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Download full textFatima, Jabeen; Naseer Ud Din, Muhammad – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2010
The study was aimed at evaluating the MA Education Programme of teacher education in Pakistan. Post-graduate teacher's training institutes in Pakistan grant the Master of Education (MA/M.Ed.), Master of Philosophy (M.Phil) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) post-graduate degrees in the field of education to enhance the careers and accelerate the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Evaluation, Masters Programs, Teacher Education Programs
Peer reviewedCentra, John A.; Sobol, Marion G. – Research in Higher Education, 1974
Evaluations of the interim term or 4-1-4 program at various colleges have been generally favorable. A detailed evaluation of the Rider College interim study program based on faculty and student reports indicated that the more nontraditionally oriented courses were rated higher than the more traditional offerings. (Editor/PG)
Descriptors: Flexible Scheduling, Higher Education, Program Evaluation, Scheduling
Walters, Henry R. – 1977
Cosumnes River College participated in a Flexible Calendar Pilot Project established by the California Legislature to study the feasibility of more flexible and effective nontraditional calendar and course scheduling. The college adopted a school calendar for 1976-77 which provided for two sixteen week semesters and a three week intersession…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Experimental Programs, Institutional Research, Instructional Improvement
Peer reviewedRoss, John A. – Canadian Journal of Education, 1977
The popularity of semestered timetable organization is founded on the belief that this organizational change makes a positive contribution to the social, emotional, and cognitive growth of students. This research attempted to test the validity of that belief by identifying the claims made for timetable reorganization, formulating these claims as…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Innovation, Educational Practices, Hypothesis Testing
PDF pending restorationWalters, Henry R. – 1977
This document reports the results of an evaluation of Cosumnes River College's pilot year of operating on a flexible school calendar which provided for two 16-week semesters and a three week January intersession. The college had previously operated on a traditional calendar of two 18-week semesters. Evaluation of the alternate calendar was…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Community Colleges, Pilot Projects, Program Evaluation
Peer reviewedEid, Ghada K.; Koushki, Parviz A. – Education, 2005
This paper evaluates the effectiveness of the semester and the credit programs of high school education in Kuwait in terms of their graduating students' preparedness for continued and successful academic performance in programs of higher education. Students' percentile graduation rank from high school and their performances in the English, math…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation
Moodie, Allan G. – 1971
During 1970-71 partial or full semester systems were in operation at different secondary schools. Principals, teachers, students, and parents from schools in each of three categories: partial semester plan, full semester plan with a static timetable schedule, and full semester plan with a rotating timetable schedule, were sent separate…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Attitude Measures, High Schools, Parent Attitudes
Garlock, Jerry C. – 1977
Three questionnaires were used at El Camino College to assess a flexible calendar that allowed ten days between semesters for staff development activities. A locally developed questionnaire on staff development drew responses from 245 instructors (68.6%), a state questionnaire on the flexible calendar was answered by 57% of full-time and 17% of…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrator Attitudes, Community Colleges, Enrichment Activities
Banta, Trudy W.; And Others – 1976
A three-year trial of a voluntary quinmester plan for extending the school year began in June 1974 in five Knox County, Tennessee, schools. Curriculum revision, K-12, was the principal thrust of the ESY (Extended School Year) project, but administrators also hoped to relieve overcrowding in the schools and to effect more efficient use of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Development
