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individualization

individualization

1 7.0
Making something fit one person's needs
  • noun
  • /ˌɪndɪˌvɪdʒuəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
translation icon : personalización
  • The small ratio enhanced mentoring, allowed individualization of instruction, and allowed mentors/tennis teachers to find out about the students' backgrounds.
  • Data-Based Individualization
  • individualization of instruction
  • individualization of treatment

Private schools offer smaller classes and potentially more opportunity for individualization.

Examples

  • The attention this success will bring to the individualization of all nursing home residents will benefit everyone.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The use of ICT provides the student with an increased individualization of learning.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Because of this individualization, the program was demanding in terms of time required for planning and implementation.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Answers to these questions will give you a foundation from which to start your individualization or accommodation of instruction.

    Academic text (2009)
  • At this time, educational programs stressed more individualization and self-directed learning.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Clearly, both standardization and individualization, and the methods associated with each, are legitimate exercises in education.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Isaac's support team continued to use the process of data-based individualization to develop his support plan.

    Academic text (2014)
  • Third, academic assessment procedures that are formative and/or allow for individualization of content appear to be the most useful to educators.

    Academic text (2001)
  • DBI is an iterative, multistep process involving analysis of progress monitoring and diagnostic assessment data, followed by individualization of a validated intervention.

    Academic text (2014)
  • The teacher focused on the individualization of her lesson plans to better meet each student's needs.

Synonyms

customization
vsindividualization
  • US
14 3.9

Changing something so it suits a person's needs or tastes

targets a single person's specific needs rather than general choices
personalization
vsindividualization
  • US
8 4.2

Making something special for one person based on their needs or interests

focuses more on matching specific individual needs than on uniqueness
tailoring
vsindividualization
  • Jargon
1 4.7

Changing online content to fit each person's interests

is the broad process of fitting things to one person's needs beyond digital use

Antonyms

uniformity
  • Specialized
18 4.6

The state of being the same in all parts

Making things follow the same rules so they match

How Personalized

tailoring
  • Jargon
1 4.7
personalization
  • US
8 4.2
individualization
1 7.0
customization
  • US
14 3.9
adaptation
64 3.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

individualization = individualize (transparent) = individual + ize + ation

Standard derivation from the verb 'individualize' plus '-ation' yields a noun referring to the process or result of making something individual.

Etymology

The word individualization comes from individual, where in- means 'not' and divide means 'to separate'. A helpful way to remember this sense is to think of tailoring: individualization is making something fit one person, so it means adapting or personalizing things for a single person's needs.