The Secondary Education Individualized Instruction Project is an attempt to place the preservice course, SED 351--Teaching in Secondary Schools, on an individualized mode, using a systems-oriented, competency-based approach. During the summer session of 1970, the specification of course objectives and development of instructional packers was…

Developed by curriculum coordinating unit staff, this study guide was designed for use by students in occupational orientation classes. Intended to serve as a central core around which class activities may be structured, the guide includes 17 units on topics such as: (1) Determining the Importance Of Work, (2) Understanding The Present World Of…

This document contains four separate reports on different aspects of the teacher education program at the new Governors State University. The first report describes a "learning team," which is to consist of approximately 14 individuals--both professors and students--who have come together because of common interests in a given profession. The team…

Reported is an experiment on instructional episodes organized around the planetary atomic model. The study involved 236 children of eight self-contained classes, four of which were reference classes in each of 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grades. The purpose was to investigate the feasibility of presenting these activities within a cognitive hierarchy…

The author discusses three instructional strategies--mini-courses, games and simulations, and learning environments outside the classroom--which are currently being employed in speech communication education. The three strategies embody the well established learning principles that students learn better when they: (1) know what it is they are…

Samples of the Self-Paced Physics Course materials are presented in this collection for dissemination purposes. Descriptions are included of course objectives, characteristics, structures, and content. As a two-semester course of study for science and engineering sophomores, most topics are on a level comparable to that of classical physics by…

A NUMBER OF PROCEDURES FOR IMPROVING THE CONVENTIONAL TELEVISION LESSON WERE EVALUATED. THREE VERSIONS OF A TELEVISION LESSON ON LEVERS WERE COMPARED--(1) A VERSION OF AN EXISTING, CONVENTIONAL LESSON USED AS A CONTROL TREATMENT, (2) A VERSION INTENDED TO FACILITATE RETENTION OF SCIENCE CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES, AND (3) A VERSION INTENDED TO…

This manual, an outgrowth of a pilot project (at De Anza College in California) which provided college education for nursing assistants to replace on-the-job training, presents: (1) a description of the pilot project (philosophy and purpose, history and background, value, problem areas, and recommendations), (2) process for implementing a nursing…

An investigation of the effectiveness of a mathematics course for preservice elementary teachers showed that the use of mastery learning principles in a traditional classroom setting can be effective. (SD)

A testing of 159 first-year medical students who took a spaced sex education course (requiring student participation in a weekly lecture, film, and group discussion) showed significant changes in cognitive knowledge as well as attitudinal tolerance of others but no changes in styles of thinking. Results are related to earlier studies. (JT)

Examines a model for identifying homogeneous subgroups within the larger heterogeneous group found in an introductory psychology course. In order to increase the number of individuals able to succeed within a class, teachers must direct their attention toward the underlying processes of task performance and the characteristic ways in which…

Discusses the North Central Association's development of a program for school improvement through global education. Its intent is school improvement, including students, teachers and parents, through focused inservice training and increased awareness among participants of the global perspective essential to understanding today's world. (Author/RK)

The progress of self-paced and instructor-paced students was examined with measures of achievement, course evaluations, and retention. Though the self-paced group procrastinated, and the instructor-paced group did not, they had similar test scores and were equally satisfied with the course. The number of completed units, grade distributions, and…

The article discusses the problems in choosing the content of introductory business data processing courses and the changes needed in most college course content and teaching methods to be responsive to business needs, according to a survey of data processing professionals. ( MF)

Explores various aspects of the functional-notional textbook or syllabus. This is a concept originating with the Council of Europe that involves the organization of a textbook or syllabus according to the notions or functions that a learner hopes to be able to express. (RM)