Block Scheduling Handbook; Author: Queen, J. Allen; Library Binding

Author: Queen, J. Allen
Library Binding
Corwin Press
ISBN: 0761945253

Covering every aspect of designing a successful block scheduling program for your school, this ready-reference manual offers specific strategies and tools proven effective in increasing immersion into subject matter, improving student-teacher rapport, and decreasing disciplinary problems. Highlights include: -- Student-centered instructional strategies, each complete with History and Research, Promises and Pitfalls, and Summary sections-- Sample lessons, activities, forms, evaluations, and surveys for easy implementation-- Insightful discussion of elementary, middle, and high schools on the block, including an in-depth case study-- Straightforward explanations of the three basic block schedule models, plus guidance on curriculum alignment, pacing, and asse