Reviews the book "Methods of Effective Teaching and Course Management." States that the book is not a guide to successful teaching, rather it provides insightful passages upon which readers can begin to reflect on their own teaching style. This book is highly recommended to science educators committed to educational reform, effective teaching, and…

Supports Paul Ramsden's "call" to look beyond students' approaches to learning towards their perceptions of the educational context. The article, however, refutes Ramsden's suggestions for an analysis of student perceptions as being somewhat limited and present a method that is more qualitatively and linguistically grounded. This method was used…

Describes one vendor's methods for pricing the development of online learning courses. Highlights include estimating the time needed; estimating the size of the course by counting the number of potential screens; estimating time spent by learners; comparing similar projects; and estimating time needed by each member of the project team. (LRW)

Discusses research on the relationship between time and learning. Includes suggestions for improving learning time. (PKP)

Describes the experience of a contract service business after adopting a Web-based collaborative technology to share information throughout the firm. Explored user perceptions and attitudes toward the technology and its impact on time, control, and organizational change based on qualitative interviews. (Author/LRW)

Discusses how instructional time can be increased and better utilized within the current school framework. (ZWH)

Discusses time management training based on the theory that it should be a conceptual, psychological, and sociocultural process aimed at the management of self and relations with others. Guidelines for effective time management training are suggested, including supporting social needs, self-awareness, and encouraging creativity. (LRW)

Students (n=431) from 12 colleges and students (n=278) from 12 high schools identified the top time wasters as procrastination, television, socializing, daydreaming, figuring out an assignment, physical problems, sleeping, lack of planning, waiting, and the telephone. Teachers can help students by introducing them to time management principles and…

Describes the technique of linked multiple choice, a hybrid of open-ended and multiple-choice formats. Explains how it combines the testing power of free-response questions with the efficient grading of multiple choice. (SK)

Discusses needs assessment and evaluation as strategic processes within the human performance technology framework and explains how practitioners can coordinate these two steps to save time and money in performance improvement interventions. Describes a performance improvement framework and how needs assessment and evaluation relate to the…

Examines the latest generation of time management strategies for persons within an organization, and focuses on enhancing relationships and improving effectiveness rather than efficiency. Suggests that our lives should be structured such that we spend time on activities that are important but not urgent (long-range planning, preventative…

Curriculum mapping, a procedure for reconstructing what has been taught, should not replace teachers' daily lesson plans. For instructional supervision purposes, however, systematically reviewing teachers' curriculum maps might replace monitoring of lesson plans. The procedure can help departments of education ascertain whether basic skill…

Advocates teaching students organizational skills that lead to school success. Outlines seven such skills and how to teach them, including such things as bringing necessary supplies to class, organizing handouts and loose-leaf papers, taking and organizing notes, developing and following study plans, and planning and carrying out large projects.…

Discusses the integrated concept of electronic performance support systems (EPSS) as a solution to meet performance needs of knowledge-rich workplaces where information overload is often a problem. Considers the adoption of information technology, task performance time, and support functions, and gives an example of an EPSS for marine shipping…

This study examined the nature and correlates of different patterns of perceived control in adolescents' relationships with their best friends. Participants included firstborn adolescents (M = 14.94 years), their younger siblings (M = 12.44 years) and both their mothers and fathers in 163 families as well as a best friend of each adolescent (M =…