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Education Turnkey Systems, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1975
This report was submitted by Education Turnkey Systems, Inc. and its subcontractor, Kirschner Associates, Inc. and key University of Maryland and other consultants in response to the needs of the National Institute of Education as specified in the Request for Proposal "to develop a Design to Study Individualized Instruction, as part of a general…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Data Collection, Evaluation Criteria, Federal Programs
Fink, C. Dennis; Ryan, Robert F. – 1974
A program designed to teach the medical vocabulary required of tumor registrars was developed and administered to 33 persons, 31 of whom were employed at 25 Louisiana hospitals. The training program was administered as a correspondence course covering such topics as the purposes of a tumor registry and how the registry is established; how to code…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Correspondence Study, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Programs
Hanson, Helen B. – 1974
The Dale Avenue Project: A Performance Objective Curriculum for Prekindergarten through Third Grade, funded under 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act Title III, is asserted to have been successful in raising the academic performance level of urban, educationally disadvantaged children to the national norm. The curriculum is divided into ten…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Guides, Disadvantaged Youth
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Office of Information/Dissemination. – 1975
This report describes the second year activities and progress of California's plan for Early Childhood Education (ECE), which in 1974-1975 included more than 1,300 schools and 22 percent of the state's children in kindergarten through third grade. Topics covered are (1) An overview of ECE; (2) Why ECE works, including parent participation, parent…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Teaching, Early Childhood Education, Elementary School Students, Individualized Instruction
Jealous, Fred S.; And Others – 1975
The project was an empirical exploration to determine the scope of the learning capacity of marginal Army personnel (those with low scores on Army general ability and aptitude tests), to observe the longitudinal effects of long term, self-managed learning strategies, and to determine the proficiency levels that these men could reach as a result of…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Case Studies
Krubsack, Arnold J. – 1975
As part of an experiment, a three quarter sequence in organic chemistry was designed to be accompanied by laboratory experiments that reinforce the lecture material and encourage independent investigation by minimizing cookbook-style procedures. By having laboratory techniques explained in detail on video casettes, students were exposed to uniform…
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Curriculum, College Students, Curriculum Development
Miles, William R.; Bowles, B. Dean – 1975
Exploratory case study research, conducted in selected Individually Guided Instruction (IGE) elementary home-school environments, focused on four objectives: describe IGE implementation and home-school-community relations, explain objective one in political terms, generate hypotheses, and make recommendations. Approximately 50 interviews were…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational Innovation
Palola, Ernest G. – 1975
Individualized education works well for a particular type of student and faculty member. If you go beyond this type of student and faculty member, you run head-on into serious administrative and planning problems. In short, students are unsure and often confused about their role in individualized education. It seems that (1) students need thorough…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Curriculum Development, Educational Administration, Educational Innovation
Seidel, Robert J.; And Others – 1975
A study to test the effects of learner control of the sequencing of instructional tasks when using computer-assisted instruction (CAI) systems is described. Using a series of CAI modules to teach the COBOL programing language to military personnel, students were able to control various aspects of their learning environment. Among the research…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Aspiration, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs
Bobbitt, Cheryl; And Others – 1974
Developed for the Carroll County Public Schools, this Learning Activity Package (LAP) for grade 8 offers a way to provide individualized learning about African cultures. Learning activities presented are based on curriculum and audiovisual materials available in the Carroll County Schools. The focus of the unit is on the effects that tribalism has…
Descriptors: African Culture, African History, Educational Resources, Grade 8
Checkon, Stephen; And Others – 1972
Described is the 1971-72 Mark Twain School (Montgomery County, Maryland) staff development institute at which 38 regular classroom teachers were trained in individualized psychoeducational programing for emotionally disturbed adolescents with learning difficulties whose needs could not be met in regular secondary school programs. Five chapters…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Emotional Disturbances, Evaluation, Exceptional Child Education
Nations, Jimmy E., Ed. – 1976
This report in the National Education Association's "Developments in Classroom Instruction" series presents seven detailed descriptions of models for elementary-level classroom learning centers. It presents lists of materials, suggestions for the placement of equipment, study plans, and evaluation guides for learning centers in a variety of…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Cultural Awareness, Economics Education, Elementary Education
Louisiana State Dept. of Education, Baton Rouge. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1974
The curriculum guide presents guidelines for planning and implementing a program in cooperative office education. Techniques include relating individual in-school instruction to individual job needs and career goals and to coordinate the student's education with actual work experience in an office in the community. A summary of Federal and State…
Descriptors: Business Education, Business Skills, Cooperative Education, Curriculum Development
Kreitz, John W. – 1974
A strategy was developed to improve the administration of an Open Entry/Open Exit and Self-Paced Individualized Instruction (OE/OE and SPII) program in community colleges in Oregon. The variables affecting an innovative program are identified and discussed based on the author's practical experience, and a series of alternative ideas for decision…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrator Guides, Administrator Role, Community Colleges
Fagan, James S. – 1976
This study examined the relationship between two independent variables, mastery and aptitude, on two dependent variables, achievement and retention. Aptitude was measured by administering the word meaning section of the Iowa Test of Basic Skills. Achievement and retention were measured by a researcher-constructed test. The study involved 17…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Educational Research, Geography Instruction
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