Time and learning
Subtitle: scheduling for success
By: Robert L. Kennedy and Ann E. Witcher, editors.
Contributors: Kennedy, Robert Loren, 1951-; Witcher, Ann E.; Phi Delta Kappa.
Series: Hot topics series
Publisher: Phi Delta Kappa International
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Bloomington, IN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
Subjects: Teaching -- United States.; Schedules, School -- United States.; Time management.
Other titles: Scheduling for success
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-267).
"December 1998."
Table of contents: title: How can we make the most of the school day?. Blockscheduling / Karen Irmsher. The hybrid schedule : scheduling to the curriculum / Gerald L. Boarman and Barbara S. Kirkpatrick. Improving school climate : alternating-day block schedule / Donald G. Hackmann. Parallel block scheduling : accommodating students' diverse needs in elementary schools / Martha E. Snell, Dianne Koontz Lowman, and Robert Lynn Canady. A Colorado school's un-rocky road to trimesters / Tom Stumpf. Designing classroom spaces : making the most of time / Deborah W. Tegano et al.; title: When will the school day begin and end?. Killing time / Kathleen Kennedy Manzo. Extending school hours : a capital idea / John Hodge Jones. The effects of full-day kindergarten on student achievement and affect / David Hough and Suzanne Bryde. Too little, too late / Millicent Lawton; title: How long should the school week be?. Evaluation of the four-day school week in Idaho suburban schools / Richard L. Sagness and Stephanie A. Salzman. Perspectives : implementing the modified four-day school week / C. Del Litke. A matter of time : schools try four-day weeks / Robert C. Johnston. Saturday school / Policy Studies Associates, Inc.; title: Can the length or configuration of the school year affect learning?. Year-round schools : a matter of time? : cost-saving opportunities and pitfalls / Jared E. Hazleton. Year-round education : is it worth the hassle? / Caolyn M. Shields. Review of research on student learning in year-round education / Carolyn Calvin Kneese. Quality schools and the myth of the nine-month school year / Larry L. Dlugosh; title: Can looping increase time for learning?. "Looping" catches on as a way to build strong ties / Linda Jacobson. Multi-year instruction : establishing teacher-student relationships / Rober D. Lincoln. Looping : adding time, strengthening relationships / Daniel L. Burke.