The objectives of this manual are to provide general information about individualized instruction and the Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI) mathematics program, to familiarize the user with the materials used in IPI Mathematics, to provide a chance to practice necessary skills, and to give suggestions for making the job of the IPI aide…

This bibliography is intended to be comprehensive (through December 1, 1973) in its coverage of articles, books, and conference papers on the personalized system of instruction. It also includes some papers dealing with related topics such as the audiotutorial method, individually prescribed instruction and, occasionally, programed instruction.…

This monograph presents an overview of the Individually Guided Education (IGE) concept, indicates procedures used to develop courses at the University of Wisconsin, and provides a description of the graduate courses. In the overview, IGE is defined as a comprehensive system to produce higher education achievements through providing for differences…

The decision process required for Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI), an adaptive instructional program developed at the University of Pittsburgh, is described. In IPI, short tests are used to determine the level of proficiency of each student in precisely defined learning objectives. The output of these tests is used to guide instructional…

Two conferences brought together educators in the state of New York with an interest in individualized instruction. The conferences report consists of five major papers. Individualized teaching practices are compared with those of non-individualized education. A list of the characteristics of an ideal individualized school is given. Seventeen…

The report of a conference on individualized instruction contains brief descriptions of the two conference sponsors--the Westinghouse Learning Corporation and the National Association for the Individualization of Instruction. The report also provides abstracts of some speeches delivered at the conference and biographies of the speakers. A…

Performance contracting, and some reservations thereto, are discussed as related to the present movement. The reservations are related to: (1) Accountability; (2) Individualized Teaching; (3) Extrinsic Rewards; (4) Testing; and (5) The Corruption of Both Language and the Process of Education. (DB)

This manual provides specific and practical suggestions for the development of heterogeneous classes and individualized instruction in the More Effective Schools Program. The following major topics are covered in a number of short sections: 1) school organization, from prekindergarten through grade six; 2) the roles of the principal, assistant…

The first chapter of this report discusses the concept of individualization and identifies four general types: 1) individually diagnosed and prescribed instruction; 2) self-directed instruction; 3) personalized instruction programs; and 4) independent study programs. The U.S. Office of Education's PREP (Putting Research into Educational Practice)…

This Project for Systems of Individualized Instruction is intended to develop a teacher and administrator inservice program to facilitate role changes necessary for teachers in transition from group-paced to individualized instruction. Other objectives include the development of a parent information and orientation program, and the development of…

Eleven of the schools in this Teacher Corps program are on the Navajo Reservation and one on the Hopi. Corps members provided individualized instruction and introduced several new teaching methods to make the instruction more relevant to the children's culture. These methods have now been adopted by the regular teaching staff. Corps members also…

A multimedia course in economic analysis was prepared and used in conjunction with the United States Naval Academy. (See ED 043 790 and ED 043 791 for final reports of the project evaluation and the development model.) This report presents the first concept area--basic principles--in 24 segments, of which eight are "enrichment segments."…

The first volume of the United States Naval Academy's individualized instruction course in economic analysis covers segments 4-15 of the course. Topics in this introduction include the nature and methods of economics, production possibilities, demand, supply and equilibrium, and the concept of the circular flow. Other segments of the course, the…

The fourth volume of the multimedia, individualized course in economic analysis produced for the United States Naval Academy covers segments 51-64 of the course. Included in this volume are discussions of the theory of demand, costs of production in both the short and the long run, and industry equilibrium in a perfectly competitive market. Other…

The preliminary (August, 1968) plan for evaluation of the multimedia, individualized course in economics analysis produced for the United States Naval Academy is presented for discussion in this document. Course segments, the behavioral objectives involved, and other working papers from the production of the course can be found under EM 010 787…