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Ambler, Trudy; Solomonides, Ian; Smallridge, Andrew – Curriculum Journal, 2021
The first year in Higher Education (HE) is an international priority because of its importance to the retention of students. While initiatives to improve students' commencing experience continue to develop one area that has received limited consideration is the first-year curriculum. The aim of the research reported in this paper was to enhance…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Student Experience, Block Scheduling, College Curriculum
Ghapanchi, Amir Hossein; Purarjomandlangrudi, Afrooz; Miao, Yuan – Journal of Educators Online, 2023
Block mode of teaching, also called intensive mode of teaching, has received great recognition and interest from education sector. This mode of teaching is a compressed style of teaching in which classes are delivered in an intensive period of time. Block mode teaching has been found to have potential to enhance student performance. Although…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Learning Management Systems, Student Attitudes, College Students
Tripodi, Nicholas; Kelly, Kate; Husaric, Maja; Wospil, Rebecca; Fleischmann, Michael; Johnston, Susan; Harkin, Katherine – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2020
Student engagement is known to have several positive effects on learning outcomes and can impact a student's university experience. High levels of engagement in content-heavy subjects can be difficult to attain. Due to a major institutional restructure, the anatomy prosection laboratory time per subject was dramatically reduced. In response, the…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Models, Visual Aids, College Freshmen
Poppink, Sue; Ma, Xin; Shen, Jianping – Journal of International Education and Leadership, 2019
For this study, we examined the constructs of time, student groupings, and professional staffing in schools and determined their significance in whether or not schools made Adequate Yearly Progress or were required mandatory improvement. We conducted a logistical regression analysis using a national data set, the School and Staffing Survey…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Suburban Schools, Rural Schools, School Schedules
Zepeda, Sally J.; Mayers, R. Stewart – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2013
In this case, a new superintendent has communicated what he perceives as a needed change affecting students and teachers on several campuses and a seemingly short timeline for making the decision to move off a block schedule. The abrupt nature of the announcement, combined with the circumstances surrounding the superintendent's recent hiring has…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Educational Administration, Administrator Attitudes, Interpersonal Communication
Imbimbo, Josephine; Gilkes, Alwyn – New Visions for Public Schools, 2009
This publication focuses on block scheduling. Alternative scheduling models--usually called "block scheduling" because they involve blocks of time for student learning--restructure the school day. Schools may adopt block scheduling to create more productive and personal relationships among teachers and students, to design challenging…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Scheduling, Teacher Student Relationship, Educational Environment
Hixson, Nate; Stohr, Amber D.; Hammer, Patricia Cahape – West Virginia Department of Education, 2013
A study of instructional planning periods was undertaken in late 2013 pursuant to West Virginia State Code ยง18A-4-14 which states: "The state board shall conduct a study on planning periods. The study shall include, but not be limited to, the appropriate length for planning periods at the various grade levels and for the different types of…
Descriptors: Instructional Development, School Schedules, Teacher Surveys, Academic Achievement
Williams, Charles, Jr. – Online Submission, 2011
The purpose of this study was to determine the impact block scheduling has on (a) student academic achievement, discipline, and attendance, and (b) administrator, teacher, and student perceptions. The study compared 2005-2010 data from a high school utilizing the A/B block schedule and a high school under a traditional schedule, in one suburban…
Descriptors: Suburban Schools, High Schools, Block Scheduling, School Schedules
Crawford, Elizabeth; Torgesen, Joseph – Florida Center for Reading Research, 2007
One of the most critical needs in Florida's "Reading First" schools is to improve the effectiveness of interventions for struggling readers. For example, during the 2005-2006 school year, only 17% of first grade students who began the year at some level of risk for reading difficulties finished the year with grade level skills on the…
Descriptors: Reading Research, Emergent Literacy, Grade 3, Grade 2