Why block subjects might not be best for university student learning
- Written by Jason M Lodge, Associate Professor of Educational Psychology, School of Education & Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation, The University of Queensland
It isn’t clear whether or not block subjects are a form of cramming or not.www.shutterstock.com
Block subjects is a model of teaching students one subject at a time over two to four weeks, rather than several subjects at a time over ten to 13 weeks in a semester.
For some, like Victoria University, the model is a stunning success. There are...
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