Variable junior high school schedules were developed to inject variety and expanded course offerings in the traditional daily schedule. This report collects tables, figures, and diagrams to explain the Racine, Wisconsin, junior high school variable scheduling plan. Sample student schedules, programs of studies, the rotation cycle, and comparisons…

Data demonstrate than an Interim Term program possesses significant potential for adding to the breadth and general education dimension of a student's college learning experience. (Author)

As an alternative to basing course length on a quarter or semester schedule, course division into modules of smaller duration is defended. (JO)

Alternative scheduling provides community colleges with a means to adapt to declining enrollments and fiscal exigencies, and to respond the demand for accountability to students. Strategies such as departing from traditional semester- or quarter-length courses and developing weekend programs have been implemented at certain institutions to…

The Colorado College Plan was designed to reconstitute the academic calendar so that student and faculty time would be used more productively. Courses are offered one at a time, rather than simultaneously, in nine blocks, each 3 1/2 weeks in length. The fall semester encompasses four of these blocks and the spring semester contains five. Each…

Faculty and administrators often believe that abbreviated courses are less effective than the same courses taught during a full semester. This study examined student academic performance and course evaluations for identical courses taught during abbreviated summer sessions or during regular semester sessions. Contrary to popular convention,…

The dimension of time in adult education needs to be reconceived. The elements of duration, pace, and articulation should be less rigid to achieve a better fit with adult life cycles. (SK)

A study of time allocation in urban primary-school settings. (RAO)

Arguments for and against extension of dental education to a mandatory five years because of current overcrowding of dental curriculum are presented in debate form. Affirmative arguments center on the inefficacy of restructuring existing curricula, and arguments against focus on current curricular inefficiency, costs, and other practical…

A general discussion is given concerning revisions in hours and schedules for evening and correspondence school students engaged in higher technical education. The teaching plan for the evening system consists of two parts: one for instruction in the first three years, and the other for the next three. The plan for correspondence study provides…

The Concentrated Study (COS) program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is fulltime study of a single subject for a short period with no concurrent academic commitments. Chapter one describes the first trial of COS at MIT. Emphasis is placed on planning and preparation, description of course work and activities, and evaluation.…

Analyzes factors influencing market shares such as program characteristics, station characteristics, and market characteristics, and concludes that station characteristics are dominant factors in explaining variations in program ratings and the frequency assigned is the dominant station characteristic. (MH)

In this article, the authors compare texts, times, technologies, and trails in mathematics lessons in five European countries (Flanders, England, Finland, Hungary and Spain). They start by discussing the provision and use of textbooks. After this they discuss lesson lengths and their impact on learners. They consider the extent of technology…