This handbook describes and develops the instructional system in use at North Harris County College (Texas). The document offers practical guidelines for the writing of course syllabi and the development of learning activities, and includes a selective bibliography of materials helpful to instructors. The learning activities discussed can be…

This study was designed to develop, revise, and evaluate modules for individualized self-instruction in areas pertinent to the teaching performance of graduate assistants in microbiology. Six modules presenting competencies and skills of teaching were designed and developed. Eighteen teaching assistants were randomly assigned to one of two…

The effectiveness of passive, covert, and overt methods of student response in individual television instruction was investigated. Students were classified on the basis of high and low achievers, then randomly assigned to one of four treatment groups. Group 1 (passive) was given conventional television instruction without opportunity to respond…

This program, included in "Effective Reading Programs...," serves from 10 to 40 junior college students each semester. The students come from several ethnic groups and are from low-income families in a small rural town. They represent various age groups, including adults returning to school after years of absence. Begun in 1971, the…

This report gives details of an inservice program designed to help teachers learn and understand the Mathematics Continuous Progress-Skill Mastery Program and Management System in Chicago schools. The program consists of locally-developed curriculum guides and behavioral objectives, criterion-reference tests, and mastery record key-sort cards.…

This booklet describes activities and materials which can be planned and constructed from inexpensive and easily obtainable materials. The activities are used for the earliest primary grades (K-3), remedial, and special education classes. For each activity the objective, materials, and procedure are described. Topics include introduction to number…

A teacher education program intended to increase the variety of questioning techniques employed by science instructors is presented and evaluated. Used by four different groups of secondary teachers, this module presents a question category classification structure based on the Aschner-Gallagher system, but modified to be specific for science…

This study was designed to test the effects of a geometry course incorporating large-group, small-group, and individualized instruction on the achievement and attitudes of students. Three of six classes and teachers were randomly assigned to experimental instruction, the remainder serving as controls. Pretest measures included IQ and attitude…

Developed for the Carroll County Public Schools, this Learning Activity Package (LAP) for grade 8 offers a way to provide individualized learning about the modernization and industrialization of Japan. The unit focuses on comparison of the traditional and the new modern Japan and shows how Japan has developed in the areas of agriculture,…

In the first part of this handbook, designed especially for the highly transient student in a county jail or prison, sociological and psychological factors central to education within the prison environment are discussed. Such issues as optimum scheduling of class time, the employment of tutor and peer help, the utility and appropriateness of…

Presented as part of the Special Education Supervisor Training Project at the University of Texas is a learning packet on designing instructional units. Structured as a self-paced unit, the packet includes an eight-item pretest, three task assignments, and a nine-item evaluation checklist. (CL)

This is part of a series of 42 Calculus Based Physics (CBP) modules totaling about 1,000 pages. The modules include study guides, practice tests, and mastery tests for a full-year individualized course in calculus-based physics based on the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI). The units are not intended to be used without outside materials;…

Designed to improve undergraduate political science instruction, this booklet contains four essays on how to integrate the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) teaching method into an introductory American government and politics course. The essays discuss the basic components and current applications of PSI. The first essay sets forth the…

This paper reports briefly on a program aimed at preventing the educational disadvantagement of young children through (1) the identification of preschool and kindergarten children who displayed deficits in general cognitive ability; (2) the development of a half-day program providing individually prescribed instruction to each of these children…

This minicourse was prepared for use with secondary physics students in the Dallas Independent School District and is one option in a physics program which provides for the selection of topics on the basis of student career needs and interests. This minicourse was aimed at providing students with a knowledge of the metric system and use of the…