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Download full textMcCoy, Mary Helen S. – 1998
To offer insights into scheduling strategies, this paper presents the effects of block scheduling in one rural public secondary school. This case study revolves around three questions: (1) "What prompted the school's move to block scheduling?"; (2) "How was block scheduling implemented?"; and (3) "How has block scheduling affected perceptions of…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Educational Environment, Flexible Scheduling, High Schools
Queen, J. Allen – Phi Delta Kappan, 2000
Successful block scheduling depends on provision of initial and ongoing instructional training. Teaching strategies should vary and include cooperative learning, the case method, the socratic seminar, synectics, concept attainment, the inquiry method, and simulations. Recommendations for maximizing block scheduling are outlined. (Contains 52…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Advanced Placement, Alternative Assessment, Block Scheduling
