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==Schedules==

Many forms of block scheduling were devised. <ref name="Owl"/>

=== A/BAlternate Day Block Scheduling ===

Also referred to as A/B block scheduling, Odd/Even block scheduling, or Day 1/ Day 2 block scheduling. Students take three to four courses, around 90-120 minutes in length, per day all year long on alternating days resulting in a full six or eight courses per year.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last1=Trenta|first1=Louis|last2=Newman|first2=Isadore|date=Fall 2002|title=Effects of a High School Block Scheduling Program on Students: A Four-Year Longitudinal Study of the Effects of Block Scheduling on Student Outcome Variables|url=|journal=American Secondary Education|volume=31|pages=54|via=EBSCOhost}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last1=Lewis|first1=Chance W.|last2=Dugan|first2=James J.|last3=Winokur|first3=Marc A.|last4=Cobb|first4=R. Brian|date=December 2005|title=The Effects of Block Scheduling on High School Academic Achievement|url=|journal=NASSP Bulletin|volume=98|pages=72-87|via=EBSCOhost}}</ref> An example table of a possible schedule is provided below.

One variety of block scheduling, called A/B block scheduling, is shown in the example table. Instead of taking six classes every day, students attend three classes every other day and spend double the amount of continuous time in each class. Students can take 4 classes during one semester and another 4 the next. The example given reverts to a six-period day on Fridays.

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