Re: block scheduling

[Giulia Greenberg <greenber@ASCENT.NET>]

I don't know of any research, but many of the high schools in my area have
gone to semestering - 90 or 100-minute classes every day for 20 weeks.
Students have only 2 major subjects at a time, plus minors, and the schools
claim higher achievement.

Giulia Greenberg, Librarian
Unadilla Valley Middle School
S. New Berlin, NY
greenber@ascent.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Wendy Lambert <wlambert@IAG.NET>
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Date: Sunday, February 13, 2000 11:01 PM
Subject: block scheduling


>Greetings fellow LM_NET-ters,
>I am seeking information about research done on the
>value (or lack thereof) of block scheduling at the
>high school level. I am at a school that has used
>"double block" scheduling for 8 years now. Classes are
>100 minutes long and meet every other day. No one here
>has ever made an effort to determine if this schedule
>is actually beneficial to student achievement.
>I had heard that one entire county in Florida has done
>away with block scheduling which made me think that
>some research had been done.
>I am seeking research-based information because the
>faculty here is going to be surveyed, and I believe
>that they need solid information upon which to base
>their decisions/input.
>Time is of the essence, so I would greatly appreciate
>your contacting me directly at your earliest
>convenience!
>Thanks in advance!
>
>Wendy Lambert
>Library Information Specialist
>Poinciana High School
>2300 S. Poinciana Blvd.
>Kissimmee, FL 34758
>407.870.4860 ext 241
>lambertw@osceola.k12.fl.us
>"Only the educated are free."
>Epictitus, in Discourses.
>
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