Comparison of Achievement in 7A/B Block Scheduled Schools and 7-Period Traditional Scheduled Schools in Virginia

dc.contributor.authorArnold, Douglas E. IIen
dc.contributor.committeechairParks, David J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHarris, Larry A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHoerner, James L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberYardley, Dianne R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberEineder, Daleen
dc.contributor.departmentEducational Administrationen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:21:41Zen
dc.date.adate1998-04-23en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:21:41Zen
dc.date.issued1998-04-10en
dc.date.rdate1998-04-23en
dc.date.sdate1998-04-10en
dc.description.abstractThe American high school schedule of single-period classes has remained mostly unchanged for over one hundred years. In response to societal changes and reform movements, the secondary school schedule is receiving renewed attention. Block scheduling, the use of extended periods of time for learning, is one response to school restructuring in Virginia and throughout the nation. In Virginia, the 7A/B block schedule is used by 23.3% of the high schools. Although advocates have convinced school boards to adopt this schedule, there is little hard data available to assess its efficacy. In this study the relationship between two types of schedules(7A/B block and 7-period traditional) and student achievement at the eleventh grade was examined. No differences were found between the two schedules for achievement as measured by the subscales of the eleventh grade Tests of Achievement and Proficiency.en
dc.description.degreeEd. D.en
dc.identifier.otheretd-32298-9044en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-32298-9044/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/30428en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartETD.PDFen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectTime-Seriesen
dc.subjectAchievementen
dc.subjectBlock Schedulingen
dc.subjectTAP Scoresen
dc.titleComparison of Achievement in 7A/B Block Scheduled Schools and 7-Period Traditional Scheduled Schools in Virginiaen
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplineEducational Administrationen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Educationen

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