A weekly plan is presented for teachers as an alternative to the more traditional spelling list and instructional techniques. Each student has an individualized spelling list featuring frequently misspelled words and content area vocabulary. Activities are designed to increase student confidence in spelling. (CB)

The concept of student team learning is described, with details on cooperative learning techniques developed for reorganizing classrooms into exciting, high-achieving places. (CB)

The article presents informal assessment techniques for assessing classroom demands, written language, studying and test-taking skills, notetaking, and gaining information from text. The content of the assessment is conceptualized in terms of the University of Kansas learning strategies curriculum. A test down approach to assessment is suggested.…

Discusses the Keller Plan or personalized system of instruction (PSI), a mastery-oriented, self-paced, modular teaching strategy using student/peer proctors. Success for PSI in chemical engineering, operations research, electrical engineering, and nuclear engineering courses is explained. (DH)

An inservice consultant describes procedures for assessing teacher needs through conferences, journals, self-rating scales, and observation. Consultation begins once the problem is identified and may include information sharing, team teaching, and child study groups. (CL)

Explores the domains of cognitive psychology and information processing as theoretical frameworks with the utility and adaptability needed to revitalize the gifted movement. (JOW)

Individualizing through directed group instruction can reduce preparation time while increasing behavior control, social interaction, motivation, and self esteem for handicapped and gifted students. Examples are provided in listening comprehension; geography; capitalization, punctuation, and parts of speech; and place value. (CL)

The issue of group versus one-to-one instruction and training is explored through a review of research. Distinctions between the concept of individualized instruction and one-to-one instruction are presented. Discussion focuses on concerns of effectiveness, efficiency, and social benefits. Implications for educational programming and future…

Presents an excerpted lecture given by Fred S. Keller, who discusses the nature of personalized instruction (PSI), how MIT began, and PSI experiences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Keller also comments on the implications of MIT experiences for educational reformers and provides his views on related issues. (JN)

The paper describes an approach to individualize group instruction and evaluates preacademic/academic program effects for normally and autistic-like children. Features of the procedure include: individualized curriculum; frequent assessment of invention impact, opportunities to revise curricular objectives; planning lessons; management of group…

Results of a comparison of individual and couplet instruction with 4 autistic children (5-6 years old) indicated that couplet training had a disruptive effect for 2 Ss compared to one-to-one instruction. One child learned responses faster when provided with couplet than individual training. The 4th child displayed little differences between the…

Describes an audio tutorial system for teaching botany in minicourse units which allow for greater individualization. (LS)

Moving from middle school to high school can be challenging and exciting, but students with special needs may need to begin preparing for the move earlier than other students. As with other major changes in a child's life, the move to high school will go more smoothly if parents gather information and do some planning. A good time to begin…

Teacher behavior and curriculum content and organizational schemes must be varied to meet a given youngster's learning needs. (HMD)