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Peer reviewedShields, Carolyn M.; LaRocque, Linda J. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1998
Studies in three Canadian schools indicate that implementation of a year-round school calendar served as a catalyst for innovations in teaching and learning and for school-level capacity-building by facilitating teachers' planning, formal and informal talk about teaching and learning, team teaching, philosophically-based programmatic changes, and…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
PDF pending restorationShields, Carolyn M.; LaRocque, Linda J. – 1996
This paper reviews research literature on year-round schools (YRS) for the British Columbia Ministry of Education. The literature review is organized around the goals of the British Columbia Ministry of Education: (1) impact on student in terms of academic achievement, attitudes, and behavior; (2) costs and benefits; (3) facility use; (4) impact…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education
