One reason block scheduling should not be used is it can cause academic harm to the students. First, there is the problem of adolescent attention span. Even though classes are twice as long the student may not retain twice as much material. Many teachers know about the short attention span of most teen-agers. The teachers would have to have more "fun" activities to keep the kids interested. This method of lessons will water down the content in the course. Second, the common-sense problem with block scheduling is retention. In most forms of block scheduling students go through one year of classes in one seme

There will also be a problem with the student to teacher ratio in block scheduling. One problem will be the teacher placement. With only about four classes teachers will be needed less frequently in certain areas. Schools will have to hire more teachers in one area and let go of teachers that are in other areas. Another problem will be what lunch will be like. With four periods of class all the students will have lunch at the same time. In little schools this problem will not be an issue. In schools with 3,000 or more students lunch will be very crowded. With all those people many teachers will be needed to watch over them. Finally, planning 90-minute lessons with many students will be a challenge for some teachers. Students sometimes need one on one attention to really learn something. With a lot of students this will be hard to get. Also, teachers will not be able to plan lessons as easily. You can not stand and lecture for 90 minutes. This means teachers will have to plan different, mixed up lessons ("Block Scheduling: A Problem or a Solution).

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