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Direct linkWhillier, Stephney; Lystad, Reidar P. – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2013
In 2011, Macquarie University moved to a three-session academic year which included two 13-week sessions (traditional mode) and one seven-week session (intensive mode). This study was designed to compare the intensive and traditional modes of delivery in a unit of undergraduate neuroanatomy. The new intensive mode neuroanatomy unit provided the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Anatomy, Brain, Trimester System
Download full textShowell, Joseph L.; Brown, Casey Graham – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2019
The participants of this phenomenological study were employed at a school that previously was not performing on assessments at a level equal to schools in the state comparison group. Due to low student achievement, school leaders explored pathways to improve instruction and changed the school schedule from a semester schedule to a trimester…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, School Schedules, Semester System, Trimester System
Lighthall, Christina – Educational Facility Planner, 2012
The greatest capital expenditure a school system can make is a high school. What can be done to accommodate students and programs when funding is scarce, high schools are crowded, and more students are expected? The Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) in Raleigh, North Carolina, first addressed this issue when enrollment growth more than…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, High Schools, Public Schools, Crowding
Oxley, Diana; Baete, Glenn – Principal Leadership, 2012
One has heard it before: time is money, especially when it comes to adding time for instruction to the school day. When budgets are tight and relief is nowhere in sight, how can schools afford to implement a reform as costly as adding instructional time? It's a daunting task, yet current federal educational priorities tied to federal funding…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Time Management, Federal Aid, Grants
Johnson, Daniel K. N.; Lybecker, Kristina M.; Taylor, Corrine H. – Journal of Education for Business, 2011
The authors investigated whether the curricular structure of an economics course (semester, trimester, or compressed block schedule) has an effect on an undergraduate's subsequent retention of course material, while controlling for other relevant differences. They tested separately for theoretical or process comprehension and for graphical…
Descriptors: Testing Problems, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Retention (Psychology)
Bair, Mary Antony; Bair, David – American Secondary Education, 2010
Although many high schools are switching from a semester to a trimester schedule as a response to increased high-school graduation requirements, there is very little empirical research on trimesters. In this ethnographic case study (2006-2009), we observed 22 math and science classrooms, interviewed seven administrators, two counselors and 22…
Descriptors: Trimester System, High Schools, At Risk Students, Graduation Requirements
