Varied attempts by educators to individualize the instructional process in a classroom setting are quite frequently hindered or facilitated by the vertical pattern of organization--graded or nongraded--under which a given school functions. The nongraded school allows for the progression of a student through the contents of a given subject…

Multiple regression analysis was employed to determine the interactive effects of student motivation, prior mathematics preparation, and instructional method on achievement in a calculus course taught in lecture and Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) formats. A significant interaction between mathematics preparation and instructional method…

This report investigates the concept of individualized education both from a descriptive view of its general features and purposes and from an analytical view of specific components in such systems, identifying the component steps necessary for planning and implementing individualization. Chapter one deals with the importance of individualized…

The consequences of the movement for accountability and individualized instruction were evaluated. (RK)

Even initial unit test performance of Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) students is superior to that of students in a traditional course, under controlled conditions. (Author)

A course in behavioral self-control which uses the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) approach is described. (DE)

Greenville Technical College's Educational Development Team (EDT), as part of the process of individualizing instruction, works with instructors in designing and implementing competency-based instruction and the concept of mastery learning, selecting or designing alternate learning modes, and improving the evaluation of both teaching and learning.…

An instructional technique is described which is considered helpful for freeing a teacher to meet the needs of students who require personal attention at a given time. (EB)

A partial list of instructional materials developed for the Training Center at Cook School in Tempe, Arizona is presented. (JC)

This contingency management adolescent school program integrated vocational training with academic instruction. The students, who were unserved by public education because of emotional handicaps, were afforded an individual treatment program. They demonstrated significant gains in educational skills and exhibited an exceedingly low dropout rate.…

Contrasts the interaction of the student and the library in the typical educational system with the relationship of the student and the library-college. (PF)

The Washington State Cooperative Curriculum Project provides an orderly sequence of precisely defined skills, and allows for both assessment and programing of individual exceptional children, and for communication of student progress to parents. (CL)

A look at how the computer was used to help teachers in Israel deal with students' individual learning problems. (HB)

Individualization of instruction is not likely to take place prior to community realization of the failure of present arrangements.