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Students Yes No ?
1. Do students exhibit a strong desire
to learn what is being taught?
2. Are students encouraged to practice
only those skills in which they need
improvement?

3. Are students allowed some choice in
the sequencing of their study?

4. Are students allowed some choice in
the method of learning and in the
instructional resources they use?
5. Are students allowed to practice
until they have accomplished an
objective?
6. Do students receive individual
attention when they need it?
7. Are students encouraged to move
to another unit of instruction when
their competence has been demon-
strated on the present one?

8. Does something desirable happen
to the students (from their point of
view) when they reach competence
in all the objectives (e.g., favorable
comments, cheers, applause, diplo-
ma, time off)?