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Book Block Scheduling

    Book Details:
  • Author : Don C. Adams
  • Publisher : R & L Education
  • Release : 1997
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 220 pages

Download or read book Block Scheduling written by Don C. Adams and published by R & L Education. This book was released on 1997 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adams and Salvaterra show how block scheduling can help teachers become more creative in instructional strategies and find higher satisfaction on the job. Students' grades improve, they can complete more courses and administrators and faculty can become more student-centered, discussion-oriented, and focused on complex academic tasks. Staff development and continual training throughout the change process are keys to implementing successful changes. Block Scheduling will help each school find its own pathway to success.

Book Investigating the Efficacy of Block Schedule on Campus Climate  Teacher and Student Work Life  and Student Achievement at Twin Peaks Middle School in the Poway Unified School District

Download or read book Investigating the Efficacy of Block Schedule on Campus Climate Teacher and Student Work Life and Student Achievement at Twin Peaks Middle School in the Poway Unified School District written by Kathleen D. Brown and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this qualitative study was to determine whether or not there is a correlation between block scheduling and improved campus climate, block scheduling and improved teacher and student work life, and block scheduling and increased student achievement. The middle school being studied, Twin Peaks Middle School, adopted a block schedule for the school year 2002-2003. Data was collected from researcher observations, student and staff observations, informal discussions among student and staff members, student discipline data, GPA data, administrator, teacher, and student surveys, and insights gained from participation in an Alternative Evaluation Team by the researcher. The degree of improvement was determined between the 1st and 2"d quarters of the 2001-2002 school year (traditional schedule) and the 1st and 2"d quarters of the school year 2002-2003 (block schedule). Student discipline data indicates there has been a decline in infractions resulting from classroom, hallway, and bus behaviors. The school population reports feeling more relaxed, less rushed, and more in control of where individual time and energy is being spent. As of result, perceptions of overall campus climate and teacher and student work life appear to have improved following the move to block scheduling. The researcher concluded that at this point, there is not enough conclusive data available to make an informed decision as to whether or not block scheduling will indeed have a positive impact on student achievement.

Book Efficacy of High School Scheduling Policies

Download or read book Efficacy of High School Scheduling Policies written by Mary Osborne Chambless and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Block Scheduling and Its Effectiveness

Download or read book Block Scheduling and Its Effectiveness written by Jeffrey T. Soles and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Student and Teacher Perceptions Regarding the Effectiveness of Block Scheduling as Implemented in a Middle School in South Texas

Download or read book Student and Teacher Perceptions Regarding the Effectiveness of Block Scheduling as Implemented in a Middle School in South Texas written by Arlene R. Trevino and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Perceptions of Teachers and Administrators of the Effectiveness of Block Scheduling in Mississippi High Schools

Download or read book Perceptions of Teachers and Administrators of the Effectiveness of Block Scheduling in Mississippi High Schools written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The call for reform to raise student achievement has required educators, school leaders, and researchers to look for new methods to improve the learning process. One method used increasingly is block scheduling. Block scheduling is the restructuring of the school day into classes much longer than the traditional 50-55 minute class period. The purpose of this study was to determine high school principals' and teachers' perceptions of block scheduling in Mississippi high schools in three areas: achievement, attendance, and discipline. Many theorists believe that a person's perceptions form the basis of reality for that person. If a teacher believes that block scheduling is effective, then for them, it is effective. Because some theorists believe that there is little to be gained from general studies that compare the objective results of block scheduling with the objective results of traditional scheduling since these comparisons have shown mixed results, this study addressed the social validity of block scheduling which is the extent to which participants perceive the worthiness of block scheduling. The research design used in this study was a cross sectional survey design. A researcher-developed survey instrument was used to collect data from teachers and principals in Mississippi high schools that had implemented block scheduling in the last 5 years. A total of 22 schools were used for the study. A 5 point Likert-type scale was used to measure respondents' perceptions of the effectiveness of block scheduling on the three areas. While both principals and teachers appeared to have positive perceptions of the impact block scheduling has on student achievement, discipline, and attendance, principals had a more positive perception than teachers in all three areas. Both groups appeared to believe that student discipline was the most positively affected area, while attendance was the least positively affected. Recommendations based upon the findings of this study included conducting: (a) studies that include a larger sample of principals, (b) studies that identify student perceptions of block scheduling, and (c) studies to determine how important staff development is when implementing block scheduling.

Book Block Scheduling and Its Impact on the School Library Media Center

Download or read book Block Scheduling and Its Impact on the School Library Media Center written by Marie Shaw and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1999-02-28 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Across the country educators are facing the challenge of restructuring the secondary school to meet the needs of students in the twenty-first century. Block scheduling provides sustained time and fosters an environment for active and experiential learning, a key to student success in life. The author, who has spearheaded the adoption of block scheduling in her school's library media center, has prepared a complete guide for library media specialists contemplating or moving to block scheduling. In preparing this guide she has incorporated the experiences of twelve secondary school libraries across the country that have also moved to block scheduling. Step by step, this guide walks the library media specialist through planning, networking, curriculum and instruction, professional development, technology, and assessment. Practical suggestions, forms, lesson plans, and case studies of other media centers that have successfully adopted block scheduling will help the library media specialist to make the transition to the block. Block scheduling places a high demand on staff, materials, and information technologies. Shaw stresses that networking of people and resources is essential to successful adoption of block scheduling. She takes the reader through the planning and transitional phases of a high school adopting block scheduling and addresses concerns about instructional change, ongoing curriculum, and the role of the library media specialist as a teacher of information technology. She provides ideas on where to find professional development and how to network with other library media specialists with expertise in the block and offers practical suggestions on resource sharing, study hall, flexible scheduling, budget, collection development, substitute teachers, and assessment techniques.

Book Prisoners of Time

    Book Details:
  • Author : United States. National Education Commission on Time and Learning
  • Publisher : Commission
  • Release : 1994
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 58 pages

Download or read book Prisoners of Time written by United States. National Education Commission on Time and Learning and published by Commission. This book was released on 1994 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Elementary School Scheduling

Download or read book Elementary School Scheduling written by Michael D. Rettig and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-27 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical book and its accompanying downloadable resources include over 100 schedules to help elementary schools raise student achievement.

Book The Effect of Block Scheduling on Student Achievement

Download or read book The Effect of Block Scheduling on Student Achievement written by Neil D. Bucher and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The issue of time usage in educational institutions across America has been a topic of debate in the last two decades as some educators have seriously questioned the effectiveness of the traditional daily school schedule and the student learning that takes place within it. Block scheduling is a recent scheduling phenomenon seen in today's secondary schools in an effort to provide teachers a flexible school schedule that is more conducive to student learning and not so closely tied to time. This paper explores student achievement on both state and national standardized exams and compares any differences between students learning on a block schedule compared to those on a traditional schedule. With these results the reader will be better able to determine if block scheduling is an educationally sound method of restructuring time."--leaf 3.