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Hertzog, Nancy B.; Lamb, Kristen N.; Mammadov, Sakhavat – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2021
Early entrance to college, a form of academic acceleration, is an educational alternative that opens pathways for advanced students to have challenging, stimulating, and relevant learning experiences. Children who choose this option enter the adult world several years earlier than most of their age peers. This involves extra growth, adaptation,…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Acceleration (Education), Advanced Students, Transitional Programs
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Canals, Laia – Language Learning & Technology, 2020
The present study aims to assess the benefits of participating in a virtual language exchange (VE) for practicing oral skills with native speakers by measuring learners' motivation to learn the language, communicate, and collaborate. The oral language development of advanced learners of English at a Spanish university was compared with a control…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Henry, Jim; Bruland, Holly Huff; Sano-Franchini, Jennifer – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2011
This article examines a mentoring initiative that embedded advanced students in first-year composition courses to mentor students to excel to the best of their abilities. Mentors attended all classes along with students and conducted many out-of-class individual conferences, documenting each of them using programimplemented work logs. Four hundred…
Descriptors: Mentors, College Freshmen, Academic Support Services, Role Models