Describes a one-month course in crystallography (designed for all levelsof undergraduates) that emphasizes laboratory investigations and programed learning. (MLH)

The annual survey shows 75 institutions changing for 1983-84. The early semester calendar was the only type to gain, adding 49 institutions, but the overall distribution of calendar types has changed little. Most using traditional semesters are in California or New York. Only 8 percent use the 4-1-4 schedule. (MSE)

BASED ON EMPIRICAL DATA ACCUMULATED FROM TWELVE JUNIOR COLLEGES UNDER THE 2-SEMESTER CALENDAR, THE MODEL DEVELOPED IN THIS STUDY CAN BE USEFUL IN PREDICTING CHANGES IN PLANT USE UNDER THE 4-QUARTER CALENDAR. THIS CALENDAR REVISION HAS FOUR CONSTRAINTS--(1) THE SENIOR INSTITUTIONS IN THE STATE HAVE ADOPTED IT, (2) THE STUDENT'S CHOICE OF QUARTER IN…

Chabot College began in 1961 on the semester system and converted to the quarter system in 1966. This study was conducted in order to determine whether or not Chabot should return to the semester system. Questionnaires distributed to students and faculty revealed that whereas 88 percent of the responding students favored the quarter system, 52…

Results from the Second International Science Study showed achievement differences in biology and chemistry tended to favor Ontario students enrolled in non-semestered classes, but attitude findings were more favorable among students in semestered schools. (LMO)

This practicum report evaluates student perception of the conversion to a semester academic calendar at Snead State Community College (Alabama). A survey instrument was used to record the responses of students at Snead about whether they viewed the conversion to a semester academic calendar to be a positive experience. Results of the study showed…

THIS SURVEY WAS DEVELOPED IN ORDER TO EXAMINE THE EDUCATIONAL AND FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY AND DESIRABILITY OF YEAR-ROUND OPERATION OF LOS ANGELES JUNIOR COLLEGES, TO EVALUATE THE VARIOUS PROPOSALS FOR CALENDAR CHANGE, TO EXAMINE THE PROBLEMS AND IMPLICATIONS OF IMPLEMENTATION, AND TO DESCRIBE THE ORDERLY STEPS REQUIRED FOR TRANSITION. MATERIALS WERE…

This paper summarizes responses to a survey that examined the attitudes of secondary school officials in Vancouver, British Columbia, toward dividing the secondary school year into two separate semesters. Survey data were gathered from questionnaires completed by all secondary school principals in Vancouver, as well as from written comments…

This report is designed to provide the Dade County, Florida school board with an overview of the present status of the secondary quinmester program, an overview of the elementary quinmester program, and the projected plans for the continued development of the elementary quinmester program. (Author)

Describes a course unit scheme that has been adopted by the college. The system allows more flexibility in career planning and in course selection than does the old traditional system. (GA)

Block schedules have been used in several different high schools in various areas of the United States. Reasons for their use vary from better preparing students for college work to fewer disruptions of the school day. Several studies have examined the impact of changing from a semester system to a block system on the academic performance in…

Experientially-based, independent studies, conducted during the month-long January term at St. Lawrence University, and reactions to them are described. Emphasis is on the conflicts arising from non-structured studies approved by the Department of Geology and Geography. (LBH)