Describes a field trip to the Bermuda Islands, for which students chase the focus of the problem, each investigated methods used, and evaluation of results. (CP)

Synchronized slide-tape units were developed on topics related to polynomials and exponents. Thirteen students used the modules produced; examination and attitudinal data on these subjects are presented. (SD)

Questions the justification of competency based teacher evaluation as it is presently used and recommends that the education profession establish a peer group rating system which would consider a teacher's record as it has accumulated over a period of time. (Author/DB)

In this program, engineering students who have proven to be excellent writers are trained to give individual help to other students. (BB)

Teachers must return to basics and recognize that their role may not be to supply answers, but rather to present questions, situations, or problems to be solved and to stimulate students to investigate issues. This should be achieved within the framework of individualized learning with the student actively participating. (JMF)

Mainstreaming handicapped students without providing adequately for their special needs is malpractice and may lead to litigation. (Author)

Contends that if school systems and their professionals carry out their legal and professional responsibilities to their handicapped students the likelihood of judicial intervention is minimized. (Author/MLF)

A short curriculum outline and suggested readings are offered for the physical education teacher who will be dealing with physically handicapped children in the class. (JD)

The article reviews the characteristics generally identified as common to competency-based education and offers planning suggestions for teachers: (1) prestated and published performance objectives, (2) accountability, (3) personalized and individualized instruction, and (4) delivery systems, which provide several modes of instruction pertinent to…

The article gives a checklist of questions for teachers to ask in the functional assessment of learning disabled children, and gives guides in decisions on instructional prescriptions. (PHR)

Explains how videotape technology has been used in physics instruction, and that the original design which was intended for independent and self-paced instruction has been broadened to include other areas. (GA)

Describes a personalized system of instruction that has been tried in India and its advantages. Shows that students' responses were favorable to this type of instructional approach. (GA)

Describes the use of "Personalized System of Instruction" (P.S.I.) in the second semester of a first-year high school Chinese class that contained students of widely divergent ability levels. (KM)

Describes a unique approach for teaching biology to non-majors. The system used is an adaptation of the audio-tutorial approach and the use of teaching modules called "concept-paks." (VT)

Discusses the rationale for and results of an undergraduate course in calculus using modularized mastery level instruction. The salient features of the present program are instructor controlled learning with modularized materials, immediate results on quizzes, and lecture-recitation sessions. (VT)