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Hemlata Karki; Sonam Jamtsho; Mon Bahadur Basnet – Journal of the International Society for Teacher Education, 2024
The purpose of this action research was to study the potential of block time lesson planning (BTLP) as a viable alternative to detailed daily lesson planning in managing teachers' workloads. The study delved into primary responsibilities of a teacher such as resourcing lessons, carrying out assessments and daily lesson planning as workloads. A…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Faculty Workload, Block Scheduling
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Doris Testa; Nina Van Dyke – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2025
Responding to student demand for flexibility in the delivery of classes as well as the potential barriers and enabling factors supporting student success, universities have introduced distinctive educational models, including replacing the standard 12-week, sequential delivery of units of study with 4- or 8-week blocks of one or two units at a…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Success, Foreign Countries, Flexible Scheduling
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Vogler, Kenneth E.; Schramm-Pate, Susan; Allan, Audrey – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2019
This study compared the academic performance of seventh-grade students on a state-mandated social studies accountability test by the instructional time configuration used and explored the relationship among the variables of gender, race and poverty on this performance. Results of 24,919 seventh-grade student social studies test scores from 117…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Middle School Students, Hispanic American Students, Block Scheduling
Caplinger, Robert T. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine whether the use of a middle school flexible interdisciplinary block schedule would increase eighth-grade students' reading scores, as measured by the Oregon Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (OAKS). A 90-minute middle school flexible interdisciplinary block schedule served as the independent variable and…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 8, Block Scheduling, Flexible Scheduling
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Glasswell, Kathryn; Ford, Michael P. – Reading Teacher, 2010
The practice of matching texts to readers is one that many teachers use and yet one that can become rigid and cumbersome with everyday classroom use. Here we discuss concerns about leveling and propose that by observing and listening to the students in our classes we can develop more powerful ways with leveled texts.
Descriptors: Literacy, Reading Programs, Block Scheduling, Flexible Scheduling
Williamson, Ronald – Education Partnerships, Inc., 2010
Driven by stable or declining financial resources many school districts are considering the costs and benefits of a seven-period day. While there is limited evidence that any particular scheduling model has a greater impact on student learning than any other, it is clear that the school schedule is a tool that can significantly impact teacher…
Descriptors: Resource Allocation, Block Scheduling, School Schedules, School Districts
Murray, Shannon – Principal Leadership, 2008
Flexible modular scheduling (flex mod)--a schedule philosophy and system that has been in place at Wausau West High School in Wausau, Wisconsin, for the last 35 years and aligns nicely with current research on student learning--is getting more and more attention from high school administrators across the country. Flexible modular scheduling was…
Descriptors: Flexible Scheduling, High Schools, Block Scheduling, Career Centers