This handbook offers suggestions to guide students in the skills of using media to make a maximum contribution to their intellectual and personal development. The ideas presented can be useful for media specialists and teachers in any grade or subject area. The teacher has the responsbility to: (1) be acquainted with the media center's resources,…

The introduction gives the rationale for individualized instruction, lists its advantages, outlines its history and current trends, discusses the role of the teacher in an individualized program, and reports on Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI) programs developed at the Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburg. A…

The essence of PLAN, a Program of Learning in Accordance with Needs , is individualized instruction. To maximize individualization in instruction, allowances must be made for differences not only in amount, rate, and sequence of content presentation, but also in what content is to be chosen for presentation. Such a program obviously requires an…

A discussion of several shortcomings of phonics instruction is aimed at aiding teachers in avoiding such pitfalls as (1) following just one method of phonics instruction whether or not it is helpful to children, (2) treating all children alike and teaching them all the same phonetic elements at the same time, (3) continuing an approach regardless…

A programed format is used here to instruct teachers to write a prescription for a student using the Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI) program. Prescriptions are to be written on the basis of the information provided about a hypothetical student and on a continual evaluation of his work. Prescriptions may be checked against samples…

The variability among students at the same grade level in the total number of Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI) units in mathematics and reading mastered during the year 1967-68 is presented in statistical form. Tabulations of the degree of variance show that individualization does occur within the IPI program. (SP)

This document reports on a study that assessed the attitude of pre- and post-student teachers toward individualizing instruction. The subjects were 110 secondary school student teachers. The research instrument was the individualized Instruction Inventory, designed to provide a total individualization score and reveal attitudes toward…

The investigation was designed to evaluate the Basic Electricity and Electronics Individualized Learning System (BEEINLES) course in terms of its training effectiveness and of its technical, operational, and financial feasibility. The available evidence indicates that BEEINLES achieves its purported learning goals at least as effectively as the…

These 34 conference papers presented by more than 40 authors and coauthors represent a documentation of the growth of systematized education and the increasing emphasis on self-learning and self-regulation of the instructional process. The book is divided into the following seven subject areas: (1) Context of Individualized Instruction, (2)…

This book is intended as a guide for teachers who want a practical aid to individualization of learning. Its primary focus is on the specific steps needed to implement learning centers. This includes planning, scheduling, teacher-student relationships, student evaluation, and finding and using materials. The book is divided into four sections.…

This course is written for the student who has little or no background in economics; and is geared toward the college undergraduate. All learning objectives are specified so that the student knows what is expected of him. Questions and answers are supplied in the text. Emphasis is on basic concepts, with opportunities for the student to interpret…

Brief descriptions of 25 different approaches to learning are given, along with examples of each, areas to which each might be applicable, and possible instructional objectives and methods of evaluation. The selection of methods is rooted in the following premises: that the purpose of education is to serve the educational pursuits of students;…

Although many schools claim to make use of individualized instruction, no common definition of this term has been agreed on. The author reviewed definitions of "individualized instruction" in five studies and then surveyed 30 community and junior colleges who claimed to be using this method of instruction to learn what their programs…

A diagnostic-prescriptive resource room program adopted by the Holcomb Campus School of the State University College of Arts and Science, Geneseo, New York, was described. Its aim was to accomplish mainstreaming through incorporating individualized instruction with the team approach. (Author/RK)

A discussion of how the videodisc is being introduced in the United States and how it can be used for instruction. (HB)