A system designed to provide a framework for the individualization of reading instruction is discussed. The heart of the system is a mastery checklist of reading skills for each child which provides teachers with a means for discovering the specific skill needs of their students. Initially, the system depended upon individual assessment exercises…

The Teacher Characteristics Project, one of the five undertaken as part of the design of an individualized instructional system for Dade County Schools, was set up to study the role of the teacher in the new system. A survey of literature, research, and projected strategies pointed up these trends and generalizations: (1) a shift in emphasis from…

A study was designed to measure the effect of an individually prescribed instruction (IPI) program on the cognitive achievement of fourth and fifth graders. The 141 IPI students studied had been exposed for two years to the program which involved 600 students in two schools; they were compared with 198 non-IPI students from control schools matched…

A course of instruction in instructional technology was designed, consisting of pre-recorded audio tapes, filmstrips, and this workbook. The workbook is in looseleaf form with space for notes and is to be retained by the participant on completion of the course. Fifteen units are outlined covering behavioral objectives, tests, stimulus and…

The University of Pittsburgh model addresses itself to the humanization of education through individualized instruction. Large blocks of regular courses are replaced by peer group interaction, independent study, small seminars, and simulated modules of instruction. Throughout his pre- and inservice years, the trainee plans with an advisor his own…

Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI), a project based on a carefully sequenced and detailed listing of behaviorally stated objectives, lesson materials geared to instructional objectives, provision for diagnosis of pupil skills and abilities, written prescriptions to guide the pupil's work, and pupil oriented instruction, is outlined first in…

Two Colorado teachers' attempts to individualize mathematics instruction in grades 7 and 9 in small schools are reviewed. The seventh-grade teacher utilized multi-level textbooks in individualizing instruction. The results of the program were evaluated by the California Arithmetic Test. Grade placement for reasoning and mathematics fundamentals…

The last three decades of the twentieth century will witness a drastic change in the business of providing instruction in schools and colleges. The idea of "individualized instruction" has been pursued in a desultory fashion by American educators for most of the century. There have been several different concepts of individualization, the most…

Continuation education is aimed at the student who has not had successful experiences in the comprehensive high school but is subject to compulsory school attendance. This handbook views the instruction process as an interaction between the teacher, the student, and the curriculum. It provides guidance in developing an instructional package…

Presented is a description of a physics program format used, with a high degree of success, at Boyertown Area Senior High School in Pennsylvania. The program features integration of desirable curriculum innovations such as individualization with a recognized curriculum (Project Physics) while maintaining the quality of a solid first year physics…

Students should be encouraged and taught how to write more effectively. This may be accomplished by involving them in two types of writing--the journal and the essay. The student is encouraged to record in his journal what he did and thought during the day, regardless of the trivialities. The journal is never evaluated by the instructor unless the…

Competent middle school teachers must both extend students' abilities in the decoding and comprehending skills and stimulate their applications of these reading skills in content area texts. In considering this differentiation of instruction, teachers should be aware of an aptitude by treatment interaction (ATI)--no one technique will produce the…

Over the past decade, momentum has been gathering for the development and application of a variety of approaches to the instructional process that emphasize mastery and self-pacing by the student. Included are approaches such as programmed instruction, computer-aided instruction, and individually prescribed instruction. This review considers one…

This paper presents the theoretical basis for the model of individualization used in an elementary-school science program and describes the Individualized Science (IS) individualized-learning management system, which is an operational realization of the model. The science content and science learning goals of the curriculum reflect the authors'…

When talking about different faculties designing a single performance-based module, one is faced immediately with 2 sets of opposing views. The first has to do with the conflict between a strict discipline orientation and interdisciplinary, cross-disciplinary, or non-disciplinary work. The second set of conflicts arises from the differences…