The 1971-72 evaluation report of Project Follow Through in the Cleveland public schools focuses on the following issues: (1) degree to which product objectives at each grade level were attained, (2) degree to which such factors as project participation, teacher, preschool experience, and socio-economic factors influenced children's performance,…

This paper delves into the concepts of individualized instruction at the elementary school level. Following an explanation of individualized instruction, the paper presents two differing points of view concerning how provisions can be made to individualize instruction: a) the patterned approach, which emphasizes the logical sequence involved in…

After presenting information on the general inadequacies of the graded system in schools, this monograph discusses the possibility of advancing the individual educative process through the concept of continuous pupil progress. The following proposition is presented: If there are no grades; if a child progresses according to his own ability; if the…

The purpose of this study was to analyze interaction in individualized instruction and to compare this with interaction in a regular classroom. A class of sixth grade pupils was video taped for a week during mathematics, social studies, and science lessons, and the tapes were analyzed using a modification of Bellack's coding system. Compared to…

This report presents the 1974 Distinguished Achievement Awards entry from the Oregon College of Education: The Competency Based Teacher Education Program (CBTE). The program focuses on the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of six interrelated specifications of the Comfield Model Teacher Education Project. The six specifications…

New emphasis on the total learning process is bringing about significant changes in both educational and training communities. The process-oriented, systems approach to training integrates behavioral objectives, media, and instructors in such a way that increased training effectiveness is realized through a greater ability to deal with the…

Both the background of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) systems in general and the requirements of a computer-aided learning system which would be a reasonable assistant to a teacher are discussed. RASCAL (Rudimentary Adaptive System for Computer-Aided Learning) is a first attempt at defining a CAI system which would individualize the learning…

This is a brief progress report on the development of a comprehensive program for training elementary teachers at Shaw University which evolved out of an intensive study of the CETEM models. Although Shaw's resources do not lend themselves to the development of elaborate individualized instruction modules, some features will be incorporated in the…

A good criterion-referenced test item is defined as the one which allows the individual to answer correctly if he masters the criterion behavior represented by the item and answer incorrectly if he actually does not master it. Therefore, a good discriminating item for criterion-referenced tests is the one which has a larger proportion of correct…

Abstracts of three papers on individuated instruction center on the need for a redefinition of terminology and continued research of its implications in the teaching of foreign languages. The abstracted papers include: (1) Howard Altman's "Toward A Definition of Individualized Instruction," (2) Barbara Gordon's "The Speech Community of the School…

This study analyzes the effects of changing the educational environment in every way possible to achieve an individually prescribed curriculum for each of the students in the experimental group. The sample for the study consisted of 108 seventh grade students in four homerooms of 27 each. The experimental subjects were given an individually…

Research reported dealt with teaching two seventh-grade classes using detailed behavioral objectives related to the topics and grouping techniques to provide for individualized instruction. The objectives were written at three levels--Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced--for each topic. The management procedure for each topic included initial class…

This book is the second of three experimental editions for use in the ninth grade portion of the Intermediate Science Curriculum Study (ISCS) Program. The volume is divided into three units: "In Orbit,""Well Being," and "What's Up." The unit, "In Orbit," consists of eight chapters of activities related to…

This text is the first volume used in the Intermediate Science Curriculum Study (ISCS) three year junior high school science program. The text is activity-oriented and consists of a series of experiments related to forces, work, energy, friction, electricity, heat, and other areas in physical science. The activities are designed for independent…

The 1971-1972 annual report on Stanford University's project to develop and research computer-assisted instruction curricula for deaf students describes the full range of project activities for the year. The programs available to the schools are described, along with the participating systems and research conducted during the year to improve the…