When competency based teacher education programs involve student teaching, they may have as great an impact on changing practicing teachers' behavior as upon the student teacher. (PB)

Since the primary objective of individualized instruction is to match instructional patterns with learning styles, five alternative learning style patterns are examined. (DE)

A course in applied statistics for social science students provides for students designing experiments at an interactive terminal. (SD)

Discussed the Learning Activity Package, a method for creating effective individualized programs. (Author/RK)

Article cited reasons for the phenomenal growth of IGE. Included were the advantages for teachers, administrators and students. (RK)

The contribution describes the course of an individualized foreign language program, the materials used and the statistical results obtained by those initiating the program. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

The Kensington High School (Philadelphia) clerical skills laboratory program provides opportunities to learn, improve, and combine the vocational skills of clerical practice, office practice, and typewriting in a realistic office setting. (Author)

The author discusses the current topic of competence-based teacher education as preparation for adult educators. Five essential elements necessary for this approach are: specification of intended learning outcomes, communication to learner of criteria and means, explicitly designed instruction, assessment through performance, and an individualized…

A junior high program to study the local community is described. (KM)

The model presented in this paper is directed toward the improvement of the individualized instructional process by providing student achievement profiles, diagnostic reports, and suggested instructional prescriptions. (Author)

Describes modifications included in an examination procedure allowing students to take an exam on a given unit twice, and the use of nonobjective exams. The grading of exams by the professor in consultation with the student was viewed as the most productive aspect of the course. (GS)

Covers camping out for credit; racing for credit; choosing from the seven "schools" in Quincy (Illinois) High School; and developing the Colorado College block scheduling plan under which students take only one course at a time. (Author)

In a presentation at a symposium on educational media for teaching the deaf (1974), the author discusses developments in the use of television, computer technology, and individualized instruction at Gallaudet College, the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School. (LS)