Block Scheduling for Language Study in the Middle Grades: A Summary of the Carleton Case Study.

Lapkin, Sharon; Harley, Birgit; Hart, Doug

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ERIC Number: EJ575425

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Publication Date: 1997

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Block Scheduling for Language Study in the Middle Grades: A Summary of the Carleton Case Study.

Lapkin, Sharon; Harley, Birgit; Hart, Doug

Learning Languages, v2 n3 p4-8 Spr 1997

Summarizes a study on block scheduling for second-language programs among Canadian middle school students. Results show that students studying French on a block schedule (e.g., one-half day instruction over a 10-week period) performed better on standardized tests than did control students who received standard 40-minute per day French instruction. (ER)

Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Case Studies, Foreign Countries, French, French Canadians, Immersion Programs, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Learning Processes, Middle Schools, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Standardized Tests, Student Evaluation

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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