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Jim Watterston; Yong Zhao – Prospects, 2024
Is it possible to reduce the time students spend in classrooms and schools? Would such a reduction be better for learning and retaining teachers? How should learning be more flexibly enacted in the post-pandemic era? This article discusses the possibilities of rethinking school participation and calls for schools to reconsider the necessity and…
Descriptors: Students, Teachers, Learner Engagement, Academic Achievement
Shannon Chapman Fredrick – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2024
Undergraduate students often indicate they prefer a flexible course schedule and pace when completing asynchronous online courses, often in an effort to balance their academic commitments with their personal and professional obligations. While students must focus on their time management skills when taking an online course, faculty often have…
Descriptors: School Schedules, Success, Electronic Learning, Asynchronous Communication
Nespor, Jan – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2019
Full-time virtual schools problematize what it means to 'attend' school. Is it the length of time a child is logged on to the school's software system (regardless of the amount of work done), or the amount of work submitted (regardless of the log-on time)? How should one figure the amount of work teachers are doing when students work by themselves…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Time Factors (Learning), Attendance, Accountability
Tara Wood – College Composition and Communication, 2017
This article shares findings from a qualitative study on the experiences of students with disabilities in college-level writing and writing-intensive classrooms. I argue that normative conceptions of time and production can negatively constrain student performance, and I offer the concept of crip time (borrowed from disability theorists and…
Descriptors: College Students, Students with Disabilities, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction
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
Queen, J. Allen – 2003
Block scheduling encourages increased comprehensive immersion into subject matter, improved teacher-student relationships, and decreased disciplinary problems. While block scheduling may offer many advantages, moving to a block schedule from conventional scheduling can be a major adjustment for both students and teachers. This guide is intended to…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Flexible Scheduling
Black, Susan – American School Board Journal, 1998
Describes the ways in which block scheduling can decrease school-day interruptions, reduce discipline problems, and help students who need more time and a slower pace. Also describes block schedules' effects on students and teachers. Sidebars offer guidelines for block scheduling and selected references. (LMI)
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Elementary Secondary Education, Flexible Scheduling, School Restructuring
Northeast and Islands Regional Educational Lab. at Brown Univ., Providence, RI. – 1998
This booklet provides information about block scheduling--its advantages and drawbacks. Schools can use it as a discussion tool to improve their use of time by reformulating student and teacher schedules. The booklet can help educators choose a block scheduling program that will suit their school. The booklet explains the purpose of block…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Innovation and Development Services. – 1994
Since 1989, North Carolina has implemented several statewide initiatives to establish high expectations for all students. State educators have also paid increasing attention to the flexible use of time as a resource for expanding student learning. Block scheduling is a reorganization of school time that is increasingly being adopted by North…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Block Scheduling, Flexible Scheduling, High Schools
McCoy, Mary Helen S. – 1998
To offer insights into scheduling strategies, this paper presents the effects of block scheduling in one rural public secondary school. This case study revolves around three questions: (1) "What prompted the school's move to block scheduling?"; (2) "How was block scheduling implemented?"; and (3) "How has block scheduling affected perceptions of…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Educational Environment, Flexible Scheduling, High Schools
Hottenstein, David S. – 1998
Some of the difficult questions surrounding intensive scheduling, along with examples of successful applications of this approach, are described in this document. This book offers a blueprint from a practitioner's perspective and is intended for educators and lay people interested in improving secondary schools. Chapter 1 demonstrates how to…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Curriculum Design, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
Williamson, Ronald D. – 1998
This book investigates school schedules by examining the use of time at the middle level and discussing strategies that schools may use to provide greater flexibility to the school day. Eleven specific scheduling models are presented and described. Complementing the models is a discussion of the factors that propel a school's investigation of…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Development, Block Scheduling, Flexible Scheduling
Stanley, Anthony; Gifford, Lorna J. – 1998
This paper reviews the literature on 4x4 block scheduling. Studies reveal that the advantages of such scheduling are simplicity, potential for greater student achievement, and reduced disciplinary referrals. Discipline is enhanced through this type of schedule because it decreases the number of times that students are moving in the halls between…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
Aronson, Julie Z. – 1995
This report explores key issues in the debate about restructuring educational time to enhance student learning. Its central framework was derived from proceedings of a symposium conducted in June 1994 by the Policy Support Program of the Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development. Part 1 describes the developments that led to the…
Descriptors: Costs, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education, Extended School Day
Anderson, David Neil – 1966
The main topic discussed is a daily modular scheduling system initiated for the small enrollment at Pahranagat Valley High School in Alamo, Nevada, with specific reference to types of instruction, schedule procedures, and conflict problems. An evaluation of the scheduling system is also included. The report is written in dissertation format, which…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Flexible Scheduling, Individualized Instruction