Issues in Block Scheduling

Resources


1.)  Lybbert, Blair.  Transforming Learning With Block Scheduling.
                              Thousand Oaks, California: Corwin Press, Inc. 1998.

2.)  Fogarty, Robin.  Think About...Block Scheduling.
                               Arlington Heights, Illinois: IRI/Skylight Training and Publishing, Inc. 1995.

3.)  WWW Online:  Jon Brooker.  What's All This About? Why, its about our kids, of course!
                               11/11/01.  www.jbit.com/bs2.htm

4.)  Viadero, Debra.  "Changing Times." Education Week,
                                  October 3, 2001, 3 pages.
 

Did you know...

- In a traditional style school, a teacher may go through as many as 150 students per day.

- A survey was given to students in a block scheduling school that said 1/6 of teachers and 1/4 of students prefer traditional over block scheduling.

- Students with average or above average GPA's are more satisfied with block scheduling then students with below average GPA's.

- There is general agreement that Math, Foreigh Languages, Music, and AP classes are less effective in block scheduling.