Guidelines are offered to help teachers improve the task commitment of young gifted children as they work on independent projects. Among suggestions offered are to work with small groups of students and to foster the child's ability to work at levels beyond those normally thought possible. (CL)

Guidelines are offered for facilitating independent or small group investigations by gifted and talented students. Steps include exploring student interest, developing the chosen topic, using the management plan, implementing and monitoring the project, and helping students with evaluation. (CL)

Independent study for gifted and talented middle-level students progresses through five stages, from the affective sensing of a problem to be solved through assessing both product and process. J. Renzulli's Enrichment Triad model can serve as a framework for independent study, which must be carefully structured and guided. (CL)

Distinguishes self-directed learning from individualized instruction and discusses the role of the teacher in promoting self-directed learning. (FL)

Self-instructional programs in the commonly taught languages are recommended for: (1) those who cannot get to classes, (2) classes with individual learner needs, and (3) learners advanced enough to take on self-directed tasks. The roles of teacher and learner in self-instructional programs are discussed. (JB)

Helping students to appreciate and consequently accept responsibility for planning their learning experiences in partnership with the teacher takes time, patience, and knowledge to facilitate this emerging ability. These guidelines and suggestions are intended to help in this task. (Author/SJL)

In this article, an elementary teacher explains how he used four different approaches to instruction during the first half of the year--traditional, semi-open, open, and learning centers--and let the students choose which they preferred for the rest of the year. (CD)

Teacher intervention is often necessary to prevent independent study assignments from becoming lonely and threatening to gifted students. Active listening techniques can help teachers interpret comments that students make to gain peer acceptance or to mask their fear of failure. Students also need help planning, scheduling, and setting realistic…

The Advanced Physics Project for Independent Learning (Appil) consists of 10 units based on three themes, namely, materials, forces and fields, and waves. Discusses the content and aims of the project, its emphasis on student-centered learning, managerial advantages, characteristics of the teacher's role, resource implications, and other topics.…

Using the example of a ten-year-old boy working on a science project, the author discusses the question of when and how much the teacher should intervene and direct a child's independent learning activity. (SJL)

The article describes a facilitative teacher style of interaction in the special education classroom. The facilitative style, in which students are encouraged to develop control of their own learning, is contrasted with the directive style, in which the teacher maintains control of all classroom interactions. (DB)

The features and advantages of self-directed, multimedia language instruction are discussed, and the role of the language teacher in this context is examined. It is argued that the teacher can continue to play a significant, if new, role in managing the learning process. (MSE)

For one college teacher, the experience of reading "Information Literacy; Revolution in the Library" revealed a new and informative pattern in learning and teaching. This article examines information literacy and instructional development, classroom application, and student services. (Author/MSE)

A new level of learning resources is surfacing in many postsecondary institutions, taking one of three principal forms: an independent study model of one-on-one learning, computer communications via e-mail between teachers and learners, or online database searching to facilitate access to information and the use of libraries. The use of these…

This practitioner's monograph concerns instructional practices for developing self-directed learning among middle-school students. The monograph provides a definition of self-directed learning, a review of the developmental needs of middle-grade students, a description of a classroom environment designed to facilitate self-directed learning, and…