Sec: Research and the 4 block intensive

["Catharine D. Wolf" <hwolf@FRONTIERNET.NET>]

Several of Harry Willems' correspondents in the recent HIT on 4-block =
intensive scheduling commented that their circulation has risen.

What I want to know is a little different, however.  What is the quality =
of the research being done?  And what happens when inter-library loan =
takes the same number of days, though the deadline has to be set =
earlier?  And is students' originality or critical thinking affected by =
the short deadline?  I guess I'm asking whether there is a =
sunrise/sunset phenomenon to research, which would dictate that the =
process just plain takes time.

Cynics will reply that students never did anything until the night =
before, even if they borrowed the books weeks in advance. =20

What is your experience?

Holly Wolf
Palmyra-Macedon High School Librarian

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