Graduate Research Papers

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Open Access Graduate Research Paper

Keywords

Educational acceleration; Gifted children--Correlation with content subjects;

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine academic acceleration. It looks at the rationale, different forms of acceleration, benefits, disadvantages, and guidelines that should be considered when accelerating. In addition, this paper examines teachers' beliefs and why they hold these beliefs concerning acceleration. Finally, the last chapter summarizes this study and draws conclusions from the literature and suggests recommendations for further study.

Year of Submission

1998

Degree Name

Master of Arts in Education

Department

Department of Curriculum and Instruction

First Advisor

Charles R. May

Comments

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Date Original

1998

Object Description

1 PDF file (iv, 31 pages)

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

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