This study focused on school-level approaches to curriculum, as well as school, principal, and student characteristics in juvenile corrections (JC) schools for committed youth. A national random sample of 131 principals from these schools responded to a mail and on-line survey. No statistically significant differences existed between respondent…

Modern education emphasizes the need to flexibly personalize learning tasks to individual learners. This article discusses a personalized task-selection model with shared instructional control based on two current tendencies for the dynamic sequencing of learning tasks: (1) personalization by an instructional agent which makes sequencing decisions…

Pre-Referral Consultation (PRC) is a category of student referral separate from the conventional special education referral, through which any person can refer for help--any student who may be in crisis, falling through the cracks, or otherwise at risk. It exemplifies the integration of special education personnel into the general education…

A home based infant stimulation program for handicapped preschoolers in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, has been successful and cost effective. Home teachers help parents implement a precise, individualized curriculum. Physical and speech therapists are available as well. Other program emphases include providing emotional support to parents and…

A discussion of identification of problem areas students may have, and suggestions for defining elements in the curriculum design of an individualized instruction program that could be modified to achieve a reduction in ambiguity for students in a particular learning task. (Author/HB)

An instructional program model with individualized physical education materials entitled I CAN is described. (CR)

Describes how conservatism is sweeping Japan and how the Ministry of Education is using schools to create and manipulate docile citizens. Accompanied by a contradictory interpretation. (BD)

Describes an individualized reading program which is designed to broaden reading interests, develop critical reading skills, and allow more flexibility in the prescribed reading program. (RB)

Author looks at the question of when instruction should be individualized. (HB)

How learning centers can transform classrooms into interesting, vital environments. (HB)

A discussion of the extent to which prepackaged instructional systems can be used in individualized instruction. (HB)

Suggested activities for individualizing music instruction. (HB)

Authors believed that sharper definitions of open education can keep the current movement authentic to its early consensus ideals while avoiding dogma, orthodoxy, discipleships: charisma, and latter-day carpetbagging. (Author/RK)

This third article in a series finds that poor teaching techniques which impede reading instruction have changed little in the last decade. (WR)

The feasibility of organizing an individualized instructional program can be determined by examining five characteristics of the content area: the clarity of instructional objectives, availability of feedback mechanisms for students and teachers, suitability of learning the subject alone, the need for sequencing, and student-pacing of instruction.…