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Howard, Nanci Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This causal-comparative study investigates the differences in the End of Course Examination Program (EOCEP) test scores of ninth grade students in English I and Algebra I/Math for the technologies, as influenced by schedules used in South Carolina public high schools during the 2005-2006 academic year. Framing this study is the previous…
Descriptors: Scheduling, Research Methodology, Statistical Analysis, Grade 9
Buczala, Deanna Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships among bell schedules, GEE 21 science scores, and cumulative GPAs. Factors under consideration included teacher perspective, gender, ethnicity and students' at-risk status. The researcher collected data from the Louisiana Department of Education (LDE) targeting seven schools for three…
Descriptors: Research Design, Block Scheduling, Scheduling, Academic Achievement
Jones, Carrie Aliceanna – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study provides an overview of the issues science teachers faced in the 2006-07 school year with the change to the block schedule in Wake County, North Carolina. The purpose of this research was to address gaps in literature related to changes teachers had made in their instruction and interaction with students after the implementation of the…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Focus Groups, Secondary School Science, Interviews
Walker, Karen – Education Partnerships, Inc., 2006
To use a block schedule or a traditional schedule? Which structure will produce the best and highest achievement rates for students? The research is mixed on this due to numerous variables such as: (1) socioeconomic levels; (2) academic levels; (3) length of time a given schedule has been in operation; (4) strategies being used in the classrooms;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Block Scheduling, 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
Rose, Lea Williams – Academy for Educational Development, 2006
As part of a national Middle Start initiative led by the Academy for Educational Development (AED), Mid South Middle Start is committed to working with high-poverty schools in the Mid South Delta region to build their capacity to foster students' academic excellence, support the development of young adolescents, and achieve social equity in…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Educational Development, Block Scheduling, Teacher Effectiveness