This teacher guide is part of the materials prepared for an individualized program for ninth-grade algebra and basic mathematics students. Materials written for the program are to be used with audiovisual lessons recorded on tape cassettes. For an evaluation of the program see ED 086 545. In this guide, the teacher is provided with objectives for each topic area and guided to materials written for a given topic. Three short criterion tests are included for each topic covered. The work in this package centers on linear functions and their graphs. Problems whose solutions require the use of direct or inverse variation are presented. This work was prepared under an ESEA Title III contract. (JP)