Improving teaching in the high school block period / David Marshak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marshak, David.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

A Scarecrow education book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Block scheduling (Education)--United States--Case studies.

Block scheduling (Education).

High school teaching--United States--Case studies.

High school teaching.

United States.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2001.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Are you one of the tens of thousands of high school teachers making the transition to block scheduling? With this book, you can learn how to adjust and improve your teaching skills in the block period. Eleven high school teachers in public high schools compiled studies based upon their experiences. The result? Practical research studies that focus on the transition from short periods to block periods, innovative and complex uses of time within the period, structural innovations in programs, and utilizing an instructional coach to improve teaching and learning in block periods.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Part 1: Ninth Graders and the Block Period; 1: Transitions: Helping Ninth Graders Adapt Successfully to Block Periods; 2: Teaching Ninth Graders in the Block Schedule: A Search for Better Instructional Practices; Part 2: Teaching and Learning in the Block Period; 3: Effective Sequencing of Varied Teaching/Learning Activities in Block Periods; 4: Participation and Problem Solving: Using the Block Period to Raise the Quality of Student Participation; 5: Teaching Work World Components in the High School Science Classroom

6: Motivating the Alternative Learner in 100-Minute Periods7: Cross-Age Teaching in Block Periods: High School Students Teaching Elementary Students; Part 3: Structural Innovation and Professional Development in the Block Period; 8: Student Attitude and Motivation in a Block Period High School Program with a Two-Year Integrated Curriculum; 9: The Instructional Coach's Role in Changing Instructional Practices in Block Periods; About the Author

Notes:

This title was originally published by Scarecrow Education.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

ISBN:

979-82-16-41678-4

979-82-16-29877-9

1-283-62587-3

1-4616-4947-1

9786613938329

OCLC:

824698141