Rearranging time within the six-hour instructional day; most common example is rearranging a high school's traditional six-or seven-period day of 50 to 55 minutes per period into four academic blocks of time ranging from 75 to 90 minutes. Many modified versions of this system exist.
Instead of traditional 40- to 50-minute periods, block scheduling allows for periods of an hour or more so that teachers can accomplish more during a class session. It also allows for teamwork across subject areas in some schools. For example, a math and science teacher may teach a physics lesson that includes both math and physics concepts.
an alternative approach to daily schedules in which larger time blocks are set aside for specific academic subjects. Return to the top
A way of organizing the school day into blocks of time longer than the typical 50-minute class period. Students take as many courses as before (sometimes more), but the courses either do not meet everyday or do not run the entire school year. One block schedule used in some secondary schools, known as 4 x 4, has four 90-minute classes a day with course changes every 45 days.
There are 8 class periods at RHS. On an "A" day, students take classes 1-4 and on a "B" day they take classes 5-8. Class periods are 82 minutes long. For example, in this way, students have 4 classes on Monday and have the same 4 classes again on Wednesday, so they have 2 days to get homework done for those classes. Of course, they may also get homework from the Tuesday classes which will be due on Thursday, so students still have to budget their time and plan ahead. The RHS web site shows the A-B schedule. When do they eat lunch? The third period of the day is extra-long, so students eat lunch in one of those parts and have the scheduled class in the rest of the time. Some students eat lunch as early as 10:32 AM, but they have been at school since 7:27 and get home about 2:15, so they survive OK. The official RHS web site does a good job explaining this - http://www.rockvillehighschool.org/schedule.htm
Instead of dividing the school day into the traditional 7 or 8 periods of 45-55 minutes, block schedules use fewer and longer class periods, which last at least an hour and often up to two. Sometimes teachers integrate two or more subject areas (such as language arts and social studies) into the long block of time. Or some schools, using a "4x4 schedule", condense a full course into a semester, college-style, by meeting for longer periods. (AISR)
Instruction focuses on a single subject or concept for an extended period of time
A method of class scheduling that provides more time than the traditional "high school period" for student learning. There are a variety of approaches such as "Alternating Day," "Semester Block," and "Embedded Schedule."
An operation scheduling technique where each operation is allowed a “block” of time, such as a day or a week.
Secondary school organizational model implementing longer class periods (blocks) in the school day. ( learn more)
Block scheduling is a type of academic scheduling in which each student has fewer classes per day for a longer period of time. This is intended to result in more time for teaching due to less time wasted due to class switching and preparation.
