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Lukes, Laura A. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2014
Dual-enrollment (DE) science courses offer a way to strengthen the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics pipeline between high school and college. These courses offer high school students the opportunity to experience college science in a more supported environment, allowing them to adjust to the different academic and social demands…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, Program Implementation, High School Students, Secondary School Science
Lewis, Scott E. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2011
This study describes an evaluation of the Peer-Led Team Learning (PLTL) reform model in first-semester general chemistry. PLTL was implemented in place of one-third of the available lecture time, maintaining the same amount of structured class time under the reform. The evaluation demonstrates that classes implementing the PLTL reform at the…
Descriptors: College Science, Chemistry, Introductory Courses, College Freshmen

Kramer, Steven L. – NASSP Bulletin, 1997
A study of British Columbia high schools found that block scheduling can endanger mathematics achievement. Reduced math scores were attributed to irregular planning time, little opportunity to modify curriculum; and the provincial examination system. Longer time blocks cannot succeed without adequate planning time, curricular restructuring, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Block Scheduling, Foreign Countries, High Schools

Kramer, Steven L. – NASSP Bulletin, 1997
Although research has confirmed block scheduling's nonacademic benefits, effects on academic achievement are mixed. Teachers do not always replace lecturing with more effective participatory teaching methods. To work best under an intensive or alternating block schedule, schools should adapt the math curriculum to reduce course redundancy and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Algebra, Block Scheduling, Class Size