Focuses on changes in instructional approaches in the schools following the adoption of block scheduling that may influence student learning. Examines a number of student outcomes, including student grades, honor roll and failure rates, the numbers of students successfully completing Advanced Placement courses, and achievement test scores from the…

Compares the final-exam scores in honors physics at a South Florida high school during 3 consecutive 4-year periods from 1991-2002. Finds that class mean exam scores decreased when the school switched from 7-period day to 4 by 4 block (4 92-minute periods per day), but increased when the block schedule was enhanced with web-assisted instruction.…

A study of Illinois public schools (N=342) found that a minimal amount of time was devoted to formal sex education. Formal sex education instruction was given as part of a health education class or unit, was not comprehensive, and followed no consistent pattern. (JD)

Sweetwater High School's adoption of a year-round schedule was not related to overcrowding, but was designed to serve the needs of Chula Vista (California) schools' highly transient, bilingual population. Despite some problems with scheduling meetings and student teacher visits, the program seemed to deliver instruction effectively. (MLH)

Determines the effects of various graduate course schedules on inservice teachers' attitudes and on the number of strategies/ideas teachers implemented into classroom instruction. Finds no significant difference among groups that met on a 3-week schedule, a 1-week schedule, or a 15-week schedule. (MG)

Associate Student Schemes at polytechnics in Great Britain enable adult students to enroll in part (a module or unit) of a degree program. The flexibility allows students to sample subjects, update existing qualifications, or design an individual program of study under the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme. (SK)

Examines teachers' views of the strengths and weaknesses of pullout programs and of alternatives to pullout programs. (PCB)

Discusses three issues related to day care in Denmark: (1) the tension women experience between work and home; (2) the ability of day care to nurture children; and (3) the monopolization of children's free time through organized activities. (RJC)

Addresses the discrepancy of actual versus ideal consultant function for school counselors with a single-session behavioral method of planned consultation with teachers, and provides methods for school counselors to increase the consultative function with relatively little investment of time. (JPS)

The phenomena of the induction and entrainment of adjunctive behaviors was investigated in 8 people (ages 5-51) with severe or profound mental retardation who exhibited stereotypic behaviors. Seven of the eight demonstrated evidence of schedule-induced stereotypic behavior, whereas five also showed evidence of the entrainment of these behaviors by…

A small group of professors who are much-sought-after lecturers inside and outside academe follow a rigorous and varied circuit of national, regional, and campus-based meetings, conferences, lecture series, and symposia. Many speak free, but some substantially augment their incomes by charging fees. (MSE)

Campus activities programers are encouraged to use creativity and to experiment in incorporating solo, or easily produced, acts into campus events. Ideas include using solo acts as openers or as part of larger special or traditional events. A sample campus survey, designed to discover campus preferences, is included. (MSE)

At Albuquerque's visually appealing New Futures School, which combines academics with parenthood training and day care services, approximately 75 percent of pregnant teens and teenage mothers enrolled obtain a high school diploma. Compared with traditional schooling, few rules apply, except required prenatal care and no fighting. The newborns also…

A realistic production schedule helps deliver college publications on time. This requires team effort and a spirit of cooperation, specific task scheduling, using tickler systems to keep staff on track, not allowing procrastination, and setting aside planning time. (MSE)

This column describes activities for use with students having visual impairments, focusing on various types of calendars, including a sensory calendar and voice calendars produced by the Voxcom tape recorder (which uses magnetically striped cards to record and play brief messages). (DB)