Individualization: The Hidden Agenda.
This article focuses on individualized education programs for school students in the U.S. For some teachers, individualizing means simply to take existing textbook material, divide it into small segments, and allow each student to progress on his own from one segment to the next as he completes the...
| Published in: | Education Digest Vol. 39; no. 2; pp. 48 - 51 |
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Prakken Publications
Oct1973
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