The Effects of Block Scheduling - school schedules

School Administrator, March, 1999 by Michael D. Rettig, Robert Lynn Canady

Web Sources:

Angola High School's block scheduling data analysis, compiled in 1998. www.msdsteuben.kl2.in.us/ahs/ahs.htm

"Block Scheduling," a resource document prepared by the Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement at University of Minnesota. www.coled.umn.edu/CAREIwww/

"The Case Against Block Scheduling," a challenge to the effectiveness of block scheduling prepared by a parent in Appleton, Wis.www.athenet.net/[sim]jlind.say/Block.shtml

"Directory of High School Scheduling Models in Virginia," a research report by Michael D. Rettig, on innovative high school scheduling in Virginia. www.jmu.edu/edleadership/INDEX.HTM

"Prisoners of Time: Report of the National Commission on Time and Learning," www.ed.gov/pubs/PrisonersOfTime/

"1997 Block Scheduling End-of-Course Test Scores Evaluation Brief," compiled in 1997 by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. www.dpi.state.nc.us/block_scheduling/

Books:

Block Scheduling: A Catalyst for Change in High School by Robert Lynn Canady and Michael D. Rettig. Eye on Education, Larchmont, N.Y.

Teaching in the Block: Strategies for Engaging Active Learners by Robert Lynn Canady and Michael D. Rettig. Eye on Education, Larchmont, N.Y.

Teaching Foreign Languages in the Block, by Deborah Blaz. Eye on Education, Larchmont, N.Y.

Teaching Mathematics in the Block, by Susan N. Gilkey and Carla H. Hunt, Eye on Education, Larchmont, N.Y.

Other Print Resources:

"Block Scheduling and High School Mathematics Instruction," by Steven L. Kramer, The Mathematics Teacher, December 1996

"Block Scheduling Can Enhance School Climate," by Thomas J. Shortt and Yvonne V. Thayer, Educational Leadership, December 1998/January 1999

"Going on the Block: Meeting the Needs of Students with Disabilities in High Schools with Block Scheduling," by Karen E. Santos and Michael D. Rettig, Teaching Exceptional Children, January/February 1999

"Science Achievement in Semester and All-Year Courses," by David J. Bateson, Journal of Research in Science Teaching, March 1990

"What We Know About Block Scheduling and Its Effects on Math Instruction," Parts I and II," by Steven L. Kramer, NASSP Bulletin, February 1997 and March 1997