Even initial unit test performance of Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) students is superior to that of students in a traditional course, under controlled conditions. (Author)

A course in behavioral self-control which uses the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) approach is described. (DE)

Greenville Technical College's Educational Development Team (EDT), as part of the process of individualizing instruction, works with instructors in designing and implementing competency-based instruction and the concept of mastery learning, selecting or designing alternate learning modes, and improving the evaluation of both teaching and learning.…

An instructional technique is described which is considered helpful for freeing a teacher to meet the needs of students who require personal attention at a given time. (EB)

A partial list of instructional materials developed for the Training Center at Cook School in Tempe, Arizona is presented. (JC)

This contingency management adolescent school program integrated vocational training with academic instruction. The students, who were unserved by public education because of emotional handicaps, were afforded an individual treatment program. They demonstrated significant gains in educational skills and exhibited an exceedingly low dropout rate.…

Contrasts the interaction of the student and the library in the typical educational system with the relationship of the student and the library-college. (PF)

The Washington State Cooperative Curriculum Project provides an orderly sequence of precisely defined skills, and allows for both assessment and programing of individual exceptional children, and for communication of student progress to parents. (CL)

A look at how the computer was used to help teachers in Israel deal with students' individual learning problems. (HB)

Individualization of instruction is not likely to take place prior to community realization of the failure of present arrangements.

Individualizing takes much more time and energy than classroom teaching--and is worth it.

Reports on three studies. One involves a comparison of student achievement between students in a streamed versus unstreamed situation. The second involves a comparison of an individualized versus a class-paced approach. The third involves teacher attitude and teaching technique. (GS)