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Download full textIrmsher, Karen – OSSC Bulletin, 1996
Block Scheduling has been considered a cure for a lengthy list of educational problems. This report reviews the literature on block schedules and describes some Oregon high schools that have integrated block scheduling. Major disadvantages included resistance to change and requirements that teachers change their teaching strategies. There is…
Descriptors: Alternate Day Schedules, Block Scheduling, Class Organization, Flexible Scheduling
Irmsher, Karen – 1996
This digest examines problems inherent in the traditional school scheduling pattern. It offers block scheduling as an option and describes variations in block schedules. It then looks at the benefits and challenges of block scheduling and concludes with a few suggestions for making the transition. Proponents argue that block scheduling allows for…
Descriptors: Alternate Day Schedules, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Flexible Scheduling
Thomas, Cheryl; O'Connell, Raymond W. – 1997
Although parents are key stakeholders in the educational process, their perceptions are often neglected in studies of school reform. This paper presents findings of a study that explored the attitudes of parents of New York State high school students toward block scheduling. A survey of all parents of 11th and 12th graders in a rural New York high…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, High Schools, Parent Attitudes, Parent Participation
Winn, Deanna D.; And Others – 1997
The link between time and learning is one of the most consistent findings in educational research. This handbook describes a process for developing effective use of instructional time through the identification of important decision-making criteria and the use of these criteria to create a school schedule. The handbook describes an 11-step…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Flexible Scheduling, Needs Assessment, Participative Decision Making
Peer reviewedQuible, Zane K. – Business Education Forum, 1975
The office block program, utilizing a two- or three-hour time block, bridges the gap between high school students' classroom training experiences and their initial office jobs. Some of the instructional strategies include group and individualized instruction, integrated exercises, and simulation, including the model office. (MW)
Descriptors: Business Education, Educational Strategies, Individualized Instruction, Job Skills
Goldberg, Jo Ann – 1983
This research proposal is designed for the Montgomery County, Maryland, Public School System with the aim of documenting and analyzing changes that occur when 14 of the 22 high schools in the system switch from a six- to a seven-period schedule. The seven-period time table is being adopted in order to (1) allow students taking full academic loads…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Curriculum Enrichment, Educational Change, High Schools
McCormick, Kathaleen – 1988
The organizational methods and devices presented in this booklet are designed to help the teacher use time in the classroom more effectively. The first section deals with efficient planning for the day and setting priorities. In section two, suggestions are given for reducing the paper load by creating orderly systems for handling written…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Needs Assessment
RUSSO, BEN J. – 1966
AN ORGANIZATIONAL PLAN BASED ON THE USE OF SCHEDULE MODULES OFFERS A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A WELL-ARTICULATED FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAM FROM ELEMENTARY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. A THREE-TRACK SEQUENCE IS SUITABLE FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS WISHING TO PROVIDE SUCH A PROGRAM. WITH THIS PLAN STUDENTS CAN BEGIN FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY IN GRADE…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Audiolingual Skills, FLES, Flexible Schedules
HARRIS, ALBERT J.; SERWER, BLANCHE L. – 1966
THE RESULTS OF A STUDY OF THE TIME ALLOCATED TO VARIOUS ASPECTS OF LANGUAGE ARTS BY 48 TEACHERS OF 1,600 FIRST-GRADE DISADVANTAGED URBAN CHILDREN IN NEW YORK CITY ARE REPORTED. TWELVE CLASSES EACH WERE ASSIGNED TO ONE OF FOUR METHODS USED IN THE CRAFT PROJECT (COMPARING READING APPROACHES TO FIRST-GRADE TEACHING WITH EDUCATIONALLY DISADVANTAGED…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Disadvantaged Youth, Grade 1
Jesser, David L., Ed.,; Stutz, Rowan C., Ed. – 1966
In order to provide a wider variety of curriculum offerings and meet the individual needs of students, the Western States Small Schools Project (WSSP) realized it would be necessary to revise or alter drastically the existing organiztional structure of educational programs. Modular scheduling has become the most popular method of meeting this…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Computer Oriented Programs, Consultants, Faculty
Upper Midwest Regional Educational Lab., Inc., Minneapolis, Minn. – 1967
This report contains addresses and symposium discussions presented at the conference on teacher competence for the middle school years (fifth or sixth through eighth grades) which was attended by about 100 educators for various levels and positions. The foreword lists three questions posed by emergence of the middle school movement which the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Flexible Scheduling, Individualized Instruction, Middle Schools
Van Mondfrans, Adrian P.; And Others – 1972
A study of whether the effects of block scheduling on student achievement and attitudes are more advantageous than traditional scheduling was made. The block scheduling treatment involved three required courses on each of four grade levels--freshmen through senior in high school. Interdisciplinary teaching teams were responsible for instruction.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis
Moore, James E. – 1976
This developmental project with a research component was initiated at the Laurel County Vocational School with the major objective of determining if 2-hour instructional blocks could be operated in programs enrolling only secondary students. Subobjectives involved data gathering and statistical analyses on (1) student achievement, (2) ratings of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Curriculum Development, Data Analysis
Corley, Ed – 1997
A study of teacher perceptions regarding a proposal to adopt block scheduling was done at a small-city high school located in a predominantly rural county. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 7 selected teachers from the faculty of 41. Lack of communication was found to be the central theme in the resistance that emerged. This paper…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Communication (Thought Transfer), Educational Change, Educational Innovation
Peer reviewedNicholson, Everett W. – NASSP Bulletin, 1973
Author reviews Student Use of Unscheduled Time,'' by Walter J. Foley, Gordon C. Harr, and Larry Smiley (Iowa Educational Information Center), and Comparing Block Scheduling and Traditional Scheduling on Student Achievement and Attitudes,'' by Adrian P. Van Mondrans, James L. Schott, and Denny G. French (paper presented at the convention of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Flexible Scheduling
