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Walker, Karen – Education Partnerships, Inc., 2006
To use a block schedule or a traditional schedule? Which structure will produce the best and highest achievement rates for students? The research is mixed on this due to numerous variables such as: (1) socioeconomic levels; (2) academic levels; (3) length of time a given schedule has been in operation; (4) strategies being used in the classrooms;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Block Scheduling, Scheduling, School Schedules
Basham, K. Lynn; Kotrlik, Joe W. – Journal of Technology Education, 2008
Spatial abilities are fundamental to human functioning in the physical world. Spatial reasoning allows people to use concepts of shape, features, and relationships in both concrete and abstract ways, to make and use things in the world, to navigate, and to communicate. Surgeons, pilots, architects, engineers, mechanics, builders, farmers, trades…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Design, Educational Technology, Spatial Ability, Grade 9
Muir, Mike – Education Partnerships, Inc., 2003
What are the effects of block scheduling? Results of transitioning from traditional to block scheduling are mixed. Some studies indicate no change in achievement results, nor change in teachers' opinions about instructional strategies. Other studies show that block scheduling doesn't work well for Advanced Placement or Music courses, that "hard to…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Music Education, Academic Achievement, Mathematics Instruction