An in-depth study conducted at Kennedy-King College, a community college in Chicago, presents findings relating to student attitudes toward PLATO, an individualized, self paced CAI system. (RAO)

A competency-based, self-paced core music curriculum utilizing the concept of digital music synthesis is described. The system is designed to aid in experimental research into the perception of intervals, melodies, chords, rhythms, and harmonies. (RAO)

The dimensions of any instructional program generally center around three variables: objectives, methods and time. Provides quadrants that include alternative instructional designs appropriate for the various sub-groups of students within the given population of a school or classroom. (Author/RK)

Describes Florida's new automotive mechanics curriculum, an individualized, self-paced learning sequence that combines text material, review exercises and actual work activities. Development of the materials, including incorporation of Florida's V-TECS catalog of performance objectives in auto mechanics, is described. A field-test experience of a…

A "directed reading" approach to the teaching of History of Mathematics courses is described. (DT)

This article describes an attempt to individualize the teaching of economics to students with a wide range of ability and previous experience in a College of Further Education in Great Britain. For journal availability see annotation in SO 504 983. (Author/RM)

The use of Educational Cognitive Style Mapping (a symbolic orientation set of cultural determinants, modalities of inference, and memory) for individual students enables the educator to design and implement instructional settings based upon learner strengths. (MJB)

Discusses the implications of individualized elementary programs in relation to instructional materials, the goals of schooling, curriculum content, and the needs of the individual child. (MS)

This article discusses bilingual education as it relates to the Spanish-surnamed students of the Southwest. (RC)

An individualized first-quarter composition course. (AA)

Reports on a case study in which the teacher spent considerable time working individually with a tenth-grade student whose attitude toward her own writing developed throughout the sessions. It was concluded that individual instruction is of exceptional importance. (JM)

Discusses the reading program at Boys Republic High School (a California rehabilitation center for boys who are wards of the court), which is based on self-worth and individualized instruction. (JM)

Students participating in a self-paced basic arithmetic remediation course preferred instructional booklets to audiovisual presentations. (STS)

Examples of activities that take place in the district's elementary schools are cited as well as a commentary by various staff members on how the media programs are integrated with the schools' total instructional programs. A brief history of the school district's media programs is also discussed. (JPF)

Describes a model of instructional theory relevant to individualized distance education that is based on Keller's Personalized System of Instruction (PSI), behavior analysis, and the instructional systems development model (ISD). Systems theory is emphasized, and ISD and behavior analysis are discussed as cybernetic processes. (LRW)