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Block Scheduling: Real Reform or Another Flawed Educational Fad?
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Wronkovich, Michael – American Secondary Education, 1998
Examines some evidence presented for and against block scheduling and makes recommendations based on these observations. Existing empirical evidence is ambivalent regarding academic benefits, particularly for mathematics achievement. Alternative scheduling seems right for some curricular areas and wrong for others. Blocking some classes and not…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Curriculum Design, Educational Benefits, Educational Psychology
The 4 x 4 Block Scheduling Model: What Do Teachers Have To Say about It?
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Hurley, J. Casey – NASSP Bulletin, 1997
A western North Carolina study explored how 31 teachers and 35 students viewed implementation of the 4 x 4 block schedule in five high schools. Teachers generally favor the 4-period schedule, but several cited absence problems, less student homework, and "uneven" student schedules. To reap full benefits from block schedules, principals…
Descriptors: Attendance, Block Scheduling, Educational Benefits, High Schools
The 4 x 4 Block Scheduling Model: What Do Students Have To Say about It?
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Hurley, J. Casey – NASSP Bulletin, 1997
A western North Carolina study explored how 31 teachers and 35 students viewed implementation of the 4 x 4 block schedule in five high schools. Students overwhelmingly favored the schedule. Advantages included getting better grades, participating in school-sponsored clubs during the school day, having less homework, and graduating a half-year…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Educational Benefits, High Schools, Program Effectiveness
Evaluation of 4 X 4 Block Schedule.
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Mutter, Davida W.; And Others – ERS Spectrum, 1997
Describes 4 X 4 block scheduling and its advantages and disadvantages. Examines block scheduling's effects on a Virginia high school's students, teachers, and administration, based on school data and survey results. Most participants preferred block scheduling over the six-period schedule. Grades, attendance, and discipline improved; students…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Block Scheduling, Educational Benefits, High Schools
Block Scheduling the High School: The Effects on Achievement, Behavior, and Student-Teacher Relationships.
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Eineder, Dale V.; Bishop, Harold L. – NASSP Bulletin, 1997
An Ohio high school staff's action-research project examined effects of a recently implemented block-scheduling arrangement on student achievement, behavior, and student-teacher relations. Results support other research: students earned higher grade point averages, more students attained the honor roll, disciplinary referrals were reduced,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Action Research, Block Scheduling, Educational Benefits
Block Scheduling Revisited.
Queen, J. Allen – Phi Delta Kappan, 2000
Successful block scheduling depends on provision of initial and ongoing instructional training. Teaching strategies should vary and include cooperative learning, the case method, the socratic seminar, synectics, concept attainment, the inquiry method, and simulations. Recommendations for maximizing block scheduling are outlined. (Contains 52…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Advanced Placement, Alternative Assessment, Block Scheduling