RecentlysomeAmericanschoolshavemadechangesinthetraditionalschoolyeartoimprovestudentlearning.
Somehaveextendedtheschoolyearorreorganizedittoavoidalongsummerbreak.Anotherchoiceistoextendtheschoolday.AnewreportfromtheCenterforEvaluationandEducationPolicyatIndianaUniversityexaminesresearchintohoweffectivethisis.
Thetraditionalschooldayhasnotchangedmuchinmorethanacentury.Activitiesorspecialprogramsmightmeanalongerday.Butyoungerchildrenusuallygotoschoolfromaboutnineo’clockinthemorninguntilaboutthreeintheafternoon.Olderonesaretraditionallyinschoolfromaboutsevena.m.untilaroundtwop.m.
Somehighschoolshavechangedtolaterstarttimesbecauseoffindingsthatteenagerslearnbetterthatway.Butthenewreportsaysresultshavebeenmixed.Teacherssaystudentsaremoreawake.Butstudentssaythechangesinterferewithafter-schoolactivitiesorjobs.
By2001almostone-thirdofallsecondaryschoolshadsomeformofblockscheduling.Theideaistoprovidelongerperiodsintheschooldaytoteachbasicsubjects.Moreclasstimeshouldmeanbetterresults.Thisisthethinkingatleast.Yeta2001studyfoundthatsecondaryschoolswithtraditionalscheduleshadhighertestscoresbycomparison.Schoolswithblockschedulingdidhavehigherscoresinsciencethough..
Expertssayitiswhateducatorsdowiththeextratimethathasthelargesteffectonstudentlearning.Theynoteacriticismthateducationleadersoftenmakeschedulingchangeswithoutchangingthelearningenvironmentofaschool.
1.Whatwastheoriginalintensionofschools’extendingschooltime?
A.Tocarryoutmoreafter-schoolactivities.
B.Tomakestudentslearnmore.
C.Topreventstudentsfromtakingjobs.
D.Towinbetterreputations.
2.Fromthepassageweknowthattraditionallyyoungerchildren_________thanolderones.
A.gotoschoollater B.stayatschoolforlongertime
C.leaveschoolearlier D.havelessactivities
3.Whydon’tchildrenlikelatestartsofschooldays?
A.Becausetheycan’tsleeplate.
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