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Trice, Toni M. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Research shows a math achievement gap for at-risk and economically-disadvantaged students in the United States. To address this issue, a Texas school district implemented a 90-minute math block-scheduling program with 8th grade students. Shaped by the academic learning time and social justice theories, the purpose of this quantitative program…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Mathematics Achievement, Achievement Gap, At Risk Students
Caplinger, Robert T. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine whether the use of a middle school flexible interdisciplinary block schedule would increase eighth-grade students' reading scores, as measured by the Oregon Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (OAKS). A 90-minute middle school flexible interdisciplinary block schedule served as the independent variable and…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 8, Block Scheduling, Flexible Scheduling
Flynn, Leslie; Lawrenz, Frances; Schultz, Matthew J. – NASSP Bulletin, 2005
This study investigates differences in eighth-grade mathematics students' engagement in standards-based curriculum and instruction practices between block and traditional-schedule schools. Survey data were gathered from 156 middle level mathematics teachers to access the use of standards-based curriculum and instruction practices in their…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Mathematics Instruction, Grade 8, Comparative Analysis