As part of an ESEA Title III study of student reaction to modular scheduling at Abington High School-North Campus, 930 ninth grade students completed opinionnaires designed to test the hypothesis that most of the students favor modular scheduling and that there would be no significant differences in terms of sex, ability group, and sending school.…

A school planning scheme involving 46 principle activities which occur over a 38-month period is presented. This scheme was developed for individuals responsible for the planning of vocational and technical schools, i.e., supervisors, state staff, university school plant planners, architects, and local school administrators. The activities…

The New Paltz, New York, school district has used the IBM Vehicle Scheduling Program (VSP) for scheduling its bus runs. In the process the district has reduced its transportation costs by 33.9 percent over a two-year period. (IRT)

In order to measure the effect of early morning and weekend scheduling at William Rainey Harper College, six different survey forms were developed and sent to the following groups of students: students taking six selected courses at 7 a.m., students taking the courses during regular times of the week, and students taking the courses on the…

This is a series of 3 reports to the Colorado College faculty and administration on a long-range plan. The first report deals with some of the technical features of a modular course plan, mainly: (1) the construction of a modular schedule, (2) registration and enrollment procedures, and (3) campus space and fixtures. The second report contains a…

The film service program described in this handbook defines selection procedures that facilitate ordering and scheduling of instructional films. The internal structure of the program (i.e., the group leader concept) provides for student involvement at varying levels of responsibility. Once in operation, the program should relieve the professional…

Inservice education programs for public school teachers are needed for these, among other, reasons: (1) to provide teachers with preparation for teaching reading since this often not done by colleges and universities and is often not required for state department certification; (2) to help teachers keep abreast of the latest research in the field…

An intensive evaluation of the quarter system versus semester system as a method of operation at Western Wisconsin Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education District (Western Wisconsin Technical Institute) was conducted through student and faculty evaluation along with an analysis of the effects of the quarter system on other schools, agencies,…

This report describes and evaluates the Humanities Cluster College (HCC), a part of the Modular Achievement Program (MAP) at Bowling Green University. This interdisciplinary program is described according to: rationale, specific aims, detailed description of the program, subjective evaluation, evaluative research, and recommendations. Related…

This cost study of the Modular Achievement Program at Bowling Green State University indicates expenditures for the 1972-73 academic year according to the state auditor's budgetary system for state universities of Ohio. Following an overview of the financial situation, emphasis is placed on indirect university contributions, instructional cost,…

The design and implementation of a rotating class schedule which was put into effect in the Charlo High School, Charlo, Montana in September 1969 is discussed in this paper. The schedule, described in this report, consists of a 75-minute period followed by 2, 60-minute periods in the morning and 4, 45-minute afternoon periods. The program…

The primary purpose of this study was to develop a secondary school physics curriculum guide for use within a modular-flexible schedule framework. A secondary aspect was to design and model modular-flexible schedule specifically for physics instruction. Information regarding flexible scheduled programs was obtained by visiting 17 secondary schools…

A description of the development and operation of the home-school conferencing program at Frederick Roehm Junior High School in Berea, Ohio. (SJL)

Policies on grade submission and issuance of transcripts were surveyed for 135 U.S. institutions of higher education with enrollments over 12,800. Information is provided on submission schedules, proportion of final grades not submitted in time, penalties for late submission, transcript production, annual volume, processing time, and conditions…

Motivational factors affecting decisions to discontinue existing minicourse programs or to not consider the adoption of minicourse programs tend to be programmatic and administrative rather than philosophical. (Author/IRT)