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In the past decade, an increasing number of schools throughout America have rapidly adopted the idea of block scheduling. Block scheduling is a powerful tool in the campaign to increase student achievement, stimulate critical thinking, and encourage collaborative learning. ... Forty to Fifty percent of American high schools now use some form of block scheduling (Benefits). ... Schools are continuously switching over to block and modifying schedules to benefit their own students and faculty. ...
The new 4x4 block schedule allowed students to complete year long courses in half the time. ...
Block scheduling obviously allows for more time to be spent in the classroom. ... As teaching methods adapt, cooperation between students and instructors increases, as viewed from a teacher who underwent the turnover to block scheduling (Schoestein). ... Observed for only two years after making the switch to block scheduling, one school reported students showed less resistance to knowledge and greater participation in the process of learning (Adams). ...
With five years experience in block scheduling, one school had failure rates reduced from 31 to 22 percent. ... Students’ grade point averages raised as well as honor role rates after block scheduling was in effect (Benefits). Inevitably, the block schedule adds, in most cases, one extra class to be taken per year.
Approximate Word count = 967
Approximate Pages = 3.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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