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EJ320591 UD511655
Title: Should We Lengthen the School Term?
Author(s): Karweit, Nancy
Source: Educational Researcher, v14 n6 p9-15 Jun-Jul 1985
Publication Date: 1985
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Descriptive (141)
Journal Announcement: CIJOCT1985
Reviews studies of school time and learning and asserts that there is considerable
variation in how existing time is used and that inconsistent effects for time
are often found. Argues, therefore, that increasing the school term will not necessarily
increase student achievement. (KH)
Descriptors: *Academic Achievement;
*Achievement Gains; Educational Improvement; Elementary Secondary Education; Extended
School Year; *Time Factors (Learning); *Time Management; *Time on Task
