An effective teaching technique for a university extension course for rural special education teachers is the respond/read/replicate/report system. The four-step system was developed to stimulate tired, beleaguered teachers with differing experiences, knowledgeability, and teaching/learning styles who drove up to 60 miles on country roads to…

This study assessed the theoretical, empirical, and normative evidence addressing the issue of individualized science instruction. The literature on the subject was reviewed and an annotated bibliography prepared with entries grouped into categories asking: (1) Is there a need for individualization in science education? (2) Can individualized…

This packet of five learning modules on tools is one of 20 such packets developed for apprenticeship training for stationary engineers. Introductory materials are a complete listing of all available modules and a supplementary reference list. Each module contains some or all of these components: a lesson goal, performance indicators, study guide…

This packet of 13 learning modules on hydraulics is one of 20 such packets developed for apprenticeship training for stationary engineers. Introductory materials are a complete listing of all available modules and a supplementary reference list. Each module contains some or all of these components: goal, performance indicators, study guide (a…

A project to develop a student word processing manual was developed by using input from: (1) information specialists, employees, and educators; and (2) students using the manual. These instructional materials provide workbook assignments and reading for an individualized unit on CPT word processing to be used by 30 to 40 high school students per…

An individualized French I program at Snow Hill Junior High School in Snow Hill, North Carolina, is described. (PMP)

The Los Angeles Unified School District implemented the"program" approach to the teaching of bookkeeping and accounting in a predominantly Spanish speaking school where there had been a significant decrease in enrollment in bookkeeping classes. (BP)

New "packaged memory" devices increase the worker's capacity for information storage and retrieval and dramatically reduce the amount of theory training necessary in highly technical jobs. (Author)

The Integrated Skills Method is an organized, individualized approach to teaching handicapped children specific reading skill behaviors. (LC)

A world civilizations course, based on the learning needs of the student, incorporates individualized options, library based instruction, choices in the medium of instruction, and the removal of grade pressures. (JH)

Compares the lecture and self-paced methods of instruction on the basis of student motivation and achieveme nt, comparing motivating and demotivating factors in each, and their potential for motivation and achievement. (Authors/JR)

This report evaluated the Advanced Reading Development Program designed to enrich reading instruction for 360 junior high school students in New York City who were reading two or more years below grade level. Students received individualized reading instruction for four forty-five minute periods per week. Students were pre tested in October, 1975…