block scheduling (education)

Presents action research studies about teaching and learning in a block period environment, conducted by seven Seattle area high school teachers in their own classrooms during the 1996-97 school year.

The authors share their experiences of teaching English in various types of block schedules at the middle and high school levels. Includes descriptions of specific teaching strategies, suggestions for conferencing with students, options for assessing student performance, and ways to manage classroom time and student behavior.

Presents instructional and assessment activities for teaching science in middle and high schools with block schedules, and discusses various schedule structures and related issues.

Explains the 4x4 block schedule model, a structure in which only four classes are taught per semester for longer periods of approximately ninety minutes each, discusses the benefits of block scheduling, and offers step-by-step guidelines for implementing the 4x4 program.

A guide for teachers and administrators consideing the transition to block scheduling in an effort to increase learning time and teach effectively in the longer block of time.

Offers teachers practical ideas and strategies for using block scheduling in the classroom and explains the benefits of block scheduling.

Presents a practitioner's guide on how to manage change successfully; examines the realm of intensive scheduling; explains how to train teachers to teach in a longer block of time; and looks at how intensive scheduling positively affects curriculum development and technology utilization.

Provides information about block scheduling, presenting guidelines designed to help educators decide whether block scheduling is appropriate for their schools, looking at different types of block scheduling, and offering advice on how to best implement such a program and use it to its best advantage.

Provides background information on block scheduling, a program in which courses are organized around one semester in an extended class time of ninety minutes, discusses the benefits of block scheduling, and offers specific tips and tools for implementing block scheduling, with models, lessons, activities, forms, evaluations, and surveys.

Provides practical guidelines to planning and implementing a block period schedule within the high school curriculum and offers advice on effectively teaching in a longer block of time.