Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 1 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 1 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 2 |
Descriptor
| Block Scheduling | 5 |
| Foreign Countries | 5 |
| High Schools | 2 |
| Junior High Schools | 2 |
| Secondary Education | 2 |
| Time Blocks | 2 |
| Time Management | 2 |
| Academic Achievement | 1 |
| Administrator Responsibility | 1 |
| Adventure Education | 1 |
| Age | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| American Journal of Health… | 1 |
| Learning Languages | 1 |
| NASSP Bulletin | 1 |
| Pathways: The Ontario Journal… | 1 |
| School Administrator | 1 |
Author
| Bruner, Brenda | 1 |
| Harley, Birgit | 1 |
| Hart, Doug | 1 |
| Kramer, Steven L. | 1 |
| Lapkin, Sharon | 1 |
| Law, Barbi | 1 |
| Raymer, Graydon | 1 |
| Reid, William M. | 1 |
| Scharoun Benson, Sara | 1 |
| Sharp, Robert | 1 |
| da Costa, Bruno Gonçalves… | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 5 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 3 |
| Reports - Research | 2 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
Education Level
| High Schools | 1 |
| Junior High Schools | 1 |
| Middle Schools | 1 |
| Secondary Education | 1 |
Audience
Location
| Canada | 5 |
| North Carolina | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Canadian Children's Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors during Time-Segments of the School Day
Direct linkda Costa, Bruno Gonçalves Galdino; Bruner, Brenda; Scharoun Benson, Sara; Raymer, Graydon; Law, Barbi – American Journal of Health Education, 2022
Background: Schools play an important role in promoting physical activity (PA) through school day schedules and policies. Purpose: To investigate different intensities of children's movement behavior during instructional time, recess, and in relation to the Ontario Daily Physical Activity (DPA) policy. Methods: Movement behavior intensities were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Activity Level, Play, Recess Breaks
Download full textSharp, Robert – Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, 2011
About 20 years ago, a number of Yukon schools took a different approach to outdoor education and outdoor pursuits. During the 1970s and 1980s, most Yukon high schools and junior high schools offered a course called Outdoor Education. These courses fit into the conventional blocks in a school timetable. Outdoor activities longer than these blocks…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adventure Education, Educational Change, Secondary Education
Reid, William M. – School Administrator, 1996
Based on his experience with the Copernican block scheduling plan used in British Columbia secondary schools, a principal identifies administrative challenges (abuse of tutorial time, uneven distribution of teacher-preparation time, teacher fatigue, pedagogical changes, and unrealistic expectations) and suggests ways to address them. Involving…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Block Scheduling, Foreign Countries, Guidelines
Peer reviewedKramer, 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
Peer reviewedLapkin, Sharon; Harley, Birgit; Hart, Doug – Learning Languages, 1997
Summarizes a study on block scheduling for second-language programs among Canadian middle school students. Results show that students studying French on a block schedule (e.g., one-half day instruction over a 10-week period) performed better on standardized tests than did control students who received standard 40-minute per day French instruction.…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Case Studies, Foreign Countries, French
