TRADITIONAL VS. INDIVIDUALIZED
•INSTRUCTORS FOCUS ON
MANAGING INSTRUCTION
• MOST STUDENTS ENTER AT
ABOUT THE SAMETIME
• STUDENTS ALL COVER THE
SAME MATERIAL
• STUDENTS ALL PROCEED FROM
ONE TOPIC TO THE NEXT AT
THE SAME TIME
• INSTRUCTORS FOCUS ON
MANAGING LEARNING
• STUDENTS ENTER AT
VARIOUS TIMES
THROUGOUT THE YEAR
• DIFFERENT STUDENTS
MAYBE TRAINING FOR
DIFFERENT OCCUPATIONS
WITHIN THE SAME
PROGRAM
• EACH STUDENT MOVES ON
THE NEXTTASK ONLY AFTER
MASTERING THE TASK HE OR
SHE IS CURRENTLY
WORKING ON.
3.
CONTINUATION…
• THE INSTRUCTORCONTROLS
THE LEARNING PACE
• ALL STUDENTS ARE USUALLY
TESTED AT ONCE
• VERY LITTLE CONTINUOUS
FEEDBACK IS GIVEN
• THE INSTRUCTOR IS
INVOLVED IN TEACHING
ONLY ONE TOPIC AT A TIME
• EACH STUDENT
PROGRESSES AT HIS OR
HER OWN PACE
• EACH STUDENT IS TESTED
WHEN READY TO
DEMONSTRATE MASTERY
• IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK IS
GIVEN TO EACH STUDENT
AT CRITICAL POINTS IN
THE LEARNING PROCESS
• THE INSTRUCTOR MUST BE
ABLE TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS ON MANY
DIFFERENT TASK EACH
DAY
4.
CONTINUATION…
• RETESTING IS
DISCOURAGEDOR NOT
ALLOWED AT ALL
• MATERIALS, TOOLS AND
SUPPLIES FOR ONLY ONE
TOPIC ARE NEEDED AT A
TIME
• THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS
ENROLLED IS MAXIMUM
CAPACITY AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE YEAR OR
TERMS AND DECLINES TO
HALF OR LESS TOWARD THE
END
• RETESTING IS
ENCOURAGED FOR
REACHING MASTERY
• THE INSTRUCTOR MUST
SEE THAT ALL MATERIALS
NEEDED FOR MANY TASKS
ARE READILY AVAILABLE
• AS VACANCIES ARE FILLED,
STUDENT ENROLLMENT
REMAINS AT CAPACITY ALL
YEAR LONG
5.
CONTINUATION…
• MOST INSTRUCTIONIS
DELIVERED BY OR
DEPENDENT UPON THE
INSTRUCTOR
• THE PROGRAM IS USUALLY
CLOSED DOWN OR
SHORTENED DURING THE
SUMMER MONTHS
• THE INSTRUCTOR MUST
MANAGE THE USE OF A
WIDE VARIETY OF
INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA
AND MATEREIALS EACH
DAY
• THE PROGRAM USUALLY
OPERATES YEAR ROUND
6.
CONTINUATION…
• THE EVENINGPROGRAM IS
USUALLY SEPARATE AND
DISTINCT FROM THE DAY
PROGRAM
• THE INSTRUCTOR
CONTROLS THE SEQUENCE
IN WHICH TOPICS WILL BE
COVERED
• DAY AND EVENING
PROGRAMS BOTH HAVE
ACCESS TO ALL LEARNING
GUIDES AND RESOURCES
• IF POSSIBLE, STUDENTS
DETERMINE THE
SEQUENCE OF TASKS