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Optimizing High School Curriculum Assignments.
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Grandon, Gary M. – Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 1979
A quantitative model is described for the optimal assignment of students to courses for their complete high school careers. Model-generated student schedules are found to be unfailing in their conformity to all the constraints of the test high school's curriculum. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Computer Programs, High School Students, High Schools, Mathematical Models
First Year Teachers and 4 x 4 Block Scheduling.
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Queen, Allen J.; Algozzine, Robert F.; Isenhour, Kimberly – NASSP Bulletin, 1999
A North Carolina study found that first-year teachers moved confidently into block scheduling, rated the block highly, and used 11% more time than experienced teachers to manage classroom discipline problems. Teachers attributed their success to instructional pacing, ability to vary instructional strategies, subject area competency, and…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Block Scheduling, Classroom Techniques, Discipline
Measured Outcomes of Learning under Block Scheduling.
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Hess, Caryl; Wronkovich, Michael; Robinson, James – NASSP Bulletin, 1999
A study of 270 sophomores taught in either a block scheduling or traditional scheduling format showed significant results for English and biology. Block schedules significantly predicted pretest to posttest differences in Educational Testing Service subject scores over and above those of students following traditional schedules. (Contains 16…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Curriculum Development, Grade 10, High Schools
How Students Spend Their Time.
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Horne, William R. – Learning Assistance Review, 2000
Describes a study on time management that involved 57 third-year university students who first estimated, then recorded how they allocated weekly time between work, maintenance (sleep, meals, etc.) and leisure. Finds that students spent a mean of 40 hours per week on schoolwork. Offers suggestions on allocating student time. (Contains 19…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Planning, Scheduling
An Elementary Block Field Experience Program: Focusing on Reflection and Collaboration.
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Comeaux, Patricia; Huber, Richard – Professional Educator, 1998
Describes an early field experience program designed to help student teachers develop and enhance reflective thinking skills and value reflections and to model collaborative learning. Data from observations, interviews, and journals indicated that the program enabled student teachers to grapple more effectively with the complexities of the…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Cooperative Learning, Critical Thinking, Elementary Education
Provision of Adaptive Instruction: Implementation and Effects.
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Wang, Margaret C. – 1982
Despite increased interest in and acceptance of the concept and mandate of providing adaptive instruction to ensure schooling success for each student, a sizable gap exists between identification of specific educational practices and application of such practices in schools. The work described in this paper is aimed at examining the feasibility…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary School Students
Developing Personnel and Staffing Standards.
Cummins, Thompson R. – Library Administration & Management, 1992
Discusses staffing needs and plans that need to be considered by library administrators. Topics addressed include the supervisory process, including patron needs assessment; the staffing process, including a staffing control system; staffing studies that establish a base for decision making; staffing standards; staffing problems; scheduling; and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Decision Making, Guidelines, Higher Education