An approach to the teaching of media skills is presented which is consistent with individualized instructional methods. Behavioral objectives for 96 media skills appropriate for elementary school students are identified, and teaching stations are designed for each. Instructions on how to administer the program are provided, along with an…

Project Flagship, the 1974 Distinguished Achievement Awards entry from State University College at Buffalo, New York, is a competency-based teacher education model using laboratory instruction. The special features of this model include a) stated objectives and criteria for evaluation, b) individualized instruction, c) individualized learning…

Following more than 2 years of study and research, the faculty of the College of Education developed a plan whereby the student experience is focused on three major elements: a) the Individualized Learning System, b) the Field Experience, and c) the Personal Development Experience. These three elements are integrated to constitute a total learning…

This three-year evaluation report relates to the Garfield Educational Complex Program, which was a proposal funded for the establishment of the Program during the summer of 1968 by the Los Angeles Unified School District. For the full abstract, see related document UD 013 673 referring to the evaluation of the Jordan Educational Complex. However,…

This report summarizes the efforts of a demonstration project at Prairie Elementary School in Urbana, Illinois to implement individualized reading and mathematics programs and to introduce the systematic application of behavior modification principles in the classroom. It describes the development, implementation, and revision of Individually…

On July 6-31, 1970, an institute for individualizing mathematics for migrant students was conducted in Edinburg, Texas by the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory. The aim was to produce professionals and paraprofessionals in Rio Grande Valley school districts with training in the skills of individualized mathematics instruction.…

The Nova Project of the Department of Secondary Education at California State University, San Diego, is described in this report. This one-year preparation program for secondary school teachers combines school and community experience with the focus on a team approach. Faculty and students work with local school personnel in the joint planning,…

This booklet discusses some of the applications of sophisticated technology to various aspects of education and suggests further possible applications of technologies that are still in the initial or beginning stages. The report first attempts to define the word technology, relating it to the terms audiovisual, media, and systems. Then, the…

This paper advocates the use of independent research projects as a practical means of individualizing science instruction within the framework of a traditional school program. The science program at Model Laboratory School, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky, is discussed as an example of independent study being an integral part of…

A low cost method for delivery of computer services to homes and schools through interactive television called time-shared, interactive, computer controlled, information television (TICCIT) has technical qualities such that it is individualized, computerized, multimedia, and provides unlimited points of entry and delivery of information. TICCIT's…

Teachers are increasingly becoming managers of the learning process rather than dispensers of knowledge and are being challenged to individualize their instruction to account for variability. Classroom objectives, characteristics of the learner, and the learning process are the focal points of this publication. Although there will continue to be…

A 1969-70 questionnaire survey of 35 of the 40 English-speaking teacher education institutions in Canada attempted to determine trends toward certain types of innovation. Positive trends: The total training periods have been lengthened. Programs have become more flexible and offer a wider choice of options. There is a trend toward adoption of an…

To assess the outcomes of using a resource guide which provides for individual student needs in the teaching of listening skills, a multi-criterion instrument (consisting of the STEP-Listening Test, questionnaire, interview, and log) was administered to 15 fifth grade students, who had received instruction by three different methods. Based upon…

The history of some computer-assisted instruction (CAI) strategies is traced. A number of components of computerized instruction systems are described and explanations provided on the influence these components have in the development and production of a CAI system. A description of the interaction between a student and a CAI system is presented…

Because technically oriented nations are spending billions of dollars on research and development, by 1980 school administrators will be operating in a society saturated with new information and devices to handle it (i.e., computer-based terminals in homes, offices, and schools hooked up to telephones, videos, and radios). However, the pressing…