Part one of term paper
Lately there seems to be talk about adapting a block schedule to Unit 5 High Schools. A typical block schedule is where students take two classes in the morning and two in the afternoon. These four class periods are all 90-minutes each. This way year long courses are cut to a semester and semester course to a marking period. Proponents of ...

Part two of term paper
... block scheduling is the psychological problems. First of all, studies have shown that the average student has an attention span of 45 minutes. That is the length of a normal class period. By implementing a block schedule there are now 90 minutes of class instead of the old 45. If students only have a 45-minute attention span and there is 90 minutes of class, then really the additional 45 minutes of time is actually being wasted. Another problem with 90-minute classes is that students are less l ...