The Strategy Selection Matrix (SSM) is offered as a means for matching teaching technique to the individual special needs student. Three steps in the SSM are described: development of an intra-individual learning style profile based on 14 learning components; review of the individualizing teaching strategies (such as tutoring, continuous progress…

An interview with the District Principal, Briarcliff Public Schools, New York. (PF)

Some guidelines for individualized teaching strategies. (HB)

A description of the evaluation procedures developed and used by the Training Teacher Trainers Project at Auburn University. (HB)

Describes one of the early uses of specific objectives in curriculum development. Reprint from April 1921 "Elementary School Journal." (JMB)

A discussion of the research findings on the differences between student self-selection of performance standards and externally imposed performance standards. (HB)

It's called Multimedia Instruction for Law Enforcement (MILE), and the Los Angeles Police Department is using it to train recruits more effectively and in less time than traditional classroom instruction. (Author)

Five essential freedoms of the Open Education movement at the secondary level are proclaimed: freedom to attend school or not; to choose a program of studies; to select teachers; freedom to evaluate oneself; and freedom to participate in the planning of the curriculum. (EH)

Excerpts from a panel discussion on the Higher Education Task Force on Improvement and Reform in American Education (HETFIRE) and its report, "Obligation for Reform." (JA)

Forty references on PSI, dating from 1966, are drawn from journals and presentations at professional conferences. (KM)

The article describes the sound page system, a relatively new training tool, that has technical information on one side of a plain sheet of paper and recorded sound on magnetic film on the other side. Trainees can use the system for self-study, thereby reducing formal classroom training. (Author/JB)