This article describes a system of scheduling football games between school teams by means of a computer with the objective of matching teams of approximately equal ability. (JD)

Application to analysis, planning, and scheduling of dissertation research and writing. (DAG)

Data reported here support the view that an increase in anxiety exerts an interfering effect on test performance and suggest that attempts should be made to minimize increases and to decrease anxiety levels of students on test days. (Author/JC)

Examines the weekly variation in schedule gross rating points exhibited by a representative sample of advertising schedules similar to most schedules used by practicing advertisers. (MB)

Outlines how the Lounsberry Hollow Middle School in New Jersey has devised a scheduling program that minimizes the student pullout problem and maintains the academic integrity of the school day. (MD)

By offering teachers and parents a vision of an alternative structure, an effective summer program can stimulate change during the school year. The Southern Coalition for Educational Equity created such a program in New Orleans, Louisiana, for underachieving minority students. Focus was on effective instruction, increased student participation,…

Describes a Time Awareness Program initiated at a Kansas City, Missouri, elementary school to address time wastage problems involved with starting the day, changing subjects, and attending assemblies. The key to successful learning is to allow teachers to teach all day without breaking the teaching/learning cycle. (MLH)

Describes the use of a scheduling procedure called ACCESS (Adapting Class Choices, Educator-Student Sessions) at Brevard Community College to disperse classes evenly throughout an 8 am-to-3 pm day. Reviews benefits and applicability for night scheduling. (DMM)

One of the most discouraging things that can happen to the director of a performing group is to lose an outstanding musician from the program due to a conflict in the student's schedule. The floating eighth period schedule is a viable solution. (RM)

This study examines the relationships between classroom environment and affective learning outcomes over time. Focus is placed on the investigation of the correlation between environmental variables and attitude toward science, and the change in attitude toward science and other classroom environment attitudes by students enrolled in block…

Changing student expectations and life styles are prompting educators to develop innovative approaches to organizing time and curricula. Describes how and why the modular calendar works, as well as its future role in educational change. (Editor/PG)

Describes an academic program that maximizes curricular flexibility. (Editor)

Data demonstrate than an Interim Term program possesses significant potential for adding to the breadth and general education dimension of a student's college learning experience. (Author)