A general review of the evolution of the use of the computer to construct school timetables (time structures) in Great Britain. (HB)

The bibliography is divided into four sections: computer timetabling of British schools, organization of British schools, related activities, and the foreign experience. (HB)

Discusses four types of master scheduling: (1) traditional or manual scheduling, (2) computer scheduling, (3) ultra-sophisticated scheduling such as flexible-modular scheduling, and (4) innovative noncomputer assisted scheduling within the traditional school framework. (Author/DN)

In order to provide a wider variety of curriculum offerings and meet the individual needs of students, the Western States Small Schools Project (WSSP) realized it would be necessary to revise or alter drastically the existing organiztional structure of educational programs. Modular scheduling has become the most popular method of meeting this…