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Showing 1 to 20 of 342 for “"calendar"”.
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Extended calendar model versus traditional calendar model: a descriptive analysis of student performance over time
… (F&RLs) and who participated in the extended calendar model differ in English Language Arts (ELA) and mathematics achievement versus similar students who participated in the traditional calendar model. Through the duration of 2011-2018, students were either a part of the extended calendar or …
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A Comparison of the Effects of a Modified School Calendar Versus a Traditional School Calendar on Student Achievement
… the discussion and debate concerning the school calendar. Year-round Education (YRE), which uses a balanced or modified school calendar versus the traditional school calendar, has become an issue being fiercely debated in all 50 states. An alternative to the traditional calendar, YRE has become a …
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The Development of the Concept of Calendar Time
The acquisition of calendar concepts requires the mastery of other concepts, such as the concept of number, sense of cycles and sequences and the ability to use the vocabulary of time.
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EventMinder : a personal calendar assistant that understands events
Calendar applications do not understand calendar entries. This limitation prevents them from offering the range of assistance that can be provided by a human personal assistant. Understanding calendar entries is a difficult problem because it involves integrating many types of knowledge: …
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The relationship between school calendar and teacher job satisfaction
… the relationship between type or school calendar and job satisfaction of teachers. It was undertaken to provide information for school and community leaders who have a responsibility for or an interest in planning, implementing, and evaluating year-round educational programs and to add to …
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A comprehensive analysis of calendar anomalies in mature and emerging markets: essays on the major calendar anomalies in the US and Saudi markets
… begins with a comprehensive study on 4 major calendar anomalies at industry level in the US market for 90 years which include a break point period in 1952. Daily returns are examined for the weekday, turn-of-the-month, January and Halloween effects and the results confirm that the effects of …
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Differences of year-round and traditional-calendar elementary art programs
… the differences of year-round and traditional-calendar elementary art programs due to scheduling. By examining three elementary art specialists in two opposing schedules, the goal of the current study was to discover how the art specialists implemented their programs in different schedules. The …
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Calendar, Cycling, and Fast charging aging in Li-ion batteries
L'abstract è presente nell'allegato / the abstract is in the attachment
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Guilty Pleasures: Narrative Craft and Mass Appeal in the Newgate Calendar
The Newgate Calendar, one of the earliest true crime documents, has rarely been studied. This paper aims to demonstrate that these texts illuminate various aspects of the culture that both produced and consumed the narratives the Calendar contains. In particular, I have focused on two different …
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Mystery Motivator Calendar: An Interdependent Group Contingency, Variable Ratio, Classroom Intervention
… the effectiveness of the Mystery Motivator Calendar, an interdependent group contingency, variable-ratio, classwide intervention as a tool for reducing disruptive classroom behavior in eight diverse, general-education elementary school classrooms across seven different schools. The study …
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A Comparative Study of Year-Round and Traditional Calendar Schools in Chicago
<p>Restructuring the school calendar has been investigated by school districts as a possible way to increase student achievement in order to meet the standards of higher accountability. In order for districts to make sound and informed decisions about year-round schools and to evaluate the …
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Implementing a digital calendar in a portfolio management context using temporal expressions
Different systems implement digital calendars according to their context-specific needs. In the case of a portfolio management system for the financial industry, a digital calendar needs to keep track of financial events that can be both recurring and nonrecurring as well as provide business …
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Balanced Calendar versus Traditional Calendar: Measuring the Difference in Reading Academic Achievement among Kindergarten through Third-Grade Students Who Have Been Identified as Reading Below or Well-Below Grade Level
… rates, some have implemented a modified school calendar. Schools are focusing particularly on the academic success of students from third-grade through twelfth-grades, as these are the grade level performances where accreditation is determined. However, recent studies have shown that the most …
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Impact of Calendar on Student Achievement, Gender, and Ethnicity in Year-Round Schools
… time and restructuring the traditional school calendar. Rearranging the calendar allows for shorter breaks of time out to be offered throughout the year and eliminates the traditional three-month summer. Numerous research studies were examined to determine if there are benefits of a year-round …
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Retention of Academic Skills Over the Summer Months in Alternative and Traditional Calendar Schools
Alternative calendar schools are increasingly popular alternatives to the traditional nine-month school year and a three-month summer vacation. One purported advantage of a shorter summer vacation is the greater retention of academic material because there is less time to "forget" what was learned. …
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Balanced School Calendar and its Effects on Student Achievement in Two Rural Georgia Schools
This study analyzed the impact of the balanced calendar on reading, English/language arts, mathematics, social studies, and science achievement. Performance data on thirdand fifth-grade students enrolled in a school implementing a balanced calendar for three years were compared with the performance …
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Are players born earlier in the calendar year more likely to experience elite dropout?
… explores whether players born earlier in the calendar year, initially selected to play at an elite level, are more likely to be identified as dropouts at a later date. Statistical analysis is used to test for the presence and extent of RAE from a sample of almost 9,000 elite underage national …
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