A detailed description of how a parish library incorporated multimedia into its program. (Author)

A discussion of how to provide teacher inservice training for individualized instruction. (HB)

This paper considers applications of decision theory to the problem of instructional decision-making in computer-based adaptive instructional systems, using the Minnesota Adaptive Instructional System (MAIS) as an example. The first section indicates how the problem of selecting the appropriate amount of instruction in MAIS can be situated within…

Designed for individualized instruction, this unit contains objectives, materials needed, and assignments for teaching about the future on the secondary level. The unit is designed to take different formats and directions and is applicable to any subject area. Objectives and assignments are both listed in brief numerical order. Some of the 17…

A review of the literature was made of the various procedures for sequencing instructional units in individualized instruction programs. Procedures for validating sequences of instructional units, or learning hierarchies, were found to fall into two general categories. One category included procedures based on coefficients of dependence, while the…

Ineffective teaching strategies plague teachers of learning disabled (LD) students just as ineffective learning strategies interfere with the performance of LD students. As a remediation for ineffective teaching, or dyspedagogia, the paper suggests the use of the LOAD procedure. LOAD is an acronym for the terms of Learning, Operation, Application,…

Students generally prefer "custom-made" laboratory tapes, as opposed to "traditional" commercially supplied tapes. (LG)

This history of personalized instruction (PSI) from its inception at the University of Brasilia in a course on behavior analysis to its broadening use by other disciplines, educational levels, and countries also describes research efforts, sources of support, and variations on the theme of unitized learning. (JH)

The Hempstead schools on Long Island are among the nation's most progressive. The district has been cited by the USOE for its exemplary compensatory program. The system was individualized, but the quality of instruction could not be determined until each teacher was assessed. To do this, the district used a teaching survey instrument called the…

The study indicated neither manner of providing knowledge of results was effective in learning to use and read a micrometer. (AG)