Offers 12 time management tips for harried school administrators, including using a personal calendar, calling five-minute meetings with secretaries, mail-sorting, delegating or declining certain tasks, controlling visitors, screening phone calls, streamlining meetings, and other ideas. (MLH)

Changing the scheduling system in a pediatric outpatient clinic from time-based (15-minute block scheduling) to problem-based (more extensive treatment needs scheduled for longer time blocks) resulted in a substantial decrease in waiting time by patients across all presenting problems and in increased availability of extra staff time. (Author/JW)

Focuses on process used by high school counselor who kept detailed log documenting exact time spent in various school and counseling activities, and personal insights gained from time analysis. (NB)

Through careful planning and organization, much job induced stress can be avoided. Planning and organization take time, but save time in the future. As more efficient use of time is made, the symptoms of stress and burnout diminish. (Author/JOW)

Reviewing time-saving techniques and organizational tools, the author presents specific ways for principals to manage their schedules more effectively. (MD)

The importance of nonverbal communication is clear when you realize that some 90 percent of the total impact of a message can come from the nonverbal elements of that message. (Author)

A time management quiz is provided to evaluate individual work habits. Pointers for efficient meeting management are also included. (MD)

Developing a timetable for a college fund-raising campaign may be critical to success. Planning involves deciding what tasks to include, how to prioritize and schedule them, and how much time to allot, based on task requirements, institutional size/complexity, experience. Other factors include campus climate, board style, systems readiness, and…

Explains and compares discrepancies exist between workers' estimated time and actual time. Analyzes why these discrepancies occur and their effects on routine practice. (JOW)

Proposes a theory of attentional dynamics and aims at explaining how listeners respond to systematic change in everyday events while retaining a general sense of their rhythmic structure. A mathematical formulation of the theory describes internal oscillations, called attending rhythms, that focus on pulses of attending energy and interact in…

An alternative to the work-nonwork balance metaphor is the concept of time as container of meaning. A model relates meanings derived from work and nonwork time to the experience of work-nonwork conflict. This conflict is shaped by the extent to which work and nonwork time affirms or conflicts with identity. (Contains 75 references.) (Author/SK)

Group study in and out of the classroom is strongly advocated in this article. Group study improves students intellectually; when done effectively, it stimulates interest and increases confidence; effective group dynamics also improve classroom management strategies. Group study is typically resisted by students until they are exposed to,…

Recent theories of the neural basis of performance monitoring have emphasized a central role for the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC). Replicating an earlier event-related potential (ERP) study, which showed an error feedback negativity that was modeled as having an ACC generator, we used event-related fMRI to investigate whether the ACC would…

To help practitioners integrate skills into the teaching of core academic subjects, the Partnership for 21st Century Skills has developed a unified, collective vision for learning known as the Framework for 21st Century Learning. This Framework describes the skills, knowledge and expertise students must master to succeed in work and life; it is a…

This study investigated the following: (1) What are college students' perceptions of in-class activities or the way face-to-face class contact time is used? and (2) Do students' perceptions of the above differ based on amount of teaching experience they have had? Examined were the value or helpfulness of specific class activities in terms of…