Techniques for developing a schedule in an early intervention program for handicapped students include setting the stage, selecting and arranging the time blocks, scheduling individual and group programs, and assigning staff. Classroom arrangement decisions must be made and the schedule should be evaluated in relation to individualized education…

Examined the effects of a flexible working hours schedule on the arrival and departure times of 162 public sector employees. Results indicated that workers, when scheduling their own workday, deviate only moderately from their preflexitime arrival/departure times; and they tend to develop relatively stable arrival/departure patterns. (Author/RC)

A brief review of the literature indicates that decisiveness is an important dimension of effective administrative behavior. (Author/WD)

Describes the summer camp program in visual arts offered to elementary and secondary students at the Interlochen (Michigan) Center for the Arts, focusing on the participants' daily schedule. (SJL)

When asked to estimate the time needed to complete various pictured projects, Native American adolescents were less able than their non-Native American counterparts to estimate times chosen by adults. Because the ability to estimate time appears to be a factor in school achievement, study findings may have educational implications. (DS)

This article describes a method for writing instruction in which small groups of students meet to read and evaluate each other's writing. A five-day schedule for this "writing family" activity is outlined. (SJL)

Outlines how a good preventive maintenance program can be scheduled and followed up to insure that the inspections have been performed. Both manually operated and computerized preventive maintenance programs are discussed. (MLF)

Middle school scheduling is a major instructional activity reflecting understanding of human growth and development, agreed-on school objectives and purposes, and available human and physical resources. (Author/JM)

A computerized routing and scheduling system for the San Francisco Public Schools includes the batch processing of bus route assignments and schedules for all schools and the online terminal processing of daily changes. (Author/MLF)

Teacher and child variables in a noncategorical program for early childhood education of retarded, autistic, seriously disturbed, learning disabled, and aphasic children were used to generate monthly computerized schedules of instruction. Schedules were generated over an eight-month period. Advantages and feasibility of such a scheduling system…

Presents the comments of two elementary students as supportive of daily physical education. (SJL)

Teachers at four block-scheduled schools in the Huntington Beach (California) Union High School District were asked whether the change yielded differences in instructional practices, assessment techniques, social interaction, curriculum, and school management. Responses to an (anonymous) Likert scale indicate that block scheduling allows teachers…

Despite considerable documentation and implementation of block scheduling, there is little evidence that it achieves an increase in student understanding of subject material. Field research that examined seventh-grade math achievement scores in block scheduled and regular schools showed that none of the anticipated results were realized regarding…

Grades from 112 students in 3 business courses integrated in block format were compared with those of 151 other business majors. High achievers did not self-select into blocks. Grading rigor did not suffer and grades were more correlated in block presentation, possibly because of content integration. (Contains 18 references.) (SK)