Individualized

Instruction
By: Yunes Mhifoodh
 DEFINITION OF
INDIVIDUALIZED
INSTRUCTION
I Individualized instruction is where
students’ personal needs are placed at the
forefront of an instructor’s teaching
practices. Here, technology, content and
pace of learning depend on the abilities of
individual students in a class. Five steps to
individualization in the classroom include
 AIMS OF INDIVIDUALIZED
INSTRUCTION.
INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION ALLOWS A
STUDENT WHO IS ABOVE OR BELOW "AVERAGE"
TO PROCEED AT THE STUDENT’S OWN PACE FOR
OPTIMAL LEARNING.

STUDENTS LEARN THE SELF-DISCIPLINE NEEDED

TO MOTIVATE THEMSELVES AND TO KEEP THEIR
PROGRESS ON TARGET.

STUDENTS DO NOT HAVE TO REPEAT PORTIONS

OF A COURSE THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY
MASTERED.
 types of Individualized Instructions,
advantages and limitations.
TYPES OF
DISADVANTAGES INDIVIDUALIZED
OF INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION
INSTRUCTION 1. Keller plan: This strategy
advocates the use of sequential set
1. Appropriate resource
of self study units pursued by each
materials may not be available.
student at his own pace
2. Requires specialized skills
to assess the needs of each 3. Computer assisted instruction:
students. This type of instruction provides
3. Requires individualized flexibility for individualizing the
educational process. It makes use
evaluation strategies.
of computers in imparting
education
 The appropriateness of
Individualized Instruction
Individualized instruction focuses on the needs of the individual student. Teaching is
specific and targets one need at a time. This teaching method can be used on its own,
or it can be part of differentiated teaching. Some students who receive individualized
instruction need teachers to help them understand and learn. Other students using
the same teaching method can skip topics they already know and go on to advanced
information.