Glasser builds his alternative, a "School Without Failure," on an analysis of what children need to achieve a successful identity and on an examination of the ways in which schools affect children to teach them failure. The author discusses the Glasser approach and describes an attempt to implement the approach in a Palo Alto elementary…

The purpose of this quarterly newsletter is to provide information, communication, and exchange of ideas between people offering Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) courses. The instructional system, an alternative to the traditional university-college lecture-recitation method of teaching, emphasizes a personalized, self-paced, mastery…

The English Project of the University of Hawaii Curriculum Center, begun in 1966, has as its objective the production of a tested curriculum in English for all grades, together with a plan for installing it in the Hawaiian schools and disseminating it to other schools. During the reporting period covered, evaluation activities were carried out…

The Teacher Corps program increased the educational opportunities available to pupils in grades to which corps members were assigned, however, the program's impact was not nearly as great as it could have been. Some interns participated in special projects or used new methods of instruction, but few of these activities were continued after the…

The Teacher Corps program strengthened the educational opportunities available to pupils in classes to which corps members were assigned, but the report concludes that it had much less impact than it might have had. Innovations were not continued after the Corps members finished their assignments, with lack of staff and funds cited as the reasons.…

A multimedia course in economic analysis was prepared and used in conjunction with the United States Naval Academy. (ED 043 790 and ED 043 791 are the final reports of the project evaluation and development model.) This report provides a list, by course segment, of summarized behavioral objectives for the course with their associated learning…

The fifth volume of the multimedia, individualized course in economic analysis produced for the United States Naval Academy covers segments 65-79 of the course. Included in the volume are discussions of monopoly markets, monopolistic competition, oligopoly markets, and the theory of factor demand and supply. Other segments of the course, the…

This case study focuses on the role of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (UW-EC) in a consortium effort to implement, maintain, and institutionalize individually guided education and the multi-unit elementary school (IGE/MUS-E). The framework for the study is based on the chronological academic involvement of UW-EC with the various facets of…

This bibliography is an alphabetical listing of approximately 90 readings on individualizing science instruction. The following wide range of topics is included: audio-tutorial systems, computer-assisted instruction, programmed materials, independent study, audio-taped programs, teaching by contract, experimental projects, and measurement and…

This program, which consists of six volumes, a teaching strategies packet, and audiovisual materials, is based on a model which stresses the importance of identifying and encouraging eight thinking-feeling abilities which all children are capable of developing. The basic goals of the program are concentrated on stimulating growth in these…

An experiment investigated whether adapting to individual differences in a finely-graded, single-skill program improved performance. Three types of item sequences were used. The linear group received the program in its original linear sequence. Each member of the branched group entered the program at the point determined by his performance on the…

Randomly assigned groups of fourth grade students were used to determine the effect of class size upon the learning of ten mathematical objectives. There were 20 groups of one, ten groups of two, four groups of five, and one group of 23 for each of three schools used in the study. Within schools, seven randomly assigned teachers presented the…

This paper reviews the principles, implementation, management, formats, problems, and research in modular instruction. A module is defined as a self-contained, independent unit of a planned series of learning activities designed to help the student accomplish certain well-defined objectives. The learner is able to proceed at his own rate, choose…

The pace of technological change, its impact and influence on human behavior, and predictions as to the state of psychotechnology in 1980 are discussed. The author deals with contributions of behavioral scientists working in military and industrial settings toward solving societal problems. Five topics are emphasized. The rate of technological…

Instructional objectives are rarely supported by the delineation of alternate modalities for achieving those objectives. Both are necessary for the development of an individualized educational program. Learning research suggests nine general criteria for the selection of appropriate modalities: (1) the amount of immediate positive reinforcement…