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Ellenbogen, Bruce S.; Maxim, Bruce R. – Mathematics Magazine, 1992
This paper first defines the bridge club scheduling problem that was presented to the author and then explores the meaning of an optimal solution. Next, an analytical solution is sought based on the classification of the problem as a resolvable partially balanced incomplete block design. Finally, four increasingly sophisticated techniques of…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Higher Education, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction
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Riley, James E.; Meyer, Ruth Ann – Mathematics Teacher, 1981
Story problems related to transportation are seen as tools to motivate students to study mathematics by relating the subject to the real world. Schedule making for transportation planning is reviewed. (MP)
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Mathematical Applications, Mathematical Enrichment, Mathematics Instruction
Merenbloom, Elliot Y.; Kalina, Barbara A. – Corwin Press, 2006
Today's schools are responding to the pressing need for positive student-teacher relationships that promote successful learning and prevent dropouts and violence. To meet this challenge, many secondary schools are reorganizing around smaller schools or "houses" and structuring longer blocks of learning time. Authors Elliot Y. Merenbloom and…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, School Schedules, Dropouts, Middle Schools
Further Education Staff Coll., Blagdon (England). – 1984
This trainer's guide is intended to assist supervisors of work-based career training projects help students in developing the planning, problem-solving, communicating, monitoring, and estimating skills necessary to plan routes. The guide is one in a series of core curriculum modules that is intended for use in combination on- and off-the-job…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Business Education, Communication Skills, Competency Based Education