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Download full textFletcher, Richard K., Jr. – 1997
During the past 4 years block scheduling has been adopted by a majority of the high schools in Middle Tennessee. This paper presents findings of a study that explored the effects of the new schedule. Data were gathered from a questionnaire that was completed by 280 teachers and approximately 2,000 students from 6 high schools in the region. Both…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, High Schools, Homework, Parent Attitudes
Pisapia, John; Westfall, Amy Lynn – 1997
In 1995 the Metropolitan Educational Research Consortium (MERC), Richmond (Virginia) commissioned a study of alternative high school scheduling modules to determine the effects of different schedules on teaching strategies, teacher and student satisfaction, and student and school performance. This report presents the results of an analysis of the…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Flexible Scheduling, High School Students, High Schools
Pisapia, John; Westfall, Amy Lynn – 1997
In 1995 the Metropolitan Educational Research Consortium (MERC), Richmond (Virginia) commissioned a study of alternative high school scheduling modules to determine the effects of different schedules on teaching strategies, teacher and student satisfaction, and student and school performance. This report presents the results of an analysis of a…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Flexible Scheduling, High School Students, High Schools
Funkhouser, Janie E.; And Others – 1995
A central theme in the history of American education in the 20th century is the expansion of formal schooling for more children. This literature review surveys the research on the educational uses of time, with a focus on the quantity and quality of time that teachers and students spent in school and, to a lesser extent, students' out-of-school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Extended School Day
