In January 2000, the Scottish Council for Research in Education began a 2-year evaluation of the Classroom Assistant Initiative, which provided funding for hiring up to 5,000 new classroom assistants in Scottish elementary schools by 2002. The evaluation examined: relationships between student achievement and use of classroom assistants, comparing…

Reviews the findings of studies conducted on students' time on task in school, noting especially the factors influencing students' total time in school and their time engaged in learning. Draws implications for schools' use of instructional time. (JW)

A committee comprised of six veteran teachers, the principal, and one parent initiated East Lyme (Connecticut) High School's search for a workable school schedule. The alternative-day block schedule featured semester and full-year course formats, 85-minute time blocks, a 45-minute lunch/club/activity period, and a closed campus. A survey found…

Identifies communications options and the pros and cons of each: voice mail, e-mail, pagers, and cellular phones. One table is included. (LMI)

Addresses the importance of fundamental motor skills within the K-12 physical education program, discussing the issues and difficulties that confront elementary school physical educators as they perform assessment and providing workable solutions that physical educators can use to conduct quality assessment (conducting assessment during the…

Presents a literature review of research concerned with the production of learning resources in higher education. Identifies and discusses six models which may be used to understand the development and reuse of learning resources; considers staff time in the production of resources, and recommends a phenomenographic approach. (Contains 52…

Although document management (DM) systems have improved the efficiency of document handling, they do not address the document process itself. Virtual document technology, when incorporated into DM systems, simplifies the document production process and reduces time and costs. Discusses the assembly a virtual document, creation of a complete…

Focuses on how to become the kind of leader you would want to work for. Concentrates on knowing yourself, including better understanding human behavior; knowing your people, including training opportunities and staff rewards; knowing your skills, including time management; knowing how to communicate; and knowing how to move forward, including…

A 10-week stress management and relaxation course helped anxious students develop skills and strategies derived from self-awareness. Course included stress theory, organizational skills (time management, goal setting), personal transformation, tolerance for uncertainty, and metacognition, with an emphasis on self-efficacy and autonomy. (Contains…

Considers how a community-college professor's long-awaited sabbatical not only stimulates new thinking about projects and goals but also offers a foray into that forest of self that lies behind the trees. Discusses the author's experience with the time she spent on her sabbatical. (SG)

Used Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire and demographic data form to investigate relationship between job satisfaction and actual/desired role functioning and perceived control over role functioning among school psychologists. Results indicated that school psychologists spent more time in assessment activities than they desired and less time in…

Good time management means the ability to control one's life and a continuous sense of personal achievement and satisfaction. Some strategies include listing goals and setting priorities, making daily "to-do" lists, learning to say no, thinking positively, exercising self-discipline, developing realistic time estimates, and screening phone calls.…

A survey of 100 students enrolled in telecourses in the Annenberg/CPB Project found that time rather than distance was their major constraint. Interaction with faculty was more important than student interaction. More than half had computers at home but would be less inclined to take courses requiring use of computers in the workplace or campus…

School districts annually receive between 100 and 200 requests from outside groups to distribute information, raise funds, and add new units of instruction. Administrators should document the situation in their own districts, examine the procedures currently in use to handle requests, and design new ones if necessary. Contains a sample policy,…

Data from questionnaires and time logs kept by 20 adolescent single mothers determined that (1) they spend most of their time in activities related to the adolescent role; (2) they felt little conflict between the maternal and adolescent roles; and (3) mothers of older infants felt more conflict than those of younger ones. (SK)