Extending Student Learning Opportunities in a 6-8 Middle School

Autor/inn/en	Waggoner, Christine; Cline, Lisa
Titel	Extending Student Learning Opportunities in a 6-8 Middle School
Quelle	In: Middle School Journal (J3), 37 (2006) 5, S.16-20 (5 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0094-0771
Schlagwörter	Block Scheduling; Middle Schools; Curriculum Enrichment; Transitional Programs; Educational Change; Program Implementation; North Carolina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Block teaching; Blockunterricht; Stundentafel; Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Curriculum revision; Curriculumreform; Curriculum; Lehrplan; Reform; Bildungsreform
Abstract	In 2004, South Charlotte Middle School (SCMS), Charlotte, North Carolina, was named "A School to Watch" by the National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform. One of the program components cited as highly successful by the visiting committee representing the Forum was the provision of an enrichment period called the ninth block. Ninth block was created by the SCMS scheduling team as a means of providing students with a wider choice of learning experiences, reaching beyond those provided in more traditional core and elective classes. In this article, the authors discuss the ninth block curriculum as well as the ninth block schedule. They also discuss the present situation of the ninth block after years of implementation. (Contains 3 figures.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10