The ways in which time is utilized can be enhanced through careful management. The time to be allocated to various activities and objectives should be planned on a weekly basis in light of consciously set priorities. Commonly used but rarely useful strategies for time management include working faster and working longer, both of which lead to…

Innovative lesson plans for handicapped students. (CK)

This article is based upon a dissertation submitted to the University of New Mexico in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. (MH)

Shows that special repertoires shaped by differential reinforcement schedule history affect the very young child's ability to learn to withhold and to space responses in a free operant, temporal discrimination task. (MH)

Commonly entitled off-campus classes, instructors bring non-credit classes to senior citizen complexes, community centers, apartment and co-op complexes." (Author)

To avoid the loss of learning caused by the usual week's time-gap between adult evening classes, Lutterworth Community College offered an intensive French course, meeting four evenings a week for two hours. (EB)

Novel experiences, created to give students a feeling that their education has some purpose, are presented. (CK)

Use of the music block schedule for elementary band, chorus, and orchestra programs has many advantages. For example, it eliminates the need to pull students from class and abates classroom teacher and music teacher friction. Solutions to other problems often encountered in scheduling are also discussed. (RM)

Key factors that contribute to the success of a flexible modular scheduling system at a Wisconsin high school are outlined. (Author/MLF)

Descriptive study of ongoing changes in scheduling practices in Iowa and Illinois high schools during the 1999-2000 academic year. Describes scheduling models and trends with block scheduling implementation. Finds approximately one-fourth of Illinois and Iowa high schools have implemented block scheduling. Explains possible reasons for slow…

Outlines the rational for restructuring at one Missouri high school that went to the eight-block/seven-period plan. Presents weekly block time schedules from three different high schools in Missouri, Arizona, and Kansas. (SR)