Provides a walk through a model "essential" high school belonging to the National Coalition of Essential Schools. These schools feature the basics carefully integrated into a few subject areas, teaching across the curriculum, pedagogical variety, materials matched to different students, insistence on mastery, cooperative problem-solving,…

Advocating individualized instruction, this article provides a model for conducting research on individual student differences which teachers actually recognize and use to modify their instruction. Provides examples of how teachers accommodate individual differences in middle and junior high school classrooms. (JDH)

Examines the relative merits of using computer networks (several computers linked together and sharing a single disk drive) and stand-alone systems (self-contained units operating independently) in Australian primary school classrooms. Advances several arguments favoring stand-alone systems, which improve accessibility and enhance individual…

Discusses the differences between institutionalized and personalized learning in adult education. Suggests that all human learning is a game and that personalized learning might lead to an improved normal society. (CH)

After surveying selected characteristics of the 840 one-teacher schools in the United States, the author found an average enrollment of 11 students. Teachers in these schools devoted more than 90 percent of their time to providing individualized instruction. (MT)

Summarizes some of A. Adler's thinking about education and describes the programs--called Individual Education--developed from this thinking by R. J. Corsini. (FL)

Predictable books--those that use repetitive, cumulative, or familiar sequences--can be effectively used in individual and group instruction with learning disabled students. (CL)

Offers suggestions based on research that can assist teachers in providing their students with more legible handwriting. (FL)

Annual program plans for residents written prior to and following the implementation of the IPP (Individual Program Planning) system were rated to determine the extent of changes that resulted. More departments attended meetings, stated objectives, described intervention plans and evaluation procedures for proposed objectives, and reported…

A sample of approximately 7,200 students was used to study the effects of adaptive education on cognitive, affective and behavior outcomes of learning. The average student in adaptive education scored at the 67th percentile of control group distributions. This effect appeared consistent across contexts of learning and categories of students.…

Most school systems fail to provide appropriate conditions for training employees. Individualizing staff development is an effective approach, although it requires a strong commitment by both teachers and school districts. Options of a program, the time involved, and cost are discussed. (MT)

A learning center approach to physical education is recommended and presented. This approach can resolve the problem of large class sizes by freeing the teacher to work with individual students. Both psychomotor and cognitive learning experiences can be incorporated into learning centers. (MT)

This article offers a new perspective on the teaching of unit pricing in consumer economics classes by identifying ways to teach the costs as well as the benefits of unit pricing and realistic guidelines for suggesting situations in which it is most appropriate. Alternatives to unit pricing will also be explored. (CT)

Potential uses of videodiscs in extension programing are (1) storage for audiovisual presentations, (2) an information source via interactive television, and (3) individualized instruction. Advantages include ease of use, technical quality, durability, and speed. (SK)

The author examines how research into the learning process paved the way for the application of modern technology--the microcomputer--to individualized, competency-based learning systems. He also discusses the educational benefits of such technologies as videocassette recorders, two-way cable television, telemail, viewdata, and robots. (CT)