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Rettig, Michael D.; Canady, Robert Lynn – School Administrator, 2003
Documents Virginia's history of adoption and implementation of block scheduling, highlights common forms of block scheduling, and describes mistakes that caused schools to abandon block scheduling. Describes three key variables (time, teachers, and students) in the use of block scheduling to improve student achievement. (PKP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Block Scheduling, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Codding, Judy – Principal Leadership, 2001
Describes a year-long, high school reading and writing literacy course developed by the National Center on Education and the Economy, designed to be delivered in a 90-minute, double-block period 5 days a week. Identifies several things principals can do to successfully implement the course. (PKP)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Block Scheduling, Principals, Reading Instruction
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Biesinger, Kevin D.; Crippen, Kent J.; Muis, Krista R. – NASSP Bulletin, 2008
Results are presented from a mixed-method investigation into the effects of Block Schedule on student self-efficacy, attitude, and instructional practices within the context of mathematics. Students exposed to block schedule showed no change in attitude toward mathematics, whereas those on a traditional schedule demonstrated a significant…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Self Efficacy, Teaching Methods, Student Attitudes
Frishberg, Ellen; Lee, John B.; Fletcher, Carla; Webster, Jeff – TG (Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation), 2010
This project studied four career college and school campuses in Texas that had higher than average graduation rates and lower than average student loan default rates to determine what they did to achieve these positive outcomes. The visits to the campuses found that a conscious, concerted effort to integrate students into the academic and social…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, At Risk Students, School Holding Power, Student Financial Aid
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Dunigan, Anne H.; Hoover, Tracy S. – Journal of Career and Technical Education, 2007
Block scheduling was established in response to educational reform measures and is the restructuring of the school day in longer class increments with fewer number of classes per day. The FFA, an intra-curricular component of the agricultural education, provides leadership opportunities and involvement within the classroom setting. This study…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Scheduling, Student Attitudes, Agricultural Education
Spellman, James E.; Oliver, J. Steve – 2001
This study examines the relationships between classroom environment and affective learning outcomes over time. Focus is placed on the investigation of the correlation between environmental variables and attitude toward science, and the change in attitude toward science and other classroom environment attitudes by students enrolled in block…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Science Education, Secondary Education, Student Attitudes
Morton, Betty – Communication: Journalism Education Today, 1997
Discusses the four-block format of block scheduling (being considered or implemented by many high schools), noting its advantages and disadvantages, mixed responses to it, and how it might affect school publications and the teaching of journalism. (SR)
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Educational Change, High Schools, Journalism Education
Schwaninger, Doyle – Communication: Journalism Education Today, 1997
Discusses the advantages and disadvantages to journalism and student publications of a straight four-block school schedule that has been in place for three years. (SR)
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Educational Change, Journalism Education, Secondary Education
Gaverth, Cheryl – Communication: Journalism Education Today, 1997
Describes how one teacher of photography has adapted to the 90-minute lessons of her Missouri high school's block scheduling. Focuses on dividing up lecture time, separating the class into groups, and making each student responsible for his/her performance in the class. (SR)
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Educational Change, Instructional Improvement, Journalism Education
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Edwards, M. Craig; Briers, Gary E. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2000
Comparison of 184 animal science students in modified alternating day block schedule with 136 in 9-week accelerated block schedule showed that higher-order thinking skills achievement was less than half of the passing standard. Higher- and lower-order skills performance of modified schedule students was superior, which may be explained by teacher…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Animal Husbandry, Block Scheduling, Secondary Education
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Veal, William R. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2000
Examines the effects of block scheduling on teacher practice and student achievement. Sought to recognize the professional lives of teachers as a context for both change and stability. Investigates two questions: (1) How does one type of block schedule reform change science classroom practice within specific subjects; and (2) How does this reform…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Block Scheduling, Classroom Techniques, Science Education
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Thomas, Cheryl – NASSP Bulletin, 2001
Discusses problems related to block scheduling and suggests three elements for improvement: appropriate subject material, appropriate teaching styles, and appropriate level of cognitive development. (Contains 11 references.) (PKP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Block Scheduling, Cognitive Style, Secondary Education
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Gullatt, David E. – NASSP Bulletin, 2006
This article reviews pertinent research literature that documents the efficacy of alternative scheduling formats in U.S. secondary schools since the late 1990s. Gains attributed to alternative scheduling formats are discussed by subject area. Common educational dilemmas occasioned by a change to alternative school scheduling are outlined and…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Secondary Schools, Secondary School Curriculum, Productivity
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Zmuda, Michael; Hatch, Melanie – Computers and Education, 2007
This paper presents the results of an experiment conducted to assess the affects of teaching recursion in two disjoint, non-consecutive units of instruction. One group of students was taught basic and advanced recursion topics in four consecutive class periods, while a second group was taught recursion in two two-period blocks that were separated…
Descriptors: Units of Study, Statistical Analysis, Block Scheduling, Time Factors (Learning)
Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. Office of Research, Evaluation, and Assessment. – 2000
This review focuses on 128 high schools in Georgia that have completed at least one full year under block scheduling. Information presented includes scores on the Georgia High School Graduation Tests, Scholastic Assessment Test scores, and Advanced Placement examination scores. The review is merely a summary of selected descriptive information,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Block Scheduling, High Schools, Scores
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