block scheduling

collocation in English

meaningsofblockandschedule

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block
noun
uk
/blɒk/us
/blɑːk/
mainly US
the distance along a street from where one road crosses it to the place where the next road crosses it, or one part of a street like this, especially in a town ...
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schedule
noun[C]
uk
/ˈʃedʒ.uːl/us
/ˈskedʒ.uːl/
a list of planned activities or things to be done showing the times or dates when they are intended to happen or ...
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(Definition ofblockandschedulefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofblock scheduling

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Well-known representatives of this class areblockscheduling, cyclic scheduling, and block-cyclic scheduling.
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The school uses ablockschedulingsystem.
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Class scheduling works aroundblockscheduling.
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By that year, the school had converted toblockscheduling.
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The school uses a modified, 5 period,blockschedulingprogram.
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All classes are taught on theblockschedulingscheme.
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All three small schools utilizeblockschedulingwhere students take four 82-minute classes a day.
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In the 2009-2010 school year, the school switched back toblockscheduling.
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The school was the first in the district to useblockscheduling.
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The currentblockschedulingsystem of four ninety-minute classes per day was instituted in 1995.
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The school runs onblockschedulingfrom 8:10am to 3:10pm.
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Primavera has open enrollment throughout the year, and offersblockscheduling.
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The day is divided into four periods onblockschedulingwith ninety minute classes.
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The high school uses a form ofblockschedulingfor its students.
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However, because of theblockschedulingsystem, many students graduate with 30 or 32 credits.
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In 2009, year-round rotating block schedule replaced the semester-basedblockscheduling.
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The students take three or four 90 minutes classes in the school's intensiveblockschedulingprogram.
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A total of four, 85-minute classes are held in a day due to the school'sblockscheduling.
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Blockschedulingis the practice of having four, one and a half hour classes that alternate every other day.
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The school usesblockscheduling, organizing classes in 4 blocks each day changing 4 semesters (or quarters) a year.
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Blockschedulingallows students to earn a maximum of eight credits per year by extending class time to include four classes each day.
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The school's students follow ablockschedulingsystem in which students take 90-minute classes for one semester, or half of each school year.
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For many years the campus operated underblockscheduling, seen as an innovative way to allow for longer periods of uninterrupted teaching time.
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The class schedule, commonly referred to asblockscheduling, has four different classes each semester, each period being approximately ninety minutes long.
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Elective amounts have gone up and down as the school went from a straight 6 hours back in 1999, to theblockschedulingin 2005.
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