Sets forth the criteria for an individualized instruction program for use with pregnant adolescents. (FL)

The paper describes a heuristic model of the teaching-learning process, proposes an implementation model of individualized instruction, and reviews results of a study evaluating both models in an inservice teacher training program. (CL)

The advantages of microcomputer networks include resource sharing, multiple user communications, and integrating data processing and office automation. This article nonetheless favors stand-alone computers for Australian secondary school classrooms because of unreliable hardware, software design, and copyright problems, and individual progress…

Reports on programs for disabled children at the Williams Field Accommodation School. Presents brief case studies and discusses the necessity for mainstreaming disabled children. Stresses the need for individualized instruction. (DR)

Videotape analysis of teacher interaction with severely mentally handicapped students revealed that different activities and different types of organization were associated with different types of interaction between teacher and child. Children were presented with different opportunities for communicating in group and individual situations. (CL)

In special education, computers can assist with individualized instruction and manage recordkeeping, but instructional applications are frequently limited by software. Educators must become advocates by supporting computer literacy programs and becoming consultants for researchers and software developers to assure the development of quality…

Describes a dropout prevention program used for eight years in Joliet Township, Illinois, high schools. (MD)

Sees the lack of a shared literary experience as a recurrent problem in college teaching. Considers Whitman's "Song of Myself" as a classic example of American national literature that can help students understand the merits of the nation's heritage, the importance of international cooperation, and basic principles of literary analysis.…

Considers two approaches to individualizing instruction: describes Team-Assisted Individualization, a program that individualizes instruction with minimal additional support while maintaining teacher responsibility and encouraging student interaction; and reviews analyses of adaptive instruction, noting requirements for success, similarities with…

Describes the use of an instructional module used to introduce college students to a combined mathematical modeling and normative analysis approach to the investigation of public policy issues. The module, which was designed to bridge several courses and combined independent work with discussions, was judged to be successful in promoting…

Discusses a procedure for individualizing foreign culture and language study. Students create a fictional autobiography of themselves in a foreign culture by adapting what they are learning to four simulated conditions: the physical, social, genetic, and temporal conditions which affect the life and personality of each individual in a culture.…

Describes features that can increase quality of student interaction in computer based materials, with emphasis on interactive videodisc projects. The features discussed include nonlinear format, user-control options, feedback that ensures remediation, modular content organization, program flexibility to accommodate individual user needs, and…

The study examined effects on 117 mainstreamed academically handicapped students (grades 3-5) of an instructional method, Team Assisted Individualization (TAI), that combined cooperative learning with individualized instruction in mathematics. TAI and individualized instruction both had positive effects on social acceptance, attitudes toward math,…

The history and direction of foreign language instruction are briefly outlined, and the place of computer-assisted instruction is discussed. Special mention is made of the need and opportunities for individualizing instruction, equipment options for teaching, advantages and disadvantages of computer-based instruction, and the learning management…

Four models of learning are described and a system for adapting to a child's preferred learning style is presented. (SB)