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Download full textKinnick, Mary K. – 1986
Key concepts from theory and research on student learning are discussed, and a conceptual framework to promote the design of local instructional improvement efforts is presented. The objective is to advocate that institutional researchers focus more directly on the basic issues of teaching and learning and to suggest that improving instructional…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Educational Quality, Educational Research, Evaluation Criteria
Thompson, J. – 1985
This report is intended to assist curriculum developers, administrators, and teachers in the Technical and Further Education (TAFE) system in deciding if and when it is appropriate to introduce individualized systems of instruction in their programs. The first section explains what individualized instruction is and examines the reasons for the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development, Educational Benefits, Feasibility Studies
Pereyra-Suarez, Esther – 1986
A self-paced, individualized program of instruction in eight languages (French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish) that has proven successful at San Jose State University (California) is described. The format of the program, options for individual scheduling and guidelines for class attendance, tutoring, and testing…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Course Content, French, German
Watson, Arden K. – 1986
Communication apprehension (CA) affects from 15% to 20% of the college population, indicating inherent problems of negative cognitive appraisal, conditioned anxiety, or skills deficits. Use of an individualized approach to the alleviation of CA has been shown to increase students' class interaction and to improve their verbal skills. During an…
Descriptors: College Students, Communication Apprehension, Communication Problems, Communication Skills
Reddick, Thomas L.; Peach, Larry E. – 1984
A 20-item questionnaire determined and compared attitudes of 996 public school teachers and administrators in 83 rural Tennessee counties concerning curriculum development, course content, school environment, individualized instruction, philosophical parameters, student evaluation, and extracurricular activities. Both teachers and administrators…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Classroom Environment, Comparative Analysis, Course Content
Taggart, Robert – 1986
Chapter 1 of this reference manual is a summary of the comprehensive competencies program (CCP). It describes this system for organizing, implementing, managing, and efficiently delivering individualized self-paced instruction, combined with group and experience-based learning activities, using computer-assisted instruction. (The CCP covers not…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Computer Assisted Instruction
Dundee Univ. (Scotland). Coll. of Education. – 1984
Resource-based learning is described in this document as a pupil-centered approach to teaching science in which a wide variety of resources are used. Students are given some freedom of pace and choice of activity while teachers provide resources to the student when they are needed. The learning is then based on the resources and the pupil can make…
Descriptors: Biology, Case Studies, Chemistry, Foreign Countries
Safwat, Yvonne; And Others – Passage, 1986
The adult English literacy program at the Phanat Nikhom Refugee Camp has developed techniques for actively engaging the sometimes reluctant students in the skill development process leading to literacy. A literacy warm-up chart used daily for five minutes develops the prereading skills of sequencing and left-to-right eye coordination; a variety of…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Educational Games
Hamilton, James B. – 1987
This handbook is intended to assist vocational teachers who are mainstreaming handicapped students into their vocational education programs. The first section describes the features of six common types of disabilities. The concept of providing a continuum of services and individualized education plans are discussed next. Various aspects of…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Classroom Techniques, Counseling Services
Wyatt-Brown, Anne M. – 1988
An approach to teaching academic writing to foreign graduate students at the University of Florida is described. The course combines general and technical writing assignments to sharpen students' critical thinking skills while improving their organizational techniques and editing strategies. Assignments are designed to help students discover the…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Critical Thinking, English for Academic Purposes
Lore, Rosemary; Chamberlain, Ed – 1988
Intended to improve language and reading skills of selected underachieving students, the 1987-88 Compensatory Language Experiences and Reading Program (CLEAR) of the Columbus, Ohio, public schools served 4109 pupils in grades 1-8 in 94 schools. The program featured individual and small group instruction arranged according to pupil needs, as well…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Compensatory Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Education
Hohhertz, Durwin – 1980
This coordinator's guide for a module on restaurant cashiers, one of seven individualized units about restaurant occupations, has been developed for students enrolled in cooperative part-time training and employed in a commercial restaurant. Included in the first part of the guide are a progress chart, suggested teaching procedures, answers to the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Cooperative Education, Credit Cards, Definitions
Iowa State Board of Regents, Des Moines. – 1984
This report recommends measures to improve elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education in Iowa while providing universal access to education. The proposal stresses unified goals throughout the state's educational system, while retaining local discretion over curriculum. Although the report emphasizes high school-to-college articulation, it…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Articulation (Education), Competency Based Education, Educational Cooperation
Miller, Ronald C.; And Others – 1988
The Chapter 1/P.S.E.N. Remedial Reading and Mathematics Program of the New York City Board of Education Division of Special Education was designed to provide supplementary instruction to eligible English-speaking and limited English-proficient students in self-contained special education classes. A secondary goal was to provide orientation and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Diagnostic Teaching, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Gay, Geraldine – 1985
The purpose of this study was to examine how learners with different levels of prior understanding of a topic interact and learn from computer-assisted video instruction systems when they have control of content, sequence, pace, and mode of instruction. Based on pretest scores, 80 subjects were randomly selected, half with low prior conceptual…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Biology, Computer Assisted Instruction
