During the past decade thousands of American high schools have adopted block
period schedules, with periods of 75, 90, or 100 minutes, or even longer. And
tens of thousands of high school teachers began the task of learning how to
teach ...
Author: David Marshak
Publisher: R&L Education
ISBN: 9780810839236
Category: Education
Page: 220
View: 570
In analyzing the use of a teacher checklist in assessing eligible students for
admittance to a gifted and talented program, ... professional development,
Marshak (2001) examined the improvement of teaching in the high school block
period.
Author: Larisa Shavinina
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9781402061622
Category: Education
Page: 1544
View: 197
Without extending the school day, though, finding blocks of time for collaborative
time for middle and high schools can be ... requires staffing schools at 1.33
teachers for each of four blocks (as compared to the 1.2 teachers for a six-period
day).
Author: Allan R. Odden
Publisher: Corwin Press
ISBN: 9781452279718
Category: Education
Page: 208
View: 909
Improving Teaching in the Improving High School Block Period Teaching in the
David Marshak High School Are you making the transition to block scheduling ?
With this book , you can learn how to adjust and improve your teaching skills in ...
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: STANFORD:36105022231968
Category: School management and organization
Page:
View: 740
The conceptual framework for this study located block scheduling in the broader
context of high school reform and restructuring and examined its promise as a
vehicle for significantly improving teaching and learning . This is an investigation
of four high schools , two having a seven - period day and two having a four -
period day . The seven - period schools were compared to the four - period
schools on ...
Author: Carol Jean Freeman
Publisher:
ISBN: MINN:31951P005033405
Category:
Page: 300
View: 445
Many of a schools discipline period school schedule to “ block schedules ” in
which problems come from these transitions ... there would be a greater likestate '
s 290 high schools have implelihood of improved student - teacher mented a
block ...
Author: James West Davidson
Publisher:
ISBN: 0134186583
Category: History
Page: 31
View: 847
During this same period, educators across the country and around the world
sought ways to improve educational experiences by examining ways to
restructure the ”traditional” middle school and secondary class period of 42—60
minutes.
Author: Carla Hunt
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781317920694
Category: Education
Page: 208
View: 804
Committee on Junior High School Education. Period Grade 7th 8th 9th 1 Block
Period ( W - activity ) Block Period 2 3 Block Period ( W - activity ) Block Period
Physical EducationHealth ... A Descriptive Analysis of a Departmental Curriculum
Improvement Project in an Urban Junior High School ( 1957 ) WILLIAM M.
Author: National Association of Secondary School Principals (U.S.). Committee on Junior High School Education
Publisher:
ISBN: OSU:32435013058490
Category: Junior high schools
Page: 478
View: 681
Of course, implementing an eight block schedule in a high school does not
necessarily improve student achievement. If teachers do not adapt their
instructional strategies to accommodate the longer periods, and instead insist on
using a ...
Author: Jodi Peine
Publisher: Corwin Press
ISBN: 9781452297194
Category: Education
Page: 256
View: 154
Improvement in School Climate The positive changes in the climate of schools on
a block schedule stem in part from an ... the extra classes as a fair trade - off for
teaching fewer students per day and usually having longer preparation periods ...
Author: Mary Katherine Loberg
Publisher:
ISBN: MINN:31951P006471967
Category:
Page: 308
View: 442
In response , each of these teacher - researchers developed a study that in some
significant way explored the nature and role of student ... Kimberly Allison , a
teacher at Tahoma High School in Maple Valley , Washington , explains : " Block
periods seem to demand that the ... power to focus teachers on continual
improvement through thoughtful innovation , reflection , self - assessment , and
revision .
Author: David Marshak
Publisher:
ISBN: UVA:X004267468
Category: Education
Page: 194
View: 339
This bestseller shows you how block schedules can enhance learning and instruction, increase opportunities for students, and improve teachers' performance. It provides practical tools for planning and implementation.
Author: Robert Lynn Canady
Publisher: Eye On Education
ISBN: 1883001145
Category: Education
Page: 266
View: 979
Though teachers are sometimes reluctant to let go of comfortable but time-
consuming practices, these changes will be well worth the effort. Imagine that you
are a ... High schools with block schedules can find 90 minutes of collegial time
on alternate days, during which core teams can also meet. (Staff members who
share the same preparation period might also form multidiscipline study teams.) ...
Author: Linda Lambert
Publisher: ASCD
ISBN: 9781416616146
Category: Education
Page: 128
View: 735
She taught in schools with extended periods of instructional time (block
schedules). ... group learning, presentation skills, renewal of secondary schools,
enhancing teacher quality, coaching and mentoring, and facilitating large-scale
change.
Author: Gayle H. Gregory
Publisher: Corwin Press
ISBN: 9781452280783
Category: Education
Page: 280
View: 875
32 ( 71 % ) public school and 29 ( 69 % ) private school teachers along with a
total of 4 public school and 3 private school ... One way in which school leaders
have sought to improve student academic performance is by increasing
instructional time through block periods of instruction ... test data from 30
Mississippi public high schools throughout the northern , central , and southern
parts of the state .
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: STANFORD:36105121649110
Category: Dissertations, Academic
Page:
View: 139
Typical high school teachers encounter 150 students every day , and might be
responsible for as many as seven lesson preparations . ... Research has shown
that block scheduling can contribute to improved achievement , attendance , and
high school graduation rates . ... Wisconsin High Schools that have restructured
their high school day into blocked class periods of 80 - 90 minute period of time .
Author: Barbara J. Hagens
Publisher:
ISBN: WISC:89075189308
Category:
Page: 127
View: 264
The adoption of block scheduling by American secondary schools follows the
trend set by American universities. When I attended college in the early 1960s,
and when I began teaching at the University of Virginia in 1970, most of my ...
Student writing and presentations have improved because of these factors, all of
which are a function of longer, less frequent classes. ... As Elisabeth Rigsby, one
of my graduate students and a former middle school English teacher, says:
Double-period ...
Author: Dan Walker, Jr
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781317920120
Category: Education
Page: 176
View: 615
See DECOLONIZATION ; MILITARISM . Implementation and performance in New
American Schools : three years into scale - up / Mark Berends . ... 054 1992
Improving teaching in the high school block period . IMPROMPTU THEATER ...
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: STANFORD:36105003643215
Category:
Page:
View: 230
Concepts and Practices Herbert John Klausmeier. high school . In the middle
school , students have very few elective ... simple if an academic team has its
students for a block of time and does most of the advising during the block period
.
Author: Herbert John Klausmeier
Publisher:
ISBN: UIUC:30112105091455
Category: Community and school
Page: 346
View: 116
