Managing a distributive education (DE) laboratory is a challenge. The laboratory is the simulated training station, with the instructor taking on the role of employer, managing student activities and learning. One tool to be utilized in managing a DE laboratory is a training plan. This article discusses the need for student training plans and the…

Reading currently has low priority in foreign language teaching. The uses and types of reading are discussed. It is asserted that reading deserves a high place among teaching goals. The possibility of individualizing the assignment of readings is discussed. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

An instructional program package for individualized learning of calculus is outlined. The program utilizes audio-visual and other instructional techniques and includes topics in limits and continuity, the derivative with applications, and the integral with applications. (MN)

Describes a computer assisted program in which the computer program provides a self-paced, individualized component with course outlines, weekly assignments, answers to exam questions, and reports of student grades in a general chemistry course. (SL)

Miami-Dade Community College has developed a computer-based instructional management system called Response System with Variable Prescriptions (RSVP) that is faculty programmed and can cater to any mode of instruction. Uses include prescriptive reading instruction, mathematics instruction, speech instruction, feedback on composition errors, and…

Analyzes the attitude scores of 150 secondary school students who participated in experimental and control groups in a one semester study of the effects of an individualized chemistry course. Three factors: (1) student perception of freedom in the educative process; (2) interest in chemistry; and (3) student perception of their relationship with…

Describes an individualized instructional system for teaching accounting students who lack motivation: The system provides students with mini-quizzes and an audio-tutorial system for use together and separately, allows the instructor to supplement gaps in student understanding of accounting concepts, and provides the instructor lattitude and…

Discusses how criterion referenced testing, when combined with a program of individualized instruction, can result in each student's achieving his maximum potential. Describes positive results of such a program in which Mexican American students made great gains in a short time. Mentions implications for all children with so-called learning…

Describes the Anthropology Learning Centers Enrichment Program developed by volunteer parents for children achieving at or above grade level in grades three through six in a Michigan elementary school in the period February-May, 1975. (Author/JM)

A science program in which students were encouraged to select their own project goal as well as the apparatus to accomplish this goal was developed and tried in two 5th grade classes. (Author)

Discusses how teachers can plan time for talking with their students. The techniques proposed are circle time, where the students sit in a circle around the teacher and talk about reading, and individual interviews, where teachers converse one-on-one for 5 to 10 minutes with students. (SKC)

The Computer-Assisted Program (CAP) serves 42 developmentally delayed or otherwise educationally underserved children (ages 0-3) who live in remote areas of the United States or overseas and lack access to early intervention programs. The program develops individualized computer generated Home Activity Packages and monitors child progress.…

An historical overview of events leading to the passage of Public Law 94-142 (The Education for All Handicapped Children Act) precedes a discussion of positive and negative outcomes of this legislation since its enactment in 1975. (JW)

In a school district free from district and state educational mandates, teachers have the freedom and responsibility to develop their own curricula accordingly. Examples of teacher developed materials are described. (JL)