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Direct linkCynthia Moss – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Block scheduling has been touted as a reform effort for American schools (Trump, 1959; Zepeda & Mayers, 2006). Block scheduling allows teachers to use the additional class time to vary the activities in the classroom and move away from the lecture model and affords teachers the opportunity to utilize more student-centered activities to engage…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, High School Teachers, Teaching Methods, Learning Activities
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
Reller, Timothy Leonard – ProQuest LLC, 2010
As high schools have struggled to increase the academic performance of their students to meet state and national guidelines, all aspects of the schools' operations have been reviewed. This includes the type of schedule, block or traditional, used by the school. This study was a comparison of teacher attitudes and teaching strategies between two…
Descriptors: High Schools, Block Scheduling, Teacher Effectiveness, Metropolitan Areas
Norton, Mary Kay – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The number of public high schools implementing a semester 4 x 4 block scheduling design within the state of South Carolina has tripled since 2005. However, minimal local research has been conducted regarding the impact of block scheduling on student academic achievement. The purpose of this study was to determine if significant differences exist…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, High Schools, Block Scheduling, Exit Examinations
Raines, Jerry Randolph – ProQuest LLC, 2010
As schools continue to strive to meet federal testing requirements, many schools have been looking at ways to improve. During the 1990's many school districts thought they had found the method, tool, or program, with which to accomplish this goal: the "block schedule". This study was a comparison of the teaching strategies and attitudes of…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, High Schools, Block Scheduling, Teacher Effectiveness
Neufeld, V. Douglas – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Because of increasing student enrollment, a new school was formed in a small low-income Southern California school district. Teachers could choose to transfer to the new school or remain at the existing school. Over five years, quantitative analyses of demographic data showed little differences between the two schools across the years except for a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, At Risk Students, Enrollment, Intervention
