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Canady, Robert Lynn; Rettig, Michael D. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1993
The traditional seven-period high school schedule is undergoing intense scrutiny. New schedules are reducing class preparation time; permitting students to move ahead, attend alternating full-day vocational and academic programs, and perform community service during regular school hours; and allowing teachers more productive instructional modes.…
Descriptors: Efficiency, High Schools, School Restructuring, School Schedules
Peer reviewedHackmann, Donald G.; Schmitt, Donna M. – NASSP Bulletin, 1997
Offers suggestions for developing creative instructional approaches in time-blocked classes. Teachers should continuously engage students in active learning, include group activities to encourage student participation, incorporate activities addressing multiple intelligences, use creative thinking activities, move outside the classroom, employ…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Cooperative Learning, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedMerenbloom, Elliot Y. – NASSP Bulletin, 1996
Teacher teams add new dimensions to learning and a much- needed sense of family and community. Teams have four domains: response to student needs, curriculum integration, teaching strategies, and flexible scheduling. Barriers include scheduling problems, insufficient planning and implementation time, sporadic cooperation among core and elective…
Descriptors: Flexible Scheduling, Integrated Curriculum, Interdisciplinary Approach, Intermediate Grades
Download full textPisapia, John; Westfall, Amy Lynn – 1997
In 1995 the Metropolitan Educational Research Consortium (MERC), Richmond (Virginia) commissioned a study of alternative high school scheduling modules to determine the effects of different schedules on teaching strategies, teacher and student satisfaction, and student and school performance. This report presents the results of an analysis of the…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Flexible Scheduling, High School Students, High Schools
Pisapia, John; Westfall, Amy Lynn – 1997
In 1995 the Metropolitan Educational Research Consortium (MERC), Richmond (Virginia) commissioned a study of alternative high school scheduling modules to determine the effects of different schedules on teaching strategies, teacher and student satisfaction, and student and school performance. This report presents the results of an analysis of a…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Flexible Scheduling, High School Students, High Schools
Wisconsin Association of Foreign Language Teachers, Whitewater. – 1995
The report examines issues in block scheduling as it affects foreign language teaching and learning. First, key questions related to block scheduling are discussed from the perspective of student learning, access, and workload. These include questions concerning the potential of block learning to improve achievement and rate of learning, to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrative Policy, Annotated Bibliographies, Class Size
