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Peer reviewedGerking, Janet L. – Science Teacher, 1995
Discusses the changes in science instruction resulting from one school's move to block scheduling. Longer class periods were found to increase the amount of concepts taught and time for activities. Figures contain a sample student schedule, goals for restructuring, rationale for block scheduling, and a sample density experiment. (LZ)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Scheduling, Science Education, Science Instruction
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 reviewedBarnes, Robert; And Others – Science Teacher, 1996
Presents a lesson plan for a block period that involves students in learning how organisms can be classified. (DDR)
Descriptors: Biology, Educational Change, Flexible Scheduling, Lesson Plans
Download full textDavis-Wiley, Patricia; And Others – 1995
Several studies have found that an inordinate amount of potential instructional time is lost in the American secondary school classroom. This paper briefly overviews the history and types of block scheduling in secondary schools and presents findings of a study that examined the perceptions of administrators and teachers in two large eastern…
Descriptors: Extended School Day, Flexible Scheduling, High Schools, Scheduling
Davis, Harold S.; Bechard, Joseph E. – 1968
A flexible schedule allows teachers to change group size, group composition, and class length according to the purpose of the lesson. This pamphlet presents various "master" schedules for flexible scheduling: (1) Simple block schedules, (2) back-to-back schedules, (3) interdisciplinary schedules, (4) school-wide block schedules, (5) open-lab…
Descriptors: Flexible Scheduling, Independent Study, Large Group Instruction, Small Group Instruction
Johnson, Charles N.; And Others – 1970
This is a description and a progress report of the Basic Studies Program at Tarrant County Junior College (Texas), a 1-year program in general education designed for students who rank in the lower quarter of their junior college class and who have experienced little academic success in the past. Communications, humanities, social science, natural…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Environment, General Education, Low Achievement
Anderson, Beth; And Others – 1974
This study investigates how public school teacher of grades K-6 utilize their scheduled times free of students, excluding lunch and recess. A questionnaire that included items about a) respondents' position, b) time schedules, and c) usual duties performed during times free of students was sent to 36 participating schools. Sixty-three percent of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Noninstructional Responsibility, Questionnaires, Recess Breaks
Gilbert, Katherine J. – 1972
The questionnaire concerning contracted student time used at University Hill Secondary School and a summary of responses to it are presented. Contracted Student Time is defined as the scheduling of student time in addition to allotted class time to enable the student to complete the requirements of a course. Numbers and percentages responding to…
Descriptors: Flexible Schedules, Flexible Scheduling, Questionnaires, School Schedules
Peer reviewedSmith, Howard A. – Theory into Practice, 1985
This article: (1) describes the characteristics and duration of transitions between units of classroom activities; and (2) investigates how transitions are achieved by three effective junior high school teachers. (CB)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Junior High Schools, Scheduling, Teacher Effectiveness
Meyer, Gwen – 2001
This booklet examines issues related to time in education. After describing the increasing number of roles teachers play in their schools and their lack of time to do everything, the booklet explains that in order to achieve improved student outcomes, teachers need time to do their work. Teaching requires time for professional development,…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Elementary Secondary Education, Flexible Scheduling, Planning
Peer reviewedCooper, David – Clearing House, 1970
An unusual new program in Lexington, North Carolina, which is a drastic change to the schedule and methods of presenting learning material, is described. (DB)
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Educational Innovation, Flexible Scheduling, Independent Study
Peer reviewedFisher, Charles; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1979
Teachers will improve student learning if they attend to allocated time, engaged time, and student success rate. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Success
Peer reviewedMcKitrick, Daniel S.; Gelso, Charles J. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1978
Assessed effects on initial expectancies of whether counseling was time-limited and of interaction of time limits with chronicity of the client's problem. Subjects in the chronic problem condition had the most negative expectancies. Time limits did not affect expectancies for client activity and responsibility and for counselor activity.…
Descriptors: College Students, Counseling, Counselor Evaluation, Counselor Role
Peer reviewedSchreiber, James B.; Veal, William R.; Flinders, David J.; Churchill, Sherry – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2001
Examined two independent sophomore cohorts from a midwestern high school (332 students and 318 students) that had implemented a multischedule system (traditional block, block, hybrid). Results show a significant difference among schedule types for only one cohort, and only for one mathematics computation test. Results also indicate that schedule…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, High School Students, High Schools, Mathematics Achievement
Peer reviewedKienholz, Kevin; Segall, Nedra; Yellin, David – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2003
Research indicates that despite controversies, teachers involved in block scheduling like it. This paper presents two educators' views on and experiences with block scheduling. One suggests that teaching and learning on the block can be more relaxed. The other notes that adopting the philosophy that less is more (fewer classes meeting longer…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Educational Change, Secondary Education, Secondary School Teachers
