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Peer reviewedHassenpflug, Ann – NASSP Bulletin, 1999
In this interview, a high school art teacher explains why her initial enthusiasm for block scheduling evaporated. Problems arose with foreign-language instruction, science labs, lesson planning, field trips, space utilization, supplies, and overenrollment in elective subjects like music and art. Teachers had little control or administrative…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Art Teachers, Block Scheduling, Elective Courses
Peer reviewedKramer, 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
