One of a series of eleven curriculum manuals which cover the four transportation topics of public transportation, transportation and the environment, transportation safety, and bicycles for elementary, secondary and adult levels, this manual covers the topic of bicycling for grades 6-9. The manual contains forty-seven learning activities grouped…

Individualized learning is one of the current educational trends. This approach is an answer to the differences found among students in terms of their abilities and disabilities, learning styles, objectives, and interests. Individualized instruction calls for a synthesis of strategies, which should be categorized in a hierarchy projecting all…

The autonomous learning strategy for adults which has been used to teach English as a second language at the University of Nancy for the past two years is described here in detail. Several case studies are provided on learners with both specific and general language needs, illustrating the roles of the helper, learner and the institution, and the…

The Dallas Public Library reports on a two-year independent study project (ISP) developed in cooperation with Southern Methodist University and the College Level Examination Program (CLEP). Activities described include: provision of an information and materials distribution center for CLEP; making available information about area colleges and…

Central Michigan University's Institute of Personal and Career Development (IPCD) extends educational opportunities to adults who determine from their career experiences that they need additional professional competencies. The program is based on competency objectives which were evaluated according to broad criteria referenced tests. Upon…

This national program offers college-level instruction through the newspaper. Published by the University Extension of the University of California at San Diego, this resource kit combines a course on United States history and the future of man and society. The kit contains a soundsheet, lectures, student study guide, student reader, self-tests,…

The purpose of this guide is to assist teachers in the classroom utilization of "Artes Latinae", the Encyclopaedia Britannica Latin instructional system. This guide is intended as a supplement to the publisher's teacher's manual and presupposes familiarity with it. Stress has been placed on the early units of the textbook, since the inexperienced…

The conference on New Careers in Community Service was concerned with voluntary service as well as employment opportunities for women. Opportunities for community service exist in education, health, home economics, welfare, recreation, employment counseling services, and public housing. Supporting services necessary to enable the women to work…

Viewing the language laboratory as an educational resource with potential applicability in every area of study, the author sets forth four basic principles which prompt him to urge its wider use. They include: (1) the possibility for concentration in isolation, (2) student analysis of his own voice, (3) a variable learning rate, and (4) the…

Learning 100 is a multimedia, multimodal, multilevel communication skills system; heavy stress is placed on filmstrips, tapes, and recordings; many of the materials are self-pacing; and a readiness stage and six graded levels of instruction have been developed. At the White Plains Learning Laboratory Center, Learning 100 was used with a group of…

With home study, subjects inaccessible locally become available. Useful aids in career development, many courses are offered: business, skilled trades, preparation for professional licenses, profitable hobbies, and academic subjects. Many courses provide complete vocational training, as well as the upgrading of job skills. The directory offers a…

A description is provided of the training and counseling materials and methods prepared by the Saskatchewan NewStart and the Training Research and Development Station. Following a brief review of the concept of social inventions, summary descriptions are provided of nine adult education courses. These are: 1) Life Skills, which focuses upon…

Approximately 1800 prospective secondary school teachers at Illinois State University are providing themselves with pre-service education via a self-paced competency-based teacher education program. Called the Professional Sequence (PS), the program replaces courses taught by the lecture method. PS frees students from scheduled classes, eliminates…

The Florida Department of Education has adopted state-wide goals and performance objectives which can ultimately serve as the basis of a non-time based school. In such a system, student performance will be the measure of an individual's success, as opposed to merely the number of years spent in the classroom; additional characteristics will…

A three-phase research project involving eighth-grade students seeking to examine the potentialities of managed self-instruction in introductory modern language courses at the early secondary level is reported in this paper. Problems inherent in the development of instructional systems and differentiated language learning modes are explored with…