Presented in the guise of a hypothetical school board meeting, this information is intended to summarize the elements of competency based education (CBE) in a way that is easy to read and will increase understanding of its potential for improving education. It is aimed at state departments of education, school districts, and schools. Organized as…

This study reports an investigation of the way in which distance students use course materials and plan their work in order to complete mathematics exercises. Two undergraduate students of mathematics and one graduate student were asked to complete a course exercise using standard course materials under distance studying conditions. They…

This document provides a discussion of the relationships in Individually Guided Education (IGE) schools between the organizational and instructional features of schools and the mathematics achievement of second- and fifth-grade students. The theoretical positions that are part of the IGE model--some of them explicit and some of them implicit but…

The purpose of the Single Skill Training Courses offered to teachers in the District of Columbia was to meet staff development needs by providing short, concentrated training modules covering a variety of topics within the areas of mainstreaming handicapped students, providing individualized instruction, and implementing a competency based…

Noting that writing laboratories at the high school level are gaining more attention as high school personnel learn to adapt successful college programs to their own needs, this paper provides information about a laboratory program that was designed to offer tenth through twelfth grade students individualized instruction both to remediate writing…

The major component of the second year investigation was to study the relative effectiveness of an innovative individualized instructional system in physical education (I CAN) for severely retarded elementary age students. Seven students randomly selected from either an I CAN class or a control class were used for all analyses. Data were collected…

The Individualized Classroom Environment Questionnaire (ICEQ) is designed to measure student or teacher perceptions of actual and preferred classroom learning environment along dimensions which differentiate individualized classrooms from conventional ones. These dimensions are Personalization, Participation, Independence, Investigation, and…

This guide is designed for learning coordinators (L.C.) and counselors working with mildly mentally disabled secondary students in experience-based career education programs (EBCE). Part I, Orientation (to be used with Student Program Guide, CE 019 718), contains seven sections: determining career interests and aptitudes, identifying worker trait…

This report describes the implementation of the Individually Guided Education (IGE) program in the Armstrong School in Lynchburg, Virginia. In IGE, the graded self-contained classroom is replaced by the multiunit school so that individualized learning can occur. There has been much demand for similar kinds of changes in schools, but most previous…

The Dartmouth College Library has produced this slide/tape individualized instruction module to assist students in researching historical problems. The 79-slide lesson begins with methods of organizing a search and continues through collecting information and analyzing the utility of research strategy. Information sources cited include numerous…

Writing samples of 97 students in remedial writing classes were analyzed to determine error patterns in writing mechanics and the predominance of specific errors. Students were grouped according to individual student profiles and error patterns which indicated additional similarities and differences among individuals. Analysis indicated that most…

Described is a one-day program providing those persons implementing Individually Guided Education (IGE) programs with a simulated experience of applying an Instructional Programming Model (IPM) to a curricular area. The goal is to develop the major concepts and skills necessary to operationalize an IPM. Information is provided on the program…

Performance contracting offers advantages over traditional grading in that it provides for individualization of instruction, provides for measureable goals and objectives, and allows for individual growth rates. Two methods of performance contracting are possible; the first type calls for the student to determine what grade they desire for the…

Defining a learning center as a classroom area containing several learning stations where students may work independently with materials which teach, reinforce, or enrich their skills, this guide presents essential considerations for designing such a center. Among the items discussed are scheduling, time management techniques, and record keeping…

Design considerations for instruction for the deaf are discussed in the context of a specific CAI program to teach deaf children from 10 to 15 years old in a vocational or pre-vocational stream how to use a ruler. This includes the task, learner, and means analysis involved in the development of the program. The virtues of CAI as a medium or…