What type of school day scheduling to use has been a long standing question for school districts throughout the nation.  Throughout the years, school districts have experimented with many different combinations such as traditional 5-7 periods per day, traditional A/B blocks, and modified blocks without much supporting data, each with an effort to maximize teacher expertise as well as student time and access to courses. This study used two commercially available online programs: Sapling Learning�, a chemistry content drill program, and Lumosity�, a Web-based brain-training program to provide instruction enhancement.  The students in this study were scheduled on the modified block type of class schedule and were evaluated using the California Chemistry Diagnostic Exam (CADx) and the Group Assessment of Logical Thinking (GALT). The results of the effect of class scheduling versus student achievement will be presented.

How does class scheduling effect student success? A study using two commercial software programs to measure success in high school chemistry

247th National Meeting (2014)

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