The Keller Plan

General

The Keller Plan (also called The Personalized System of Instruction) is an instructional method introduced by Fred Keller, J. Gilmour Sherman, and other researchers in the 1960s.1) Fox, Edward A. Keller Plan. This individualized learning method was oriented on improvement of high school learning.

What is the Keller plan?

The key aspects of Keller's method are the following:2) Keller, Fred S. ‘Good-bye, teacher...’ Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis 1, no. 1: 79-89. 1968.

The go-at-your-own-pace feature, which permits a student to move through the course at a speed commensurate with his ability and other demands upon his time.

The unit-perfection requirement for advance, which lets the student go ahead to new material only after demonstrating mastery of that which preceded.

The related stress upon the written word in teacher-student communication.

The use of proctors, which permits repeated testing, immediate scoring, almost unavoidable tutoring, and a marked enhancement of the personal-social aspect of the educational process.