The pilot program is designed to implement individualized instruction for the prospective teacher (Competency-Based Teacher Education Model) and public school children (Personalized Instruction Model). Students participate in an individualized learning program while aspiring teachers complete their teacher training competencies through knowledge…

Addressing the question, "How can we teach all educable children to read effectively?" the papers in the first part of this volume look at several topical concerns in reading: "On Relocating the Reading Program: Finding a Better Barn for Our Sacred Cow,""The Transitional Open Classroom,""A Computer Program for Initial Screening of Problem…

This guide, a supplement to the "Artes Latinae Level One Teacher's Manual," prepared for use in the School District of Philadelphia, focuses primarily on how to adapt this course, intended for individualized instruction, to group instruction. Discussion of the multisensory instructional system includes remarks concerning the use of films, study…

This is one of several individualized learning packets to help students clarify the concept of values. The stated behavioral objectives are that students will: 1) relate their actions to their values; 2) predict the outcome of a survey; 3) conduct, compare, and draw conclusions from a survey; 4) identify some of their values; 5) compare American…

The main objective of this program was to increase pupil achievement, library use, and interest in all areas of language arts, with instructional emphasis placed on individual attention and small group work. The program appears to have had some measure of success in achieving its objectives, and the teachers, librarian, observer and principal were…

A site in Milwaukee was selected for a series of high-risk population survey. This area was rated in the lowest category for Milwaukee in terms of median educational level and income, and in the highest in terms of population density per living unit, percent housing rated as dilapidated, and unemployment. A pool of candidates composed of mothers…

San Mateo Union High School District staff members participated in a workshop for the purpose of identifying the minimum Terminal Performance Objectives for selected programs. The objectives were written in detail to indicate (1) the student performance expected, (2) the conditions under which the student will perform, and (3) the extent to which…

This book provides an overview of research on current developments and problems in the training of teachers. A full discussion of the task of conceptualizing teaching skills leads to a critical review of recent research into the effects of various types of teaching behavior upon pupils. The book questions whether or not there are teaching…

A national seminar brought together a large group of architects, teachers, and administrators who have had experience with open plan schools. The participants agreed that the open plan school system with its flexible physical arrangement and flexible teaching program holds great promise as a way of training people to think for themselves. An…

There are two parts to this curriculum development project. Project A is briefly described here as the development resource book, at an adult level, to serve as a primary source of information for teachers concerning the views and feelings of Indians and Metis peoples in modern society. A teacher's guide, curriculum unit and multimedia kit will be…

A system of individually guided education (IGE), composed of seven motivation components designed to produce environments where individually guided educational practices can be introduced, has been developed to bring about major modifications in current elementary school educational practices. The organizational-administrative component -- the…

Learning theory inherent in concepts related to and including individualized instruction in FLES is explored in this article. A distinction is made between individualized activity and individualized instruction. Differences which distinguish the FLES learning environment from the secondary school language learning situation are pointed out.…

Recognizing the problems of reading instruction as a major challenge in education, Educational Professions Development Act (EPDA) Institutes of recent years have funded several programs to develop new methods and materials for teaching in inner-city schools. The project reported here is an EPDA Institute for teachers of disadvantaged children in…

The 1971 Oregon Small Schools Program summer institute at Willamette University, June 14-18, was attended by 200 elementary and secondary teachers, librarians, counselors, principals, and superintendents from more than 50 Oregon school districts. The major purpose of the summer institute (funded under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary…

The specific focus of this document is on the evolutionary development of the Neighborhood Educational Center Project supported under Title III, 1965 Elementary Secondary Act, which was marked by continual evaluation and appropriate modification. Application of the concepts of individualized instruction was one of the basic means by which the…