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ERIC Number: ED145886
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1977-Sep-27
Pages: 25
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Student and Faculty Preferences for Class Scheduling Patterns.
Noonan, Roberta L.
A random sample of 55 faculty and 593 students in 28 classes was surveyed to determine class scheduling preferences for three-semester-hour courses and to relate them to existing scheduling patterns at Moraine Valley Community College. Fifty-five percent of the students preferred two 90-minute class sessions per week, 27% preferred one three-hour session, and 18% preferred one-hour segments three times weekly. Faculty had similar preferences, with percentages of 64, 23, and 13, respectively. The spring 1977 college schedule indicated that 36% of the three-semester-hour classes were scheduled three times weekly, 56% twice weekly in 90-minute sessions, and 8% three hours once a week. In addition, an analysis of core requirement classes in four areas of study showed from 40% to 50% of these classes scheduled three times weekly. Though limited by a sample bias toward day, full-time students, the study suggests that revising schedules to include more classes that meet only once or twice weekly is one way to reduce attrition and attract more students. The questionnaires are appended. (RT)
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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