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Sharp, Robert – Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, 2011
About 20 years ago, a number of Yukon schools took a different approach to outdoor education and outdoor pursuits. During the 1970s and 1980s, most Yukon high schools and junior high schools offered a course called Outdoor Education. These courses fit into the conventional blocks in a school timetable. Outdoor activities longer than these blocks…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adventure Education, Educational Change, Secondary Education
Toussant, Molly – National Writing Project (NJ3), 2007
Fifth grade teacher Molly Toussant realized with chagrin that she habitually mouthed her precepts about teaching writing in the same rote way she had recited the Apostles' Creed in Sunday school, and that her students had no idea why they had to write "like every day." So she wrote this explication in which she shows, with many examples, how her…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Position Papers, Grade 5, Audiences
Forehand, Lee; Watkins, J. Foster – Phi Delta Kappan, 1979
This scheduling plan features three quarters of 12 weeks and a school day divided into three blocks: morning and afternoon instructional blocks of two and one-half hours each and a midday period of one and one-third hours that includes lunch time, tutorial time, and unstructured student time. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: High Schools, Models, Program Descriptions, School Schedules

Huff, A. Leroy – NASSP Bulletin, 1995
After investigating alternatives, a Missouri high school adopted the eight-block flexible scheduling model. Instead of meeting 45-60 minutes every day, classes now meet 94 minutes every other day. Staff and students are enthusiastic. Longer instructional periods allow teachers to develop key concepts and use diverse learning activities and permit…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Delivery Systems, High Schools, Models

Canady, Robert Lynn; Rettig, Michael D. – Educational Leadership, 1995
A well-crafted school schedule can enhance usage of time, space, and resources; improve instructional climate; help solve instruction-delivery problems; and help establish desired programs and instructional practices. This article discusses scheduling challenges (providing quality time, creating a school climate, and providing varying learning…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Models, Scheduling

Droit-Volet, Sylvie; Wearden, John H. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2001
Trained 3-, 5-, and 8-year-olds in temporal bisection task, with nonstandard comparison stimuli spaced linearly between short or long standard visual stimuli. Statistical analyses and results from different theoretical models of the data all suggested that temporal sensitivity was higher in the 8-year-olds than in younger groups, even when the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation

Hackmann, Donald G. – Middle School Journal, 2002
Explains why block scheduling has become accepted practice at the secondary level and describes potential benefits for middle level schools. Shares common scheduling approaches and discusses their appropriateness for use at the middle level. Presents alternative models that would permit middle school faculties to capitalize on the benefits of…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Class Organization, Flexible Scheduling, Middle Schools

Shortt, Thomas L.; Thayer, Yvonne – NASSP Bulletin, 1995
Before attempting block scheduling reforms, some issues must be addressed, including information retention, transfer students, advanced placement offerings, electives, coordination of teacher and student schedules, and cost effectiveness. There are problems surrounding academic pacing, staff development needs, and time's interaction with other…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Change, Educational Environment
Payne, Ruby K. – 1987
This paper advocates a more active role for administrators in curriculum supervision, claiming that two of the most neglected areas in supervision are the content and the amount of time allocated to that content and its objectives. An essential task of curriculum supervision should therefore be to make sure that content and corresponding time…
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Dougherty, Barbara – 1998
Previous research has shown that by varying instructional time, schools can better accommodate students' different rates of learning. One method that schools use to meet this challenge is block scheduling; different models which are described. The focus is on the benefits and disadvantages of various models. One of the benefits is block…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alternate Day Schedules, Block Scheduling, Educational Strategies
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1970
This framework is intended to be a flexible starting point for innovation, evaluation, and revision of curriculum and instructional programs. Here the social sciences also include: area studies (citizenship, conservation, comparative religions, ethnic studies, and contemporary affairs), and are linked with the natural sciences in comparing man…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Behavioral Objectives, Concept Teaching, Elementary Education
Harnischfeger, Annegret; Wiley, David E. – 1975
This approach to the study of classroom teaching-learning processes concentrates on pupil time and the various ways in which it is used. The conceptual framework contrasts with most earlier studies that report teacher behavior as the most direct influence on pupil achievement. Two premises form the basis of the framework: (1) The total amount of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Competency Based Teacher Education, Educational Policy, Elementary Education
Missouri Univ., Columbia. – 1978
Based on an analysis of problems in Missouri's distributive education programs, labor market needs, and a literature review, this report introduces three models developed for area vocational-technical schools. Basic guidelines are suggested for specialized and performance-based programs. The performance-based programs encompass the following…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Career Exploration, Competency Based Education, Cooperative Education