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Download full textFletcher, Richard K., Jr. – 1997
During the past 4 years block scheduling has been adopted by a majority of the high schools in Middle Tennessee. This paper presents findings of a study that explored the effects of the new schedule. Data were gathered from a questionnaire that was completed by 280 teachers and approximately 2,000 students from 6 high schools in the region. Both…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, High Schools, Homework, Parent Attitudes
Creamean, Sharon Lightle; Horvath, Robert Jeffery – 2000
This report describes a program for the exploration of block scheduling. The targeted population consists of high school students in a growing, middle-class community, located in a suburban setting of a large mid-western city. The historical background of block scheduling is documented through data gathered using attendance reports, student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Block Scheduling, Educational Environment
Pisapia, John; Westfall, Amy Lynn – 1997
In 1995 the Metropolitan Educational Research Consortium (MERC), Richmond (Virginia) commissioned a study of alternative high school scheduling modules to determine the effects of different schedules on teaching strategies, teacher and student satisfaction, and student and school performance. This report presents the results of an analysis of the…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Flexible Scheduling, High School Students, High Schools
Pisapia, John; Westfall, Amy Lynn – 1997
In 1995 the Metropolitan Educational Research Consortium (MERC), Richmond (Virginia) commissioned a study of alternative high school scheduling modules to determine the effects of different schedules on teaching strategies, teacher and student satisfaction, and student and school performance. This report presents the results of an analysis of a…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Flexible Scheduling, High School Students, High Schools
