Essay - A Private School Model for Individualized Instruction: Identifying Factors that...

A Private School Model for Individualized Instruction: Identifying Factors that Contribute to a Successful School Program for ***** Instruction

Chapter 1: Introduction ***** Study

Introduction

Background of *****

Statement of Problem

***** ***** Study

Rationale

Research Question

Nature of Study

Significance of *****

***** ***** Terms

Assumptions and Limitations

Organization of Remainder of Proposal

Chapter 2: Literature Review

Chapter 3: Methodology

Design of the Study

Design of ***** Evaluation

Sample and Population or Source of Data

Instrumentation Plan

Data Collection Plan and Other Procedures

Data Analysis Plan

***** and Recommendations

Findings

***** Survey/Questionnaire

***** Norm-referenced testing grade equivalent results

Chapter 4: Conclusion and Discussion

Bibliography

***** 1: Survey Questionnaire

Appendix 2: Human Participants in Research form

Chapter 1: Introduction to Study

Introduction

This thesis will present a model for *****dividualized instruction, which is a system of educ*****tion whereby curriculum and instruction is tailored ***** the needs ***** learners to ensure success, such ***** through the love of learning, generated by th***** method of instruction, students experience success. It will be argued that when children realize success, ***** this method of learning, they are prepared to embrace challenges, ***** through *****, quality learning takes place. The main purpose ***** the ***** is to identify the main facets of individualized education that contribute ***** the success of ***** instruction.

The following key issues are assessed throughout the thesis in order to determine what factors contribute to a successful school program: I) multi-age education, ***** children ***** grouped according to ability and skill level, not (as traditionally) by physical age); II) knowledge-based instruction, ***** is rich in content, and which does ***** necessarily follow a strict curriculum, rather a series of rich n*****rratives, which lead to tangential questions, ***** as *****, a rich learning process; and, III) Learning through Writing, which *****s an emphas***** on strategies for writing across the *****.

The ***** argues that ***** individualized ***** is a work of A.R.T. (Account*****, Responsibility & Team*****) i.e.,: A: *****ccountability of administration and faculty to provide outst*****ing education; R: *****esponsibility on the part of students to learn to their highest potential, and T: *****work of parents, school and children.

The thesis evaluates the key issues stated above, and ***** effect ***** A.R.T. at an Institute, S.F.A.L. (the South Florida Academy Of Learning), ***** the use of a questionn*****ire (***** is given in the Appendix) and an analysis of the norm-referenced grades of children attending the ***** (***** grades of the ***** from S.A.L.F. have been compared with the grades of children from other Institutes ***** non-***** teaching methods, ***** hence are norm-referenced), in ***** to be able ***** assess the effect of individualized instruction on the ***** of the children attending S.A.L.F.. The same data will *****n be used to determine which of the novel ***** ***** individualized instruction ***** most important in determining the success - or not - of individuals taught through individualized *****.

***** questionnaire was handed out to all families with ***** ***** ***** school, and the retrieval of