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Sharman, Rex G. – Education Canada, 1989
Examines effects of academic year division on junior high school student satisfaction. Reports no relationship between semester organization and student satisfaction or achievement, although students report dissatisfaction with the length of certain classes. Advanced English students were more satisfied with semester courses than general English…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Junior High Schools, Program Design
Download full textArmstrong, William B. – 1991
In 1991, California's San Diego Community College District (SDCCD) formed a task force to investigate the effects of adopting academic calendars that end either before or after the winter holidays. To gather information, the task force performed a grade distribution analysis among district college students to determine the impact of fall semester…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Planning, Community Colleges, Feasibility Studies
Larsson, Robert D. – 1978
In order to determine whether there were compelling reasons for Schenectady County Community College (SCCC) to change its quarter calendar, and which calendar would be most appropriate to the college and most responsive to the problems that made the change seem desirable, previous calendar change studies were reviewed and administrators of…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Enrollment Influences, Feasibility Studies
