Discusses teaching methods related to timetabling and scheduling tasks. Analyzes a hierarchy of difficulties for the tasks. Reports success rates for each of the four difficulty types. (YP)

The master schedule determines instructional time, use of space, student grouping, and teacher role. Currently, secondary school buildings are used like factories, and teachers can spend an entire career in the same classroom. Traditional, intensified, and flexible block scheduling produces master schedules with greater flexibility, less…

Describes how two Orlando, Florida, high schools enhanced student success by implementing community-generated restructuring plans. Block scheduling helped improve attendance and grade point averages. Also, a survey of teachers and students disclosed school climate gains in the areas of safety, success, involvement, commitment, interpersonal…

Describes the ways in which block scheduling can decrease school-day interruptions, reduce discipline problems, and help students who need more time and a slower pace. Also describes block schedules' effects on students and teachers. Sidebars offer guidelines for block scheduling and selected references. (LMI)

Three articles describe block scheduling in two Florida high schools, the changes necessary for implementation, advantages of the system, and effects on library media programs. Areas of impact for library media centers include management, collection development, and information skills instruction. (JKP)

Thorough investigation of scheduling options is needed to facilitate the development of a tailor-made schedule for the small school. The traditional scheduling model usually only works well in urban or suburban schools. When this mass production model is imposed on small schools, student needs become secondary to the dictates of the schedule. The…

Most clients throughout the history of social work have participated in brief treatment only. The authors suggest that this fact of clinical life be taken into account in administrative and therapeutic planning. (Author)

This paper outlines, explains, and illustrates the core block model of scheduling, which allows students to spend more time with fewer teachers and encourages greater teacher interaction and ownership in the lives of their students. The core model has been used effectively with advisory programs, drop schedules, and exploratory blocks. It serves…

A CURRICULUM PLAN HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY THE BLOOMINGTON, WISCONSIN, COMMUNITY SCHOOLS TO EXPAND CURRICULUM OFFERINGS BY 30 PERCENT USING EXISTING TEACHING STAFF AND PHYSICAL FACILITIES. THE SCHOOL DAY IS DIVIDED INTO 21 MODULES OF 19 MINUTES EACH. SEVEN MODULES ARE GROUPED INTO A BLOCK. THREE BLOCKS CONSTITUTE A SCHOOL DAY. THE SCHOOL YEAR IS…

The purpose of the study was to develop a set of guidelines for the implementation of the Vocational Education Act of 1963 as applicable to the stenographic area in business and office education at the secondary school level in the state of Ohio. Part One presents the history and present status of government-supported vocational business education…

The major topic is the modular scheduling program developed for Virgin Valley High School in Mesquite, Nevada. The concept of modular units in curriculum planning is described with various modular units illustrated graphically. Also included is an example of a hand-generated modular schedule system which is adaptable in schools with a 200- to 33…

From a sociological standpoint, universities may be viewed as organizations. In seeking to understand organizations, it is necessary to have both "knowledge of structure"--how the organization is put together and how it works--and "knowledge of intervention"--how to intervene in it to achieve some desired change. Within organizations of any type,…

BASED ON THE PREMISES THAT LENGTH OF CLASSES MAY VARY, THAT TEAM TEACHING AND SPECIAL CLASS GROUPING MAY BE BETTER SUITED FOR STUDY, AND THAT STUDENTS NEED MORE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE CREATIVELY AND INDEPENDENTLY SUBJECTS NOT USUALLY IN CONVENTIONAL SCHEDULES, CERTAIN NEW SCHEDULAR DESIGNS HAVE BEEN INITIATED IN MINNEAPOLIS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS. A…

Stresses the need for higher education students in the Soviet Union to budget time for classes, studying, research, leisure, and miscellaneous activities such as sleep, transportation, and personal needs. Outlines an efficient student time budget. (Author/DB)

By developing, validating, and using a formula for predicting students' time commitment to their studies, those responsible for developing curricula can make their planning more precise. The Estimated Module Work-Study Time formula developed at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine is described. (Author/LBH)