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Peer reviewedGorton, Richard A. – Clearing House, 1969
Descriptors: Flexible Scheduling, Independent Study, Parent Attitudes, School Role
Waack, William – Speech Teacher, 1969
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Flexible Scheduling, Independent Study, Information Retrieval
Download full textPatience, Wayne M.; Reckase, Mark D. – 1978
The feasibility of implementing self-paced computerized tailored testing evaluation methods in an undergraduate measurement and evaluation course, and possible differences in achievement levels under a paced versus self-paced testing schedule were investigated. A maximum likelihood tailored testing procedure based on the simple logistic model had…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing
Corbitt, Gail
A survey was conducted to find out how students felt about the scheduling of classes at Arapahoe Community College. A stratified random sample of 97 classes, involving 1,775 students or 28% of the student body, was used. Questions were designed to assess: (1) the type of classes in which the student typically enrolled, day/night, etc.; (2) an…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Institutional Research, Scheduling, School Schedules
HENSEL, JAMES W. – 1965
CURRICULUM PATTERN OPTIONS FOR VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE ARE PRESENTED IN THIS GUIDE. MAJOR PROGRAM OBJECTIVES ARE TO DEVELOP--(1) AGRICULTURAL COMPETENCY FOR PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE, (2) AGRICULTURAL COMPETENCY FOR OFF-FARM OCCUPATIONS, (3) AN UNDERSTANDING OF CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AND REQUIRED TRAINING, (4) THE ABILITY TO ENTER AND ADVANCE IN AN…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives
Allen, Dwight W.; De Lay, Donald
One of the major impediments to the adoption of needed curricular reform in the high school is the restrictive, manually constructed schedule. To help solve this scheduling problem, the computer based Stanford School Scheduling System (SSSS) was developed. Experience with the SSSS demonstrates its feasibility and shows that administrators can be…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Costs, Curriculum Development, Flexible Scheduling
Davis, Harold S.; Bechard, Joseph E. – 1968
A flexible schedule allows teachers to change group size, group composition, and class length according to the purpose of the lesson. This pamphlet presents various "master" schedules for flexible scheduling: (1) Simple block schedules, (2) back-to-back schedules, (3) interdisciplinary schedules, (4) school-wide block schedules, (5) open-lab…
Descriptors: Flexible Scheduling, Independent Study, Large Group Instruction, Small Group Instruction
Broadbent, William A. – 1975
During the spring semester of 1975, Leeward Community College conducted an investigation of student class schedule changes. A survey instrument was designed, and its completion was made a requirement for students requesting schedule changes. The resulting number of cases analyzed was 2,227, representing a decline of 1,873 from the number of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Courses, Enrollment, Enrollment Influences
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, Washington, DC.
This document contains ideas on a variety of subjects directed at the physical educator. The work was compiled by Project IDEA (Identify, Distribute, Exchange for Action). Topics include the following: (a) scheduling, (b) curriculum, (c) games, (d) specific courses, (e) life sports, (f) fitness, (g) adaptive Physical education, (h) course methods,…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Athletic Equipment, Athletics, Course Evaluation
Melville, George L. – 1975
In this study an attempt is made to go beyond traditional enrollment accounting. By use of a student questionnaire on the design of individual classes combined with course enrollment data, tentative individual class size standards have been established. The results of this survey are presented in appendix 1, which contains tables covering 1973-74…
Descriptors: Accounting, Class Size, Courses, Curriculum Design
PDF pending restorationGeneral Learning Corp., Washington, DC. – 1970
This is an operating manual for administration of the educational program to be used by the staff of the Fort Lincoln First Facility. It details specifications regarding information flow, storage, output, time cycles, staffing provisions, authority and responsibility provisions. An effort has been made to include those elements critical to…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Flexible Scheduling, Food Service, Guides
Deady, Gene M. – 1970
Investigated were the effects of increased time allotments, and of the teacher's preference for a particular time allotment, on fourth grade students' achievement in and attitudes to science. The sample involved 324 students from 16 classrooms. Students were randomly assigned to classes, and teachers to the control (minimum time, averaging 20…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitudes, Elementary School Science, Scheduling
Kolb, Doris H.; Etzel, Barbara C. – 1968
As a result of findings of a previous study, this study, which sought to program preschool subjects to wait one minute for reinforcement, used pause-building procedures before delay conditions were started. The children, 3- to 5-year-olds, were designated either Baseline (control) subjects (n=3) or Programmed (experimental) subjects (n=5). Though…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Conditioning, Discrimination Learning, Error Patterns
Mason, Thomas R. – 1969
Ten units in higher education employing computer techniques which used a key measure relecting the relative degree of flexibility available to an institution for scheduling its instructional program are reported upon. Other measures which have been employed are described in the form of a short history of space utilization in higher education and…
Descriptors: Campus Planning, Computer Science, Facility Utilization Research, Higher Education
American Society for Engineering Education, Washington, DC. – 1966
The purpose of this conference was to provide an opportunity for discussion between educators and representatives of the industrial world on the needs, programs, new developments, and other matters on which continuing engineering studies (CES) should be based. The first 2 papers examine the role of the engineer in a rapidly changing technological…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Engineering Education, Flexible Scheduling, Higher Education
