The St. Paul Open School is a nongraded, K-12 school where students progress at their own rate of speed in each area of learning. It is child-centered rather than subject-centered, with emphasis on learning rather than teaching, on cooperation rather than competition. Teachers are imaginative and flexible, acting as guides and counselors rather…

A prescriptive teaching program developed by the teachers of Madison Elementary School, Fargo, North Dakota, is described in the brochure. The students are from low income families; the majority of the teachers have received their training at the New School of Behavioral Studies, University of North Dakota. In determining what is best for each…

Students of teachers using the manual proceed at individual rates through a systematic and progressive set of occupational experiences to formulate and know their self-concepts, potentials, and abilities. Emphasis is on independent research and study, and sample lesson plans help teachers coordinate the variety of experiences. The manual includes…

Analysis of the use of educational technology in public education reveals the following. First, technology is generally an added-on, teacher-dependent tool, although there is a trend to student-focused, individualized uses. Second, technology does not lead to increased learning, although it can offer advantages such as time savings and curricular…

Implementation of a major computer-managed individualized instructional system requires considerable attention to both instructional environments and the media hardware and software employed. This report examines the instructional milieu with respect to performance analyses, learning carrel requirements and the equipment and techniques required to…

Project BASICS attempts to determine which of the successfully demonstrated reading and mathematics strategies will produce mastery learning for different types of students in terms of their individual characteristics and needs. It focuses on the discovery and implementation of alternative strategies for mastery learning with an innovative school…

Work on the Lincoln Training System (LTS) conducted during the period covered by this report focused upon 1) applications research for the LTS and 2) on the implementation of a series of experimental design studies. Test results showed that pairs of students could share terminals, with feedback and remediation based on only one student's response,…

This report evaluates four New York City school district educational projects funded by the "New York State Urban Education Program". The Diagnostic and Remedial Reading Center provides intensive instruction in reading to approximately 40 to 45 children during the academic year. The center is staffed by a reading specialist, a part-time…

During the 1972-73 school year the educational program in Community School District 24, New York City, was supplemented by a quality incentive grant from State Uurban Education funds. These funds were used to establish two programs. The major objectives of the Corrective Reading program were: (1) to provide corrective reading diagnostic and…

The mission of the simulation team of the Model Elementary Teacher Education Project, 1968-71, was to develop simulation tools and conduct appropriate studies of the anticipated operation of that project. The team focused on the experiences of individual students and on the resources necessary for these experiences to be reasonable. This report…

Media adjunct programing (MAP) techniques for presenting individualized, self-paced instruction were compared to traditional instructor-classroom (TIC) techniques in an undergraduate pilot Weather course. The MAP group completed the course in significantly less time than did the TIC group, representing a 29 percent time savings. In addition, MAP…

An experimental course in organic chemistry utilized computer-assisted instructional (CAI) techniques. The CAI lessons provided tutorial drill and practice and simulated experiments and reactions. The Conversational Language for Instruction and Computing was used, along with a CDC 6400-6600 system; students scheduled and completed the lessons at…

This guide, prepared by the K-12 Foreign Language Committee in the School District of Philadelphia, formulates a series of behavioral objectives in the basic skills of second language learning. They include listening, speaking, reading, and writing as well as cultural education. The study specifies desired student learning behavior, describes the…

This study is designed to give a brief, descriptive look at the Learning Center in Adult Basic Education. Some philosophical orientation, considered to be a reflection of the current thinking of many serious adult educators regarding their objectives in implementing a learning center literacy program, is included. The Learning Center for Adult…

Project ABLE, a systems approach to occupational education, was conducted (1) to demonstrate increased effectiveness of instruction whose content is derived from analysis of desired behaviors after graduation and (2) to apply newly developed educational technology to the design, conduct, and evaluation of vocational education. Several procedures…