Effective school management requires managers who succeed in carrying out the organizational goals of their schools, utilizing the following leadership skills: planning (deciding how to accomplish the organization's goals); organizing (doing the necessary preparation); staffing (filling positions with the right people); directing (motivating staff…

Popular and applied business literature related to self-improvement is reviewed in this working paper, one of eight which provide background information for the staff of the Skills Essential to Learning Television Project (a multi-level series of video and print resources for classroom use). A review of theories of time management in section I…

Compared the time-use in household work of school-age children in single-parent/one-earner, two-parent/one-earner, and two-parent/two earner households (N=170). Children in two-parent families were found to spend less actual and relative amounts of time on all household work than children in single-parent families. (Author/ABL)

Describes the Guidance Shorts program which was developed to meet the needs of children in a specific school setting. Discusses implementation of the weekly classroom activities and presents a sample Guidance Short lesson. (ABB)

Four brief articles look at aspects of curriculum based measurement (CBM) for academically handicapped students including procedures of CBM with examples, different approaches to graphing student performance, and solutions to the problem of making time to measure student progress frequently. (DB)

Research indicates that students achieve better when teachers have a wide array of skills and adapt these skills to different contexts. Teachers differ on how they perform these instructional behaviors. This article shows that attempts to improve student achievement must be based on the development of more effective teaching behavior. (Author/VM)

Students from a high school psychology class were subjects in a study of the effect of tutorials versus study time on student performance. Tutoring produced content knowledge for tutors who worked with partners. (LMO)

Examined time use attitudes for 353 elementary and secondary school students. Identified four constructs to student attitudes toward time, while the school organization operates within a homogeneous view of time. Suggests school personnel become aware of differences in time use attitudes of students when designing instructional strategies and…

The article examines burnout among teachers of the gifted including problems resulting from burnout such as absence, lower productivity, and loss of quality teachers. Among solutions proposed are support systems at several levels, time management, and education/communication with persons outside the program. (Author/DB)

A study investigated the estimated time allotment of urban and rural secondary school principals in Nigeria to each of seven administrative functions. Results showed that location (rural or urban) was a determinant of estimated time spent on functions such as inspection, planning, coordination, evaluation, supervision, counselling, and public…

The author discusses the importance of the ability to think logically and solve problems with fundamental communication skills and with the ability to make decisions and adapt to change. Five thinking skills are examined: making decisions, planning and organizing, managing time, proofreading, and using proper language arts composition skills. (CT)

Outlines research on how expert teachers function in the classroom. Shows the structure of an expert teacher's lessons and how she handles content in the teaching of mathematics. The studies suggest that content knowledge is critical and that expert teachers manage time and academic engagement equally well. (MD)

A study was conducted to determine the summer activities in the vocational agriculture program that should be and are being conducted in the United States. Significant differences existed between what teachers thought they should do during the summer and what they actually did. Recommendations are included. (CT)

Examined the roles of 11 school psychologists in an urban school in a time sampling study conducted by trained observers. Results generally confirmed the findings of self-report studies showing that 30-40 percent of the psychologists' time was spent in assessment. (JAC)

A new form of the Deterrents to Participation Scale was sent to a random sample of households. Data from the 215 respondents yielded six deterrence factors--lack of confidence, lack of course relevance, time constraints, low personal priority, cost, and personal problems--that are useful in building future adult education programs. (SK)