A program is described which combines multi-level grouping and individualized progress curriculum through teacher-prepared Learning Activity Packages (LAPs) in different subject matter areas. The organization and implementation of the program are discussed in detail, including goals of the program; placement of students at appropriate levels;…

The Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI) program provides instruction based on specific objectives correlated with placement instruments, teaching methods, and individualized materials for wide ranges of differences in the classroom. The program was implemented in the five elementary schools of Lowndes County, Georgia, in 1970-72. This study…

Some 65 foreign language teachers in California participated in a workshop designed to give teachers the necessary skills and background to individualize their teaching methods. The report contains a variety of materials used in the workshop, including: (1) a summary report of the workshop, (2) workshop experiences, and (3) an evaluation of the…

A new conceptual approach to the analysis of educational systems is defined. It centers attention on the instructional management decision making process, which serves to mediate the activities of the students and learning environment, so that much of the present confusion surrounding the design of educational systems is eliminated. Instructional…

The author summarizes his observations of interactions in two classes of an individualized, self-paced, laboratory-based high school science course for students who normally do not take physics or chemistry. Based on these and other observations of classroom behavior of teachers and pupils the author postulates that two agendas are operative in…

To meet the needs of students reading below their potentials, teachers must learn more about the reading process, become more diagnostic in determining pupils' strengths and weaknesses, and couple their knowledge of reading with an understanding of pupil deficiencies to plan a program to improve the child's ability to read. Diagnosis, though…

This report outlines the rationale by which behavioral objectives for Intermediate Science Curriculum Study (ISCS) materials have been generated and their subsequent use in developing the ISCS student self-assessment system. The ISCS project is designed to develop, test, and disseminate a system of individualized science instruction for grades…

It is pointed out that education should be geared to the individual student; yet implementation of individualized programs has been slow. A set step in the area of individualized instruction should be the development of an appropriate methodology for recording and analyzing a student's performance. This paper is an attempt to provide the recording…

This final report concerns a pioneering, three-year curriculum development project dedicated to translating recent learning theory and laboratory findings into operational practice in an existing educational institution. This project produced a highly successful and unique course that teaches two semesters of economics that students can master in…

This study attempts to determine the value of individualized instruction used in three sociology classes at Moraine Valley Community College (Illinois). The classes incorporated a programed learning textbook, measurable behavioral objectives, instructor-student conferences, self-paced learning, and immediate student gratification. A questionnaire…

In addition to a summary of the proceedings of the Callaway Gardens Conference attended by selected science educators, scientists, and psychologists, invited papers by Robert Gagne ("The High School Science Program--A Psychologist's Assessment") and Clifford Swartz ("The High School Science Program--A Scientist's Assessment")…

This is a report on the evaluative study of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) in ESEA Title I mathematics projects in Kentucky compared to non-computerized programs under Title I. Results of remedial mathematics instruction for disadvantaged students in grades three through seven during the 1971-72 school year are compared. The report describes…

These proceedings include abstracts of the formal papers presented during a conference in Philadelphia on December 8 and 9, 1967. The conference, sponsored by Research for Better Schools, Inc., was concerned with individualization of science instruction, particularly in elementary schools. Thirty-three scientists and science educators from various…

Reports and papers from the Fall 1971 regional meetings of the Washington Association of Foreign Language Teachers (WAFLT) are compiled in this document. Topics focus on individualized instruction, bilingual education, language teaching abroad, administrator attitudes, and reports from the WAFLT French and German sections. (RL)

This project used as an individualized model in the training of specialists in educational change. The individualized education approach consists of planning and conducting, with each student, general programs of study and day-to-day lessons that are tailor-made to suit his learning needs and characteristics. The rationale for using an…