Thinking Inside the Block Schedule :

This book offers practical, tested strategies for teaching within extended periods of instructional time -- blocks.An excellent guide for teachers and administrators lookking to implement block scheduling in their schools.

Foreword

ix

Robert Lynn Canady

Acknowledgments

xi

About the Authors

xiii

Making the Right Choices: Which Play Is Appropriate, Considering the Audience, Schoolhouse, and Resources?

1

(7)

To Block or Not?

3

(5)

Preproduction Considerations

8

(11)

Who Are the Players?

8

(3)

What Is the Set Like?

11

(3)

How Will Lines Be Learned?

14

(5)

Scene, Backdrop, Ambiance: Creating the Climate

19

(10)

The Scene

19

(1)

The Backdrop: The Schoolhouse as a Home for the Heart and the Mind

20

(1)

The Ambiance: The School and Classroom Climate

21

(7)

Summary

28

(1)

Organizing the Script: Designing the Curriculum

29

(13)

Designing Down

30

(1)

``Coverage'' or Mastery?

31

(1)

The Problem of Fragmented Curriculum

32

(1)

Constructivism

33

(1)

Relevance

34

(1)

The Complexity in Designer Brains

35

(1)

Putting the Pieces Together

35

(2)

Curriculum Design

37

(2)

Using Long-Range Planning Guides

39

(1)

Classroom Resources

40

(1)

Managing Change

41

(1)

Writing the Script: Lesson Planning

42

(14)

Decision Making

44

(1)

Lesson-Planning Models

45

(3)

Summary

48

(8)

The Opening Scene: Generating and Sustaining Attention

56

(7)

Portraits of Success

57

(2)

Analysis of Practice

59

(1)

Another Look at Attention

59

(2)

Summary

61

(2)

Developing the Plot: Selecting Instructional Strategies

63

(37)

Information Processing Family

64

(5)

Personal Family

69

(3)

Social Family

72

(21)

Behavioral Systems Family

93

(6)

Summary

99

(1)

The Plot Thickens: Active Learning and Deeper Understanding

100

(9)

Summary

108

(1)

Technical Staging: Using Technology to Enhance Learning

109

(18)

Technology Defined

110

(1)

Reasons for Using Technology in the Classroom

110

(2)

Integrating Technology Into the Curriculum

112

(3)

Presentation Software and Visual Aids

115

(2)

The Internet

117

(6)

Classroom Management

123

(1)

Using Videotapes in the Classroom

123

(3)

Summary

126

(1)

Bringing the Curtain Down: Closing the Lesson and Homework Techniques

127

(9)

Planning Review Strategies for Long-Term Retention

128

(2)

Planning Long-Range Assignments Using Products

130

(2)

Extending Learning Time Through Homework

132

(2)

Getting Assignments Back

134

(1)

Summary

135

(1)

Where Is My Place Onstage? Planning for Differentiated Learning in the Block

136

(11)

Modifying the Program

138

(1)

Knowing the Learner

138

(2)

Instructional Support in the Block

140

(6)

Summary

146

(1)

Stage Management: Classroom Management Strategies

147

(21)

Setting the Stage

148

(1)

Collaborative Classrooms

149

(1)

Time Management

149

(10)

Student Responsibility

159

(2)

Communication

161

(2)

Student Absences

163

(2)

Substitute Teachers

165

(2)

Summary

167

(1)

Critics' Choice: Understanding and Assessment

168

(19)

Understanding

169

(2)

Assessment

171

(15)

Summary

186

(1)

Taking the Show on the Road: Suggestions for Practice and Learnings From the Field

187

(10)

Research Findings

188

(1)

Lessons Learned

188

(1)

Recommendations for Practice

189

(2)

What Practitioners Tell Us

191

(2)

Checklists for Teaching in Extended Periods of Instructional Time

193

(2)

Final Reflections

195

(2)

References

197

(4)

Index

201

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Thinking Inside the Block Schedule : Strategies for Teaching in Extended Periods of Time

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