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| Systems Approach to Individualized Instruction (SAII). A systematic instructional program in reading and mathematics. Approved by JDRP for students of all abilities, grades 1-6. It has also been used in other settings with grades 7 and 8. |
Description Systems Approach to Individualized Instruction (SAII) has developed criterion-referenced tests and learning modules for 155 reading skills (e.g. readiness, phonics, syllabification, and structural analysis) plus 200 criterion-referenced tests and learning modules for the computational skills of mathematics.
The program has also developed sets of teacher questions and student worksheets to accompany over 400 paperback books (e.g., Profiles in Courage, Henry Huggins, Little Red Hen). Each set of questions has been divided into lessons with each lesson having questions on five levels of comprehension: recall, interpretation, extrapolation, analysis, and evaluation. A set of two handbooks is available to help the teacher manage the component parts. The program can be adapted to the areas of diagnosis (criterion-referenced--math and reading) or basic skill development (learning modules in reading and math comprehension components of reading).
A one- to three-day preadoption workshop is required. Consultant help is available. SAII is implemented by the regular classroom teacher. The reading component requires two teachers, the math component, one. Master tapes--available for reproduction--are required for the reading component.
Awareness materials are available. Visitors are welcome October through March. Training is conducted at the program site (adopting site must cover own costs). Training is conducted out of state. Program staff can attend out-of-state conferences. Print-ready sets of program materials are available at cost. Diagnostic tests: reading, $20; math, $24. Learning modules: reading, $70, math $120; comprehension questions, $165; games to accompany reading learning modules, $20.
Developmental Funding: USOE ESEA Title III.
JDRP No. 73-15 (4/5/73)
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