials can be developed to make the electronic calculator a…

An annotated bibliography is the third concluding portion of this three-part progress report on IPI. Part I documents progress and findings up to September 1969 with the aid of a flow chart of the system, a table of behavioral objectives for the mathematics continuum 1969-70, a brief historical table (1954-66) of progress from research to IPI…

'Teaching in IPI' is an introductory program designed to equip the teacher with the basic skills required to plan and conduct IPI in the classroom. It comprises five volumes, of which this--divided into two sections: An Overview of Individualized Instruction and IPI, and Behavioral Objectives and the IPI Mathematics Continuum--is the first.…

With information derived from IPI Placement Tests, Unit Pretests, Curriculum Embedded Tests (CET's) and Unit Posttests; student performance on prescribed IPI tests and skill sheets, and observation of students' behavior, the teacher should, after planning sessions, be able to initiate the building of a basis for instructional decision making in…

This concluding volume of a five-volume project consists of a case study which is designed to elicit from the teacher a performance based on the experience gained (from the previous volumes) in writing prescriptions. The teacher is furnished with data on a student designated John which include a placement profile, placement test, unit record test,…

Individually Prescribed Instruction, the Automated Learning Management System, Computer Assisted Instruction, and the Interactive System are discussed in a general way in this paper that, nevertheless, describes the state of the art. Although these four developments, treated as four modes in the same process, are considered to be a major break…

This evaluation report of IPI in its second year concentrates on three main points: student attitudes towards IPI, teacher and student classroom activity and interaction, and student achievement during the school year. An account of overall impressions concludes the report which does not attempt to formalize any conclusions. It stresses, however,…

Two ways of interpreting raw test data are norm-referencing and criterion-referencing; the former yields information based on some type of ordering of the person on the person's dimension, while the latter tells whether or not students can exhibit a given performance. Criterion-referenced information can be ordered into a criterion-referenced…

Teacher training for work in Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI) depends heavily upon an intensive orientation to this specific system and to the theory and rationale underlying it. It can be fully successful only if it involves very extensive experience in actually working under this system in the classroom. Also, effective operation of an…

This guide for the interpretation of results of Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI), designed to assess the degree of implementation of IPI for each school and teacher, is composed of inquiries to be made on the use of diagnostic instruments and the teacher resources of materials and settings. (SP)

A survey was made, once in the fall of 1968 and again in the spring of 1969, of schools participating in the individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI) program. The results of questions concerning pupil placement, prescription, curriculum-embedded tests, and posttests are compared. (JY)

A basic requirement in curriculum design and development is that curriculum objectives be stated in terms of observable human behavior. This project developed a technique for evaluating curriculum objectives based upon the analysis of behavioral objectives as classified into three components--action word, context, and criterion. In order to…