This model alternative program incorporates the elements of individualized instruction programs developed through diagnostic/prescriptive techniques, experimentation with innovative teaching practices, and an emphasis on students' use of community resources. In the last 2 years, no students have chosen the option of a "Walkabout"…

Describes a computer-assisted instruction project for exceptional children at a rural school district. Five microcomputers were purchased and distributed, in rotation, to the 23 schools in the district for use by 570 learning disabled and 400 gifted students. Results were promising for all concerned. (TE)

Students from a large urban high school studied a biology unit with one of four instructional modes: timed audio-tutorial, self-paced audio-tutorial, traditional with study guides, traditional with visual aids. The self-paced audio-tutorial group performed significantly better than did the other groups. (MLH)

Describes how individually paced instruction (IPI) works, the major assumptions of IPI and difficulties encountered with them, and problems with measuring only behavioral objectives. Concludes that IPI is useful for courses that have fixed knowledge content. (ND)

Two instructional treatments, individualized and traditional, were used with 44 students in each group. Students were classified as concrete or abstract, using the Interpersonal Topic Inventory. No significant differences were found in terms of student preference or performance as a function of student type or mode of instruction, although…

An individualized program at the third-year level in French at the University of Toledo is described. (RM)

The problems of evaluating educational programs for the gifted outlined here are: dealing with "higher level" objectives, the development of appropriate measurement devices, and the availability of time, money, and personnel. The Key Features Evaluation System, in four steps, is described. (BW)

Discusses the advantages of individualized instruction and ten requirements for the implementation of a successful individualized program. (DC)

Discusses educational methods that increase the engineering student's awareness of social problems and culture; includes individualized programs, staff training, non-traditional instructional approaches, and humanizing educational environment. (MLH)

Examines some of the objections of secondary school teachers to the application of the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) or Keller Plan and provides reasons why these objections are not valid. (PEB)

Investigated were variables predicting final science grades in ninth grade science. Results indicated arithmetic score on a standardized test had the highest correlation with the final science grade. (SL)

A specially designed appraisal process was developed to select mediated materials for use in modules of student centered, selfpaced curriculum. (JY)

This book provides practical, research-based guidelines for reading comprehension instruction in grades K-9. The book integrates current research findings with real-life observations of diverse students in action, identifying the strategies that successful readers use to comprehend many different types of materials. It offers recommendations for…

This report includes observations from the first year of a three-year study of seven small high schools in Washington State. It discusses the results schools are beginning to see from knowing students and their learning needs more deeply. Progress to date includes teachers recognizing the need for personalization, designing structures to support…