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Direct linkSimons, Maarten – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2021
Taking the European Credit and Transfer System as its departure point, this article describes the (mis)fortunes of the figure of the independent learner. This figure is conceptualized by analyzing the expectations of the European learning space that is enacted in discourses, instruments and practices. The independent learner is a…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Governance
Download full textHoffman, Nancy; Mawhinney, Joanna; O'Connor, Anna – Jobs for the Future, 2021
Massachusetts's education agencies support expanding early college high school programs based on their initial success. In fact, think tank MassINC is calling for annual early college enrollment to increase to 45,000 students. This report outlines strategies for reaching that ambitious target: expanding access to early college programs to students…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, High Schools, Higher Education, Acceleration (Education)
Nordby, Siri Krogh; Bjerke, Annette Hessen; Mifsud, Louise – Digital Experiences in Mathematics Education, 2022
Computational thinking (CT) has acquired the status of a necessary 21st-century skill and is currently being introduced in school curricula around the world, despite a lack of consensus about what it entails. The aims of this review are to provide an overview of the existing literature on CT activities in primary mathematics education, and to…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Elementary School Students, Mathematics Instruction, 21st Century Skills
Cone, Lucas; Brøgger, Katja; Berghmans, Mieke; Decuypere, Mathias; Förschler, Annina; Grimaldi, Emiliano; Hartong, Sigrid; Hillman, Thomas; Ideland, Malin; Landri, Paolo; van de Oudeweetering, Karmijn; Player-Koro, Catarina; Bergviken Rensfeldt, Annika; Rönnberg, Linda; Taglietti, Danilo; Vanermen, Lanze – European Educational Research Journal, 2022
With schools and universities closing across Europe, the COVID-19 lockdown left actors in the field of education battling with the unprecedented challenge of finding a meaningful way to keep the wheels of education turning online. The sudden need for digital solutions across the field of education resulted in the emergence of a variety of digital…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Katherine Anne Post – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The current study, a causal comparative quantitative study, examined the relationship between content-based accelerated instruction and the growth of students identified as gifted and talented who enrolled in the participating district's accelerated advanced math class, and how acceleration affected students' growth based on socioeconomic status.…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Academically Gifted, Gifted Education, Mathematics Instruction
Corbyn Wild – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This work studied an institution's experiences with acceleration and placement reform in English coursework as changes in these measures affected student persistence, completion, and subject mastery in English composition. Through assessing student learning outcomes after placement reform and acceleration, this study compared students' success…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Educational Change, Student Placement, English Instruction
Robert F. Hidalgo – ProQuest LLC, 2024
With the growth of dual enrollment in high schools, there is an opportunity to augment and enhance college acceleration opportunities for historically underrepresented students seeking post-secondary matriculation. In 2016, California enacted progressive legislation through Assembly Bill 288, which specifically identified the need to increase…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, Acceleration (Education), Disproportionate Representation, College Readiness
Guillermo Colls; Melissa Reeve – Journal of College Academic Support Programs, 2024
The past 10 years have seen a major shift in English and English as a Second Language (ESL) placement and pedagogy in California's Community Colleges (CCC), driven by a developmental education reform movement known as acceleration. Popularized by the faculty-led California Acceleration Project (CAP), the acceleration movement focused on reducing…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Acceleration (Education), English (Second Language)
Angelica Sanchez – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the experiences of Early College High School (ECHS) adjunct instructors teaching dual enrollment courses in a southern region school district. Through interviews with ten ECHS adjunct instructors, the researcher examined the factors contributing to their success, their professional…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, Dual Enrollment, High Schools, Higher Education
Donna Linderman – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This constructivist qualitative case study examined factors that assisted and impeded the expansion of City University of New York's (CUNY) Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP) from 4,300 to 25,000 students between 2014-2018. The study consisted of open-ended interviews with 11 CUNY system and college leaders who directly led the work…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Universities, Associate Degrees, Leaders
Elizabeth Dorris – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The core issue addressed by this study is the problem of poor school identification among students, which leads to low attendance, poor graduation rates, and limited participation in college preparation activities. This qualitative single-case study aimed to explore the perceptions of college facilitators and parents regarding how mandated…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, High Schools, Higher Education, Acceleration (Education)
Luburic, Ivan; Jolly, Jennifer L. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2019
Gifted education as a field of research in Australia is relatively young when compared with its North American counterparts. A reflection of how the field of gifted education has developed from 1983 to 2017 in this context allows for observations of previous research and current trends, and how these may influence future directions for the field.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literature Reviews, Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education)
Al-Hroub, Anies – Cogent Education, 2023
The focus of this theoretical article is to critically analyze and expound upon the impact of educational and learning capitals on the education of gifted students in Jordan. The article begins by offering a comprehensive examination of the educational system in Jordan, and providing an overview of the present state of gifted education within the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Gifted Education, Educational Resources, Evidence Based Practice
Hill, Colin; Sommo, Colleen; Warner, Kayla – MDRC, 2023
Community colleges in the United States, which serve a disproportionate number of students from low-income backgrounds, can provide a valuable pathway toward well-paying careers. However, graduation rates at community colleges are very low--among first-time, full-time, degree-seeking students who enter public two-year schools, only 29 percent…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Models, Acceleration (Education), Program Implementation
DeBarbieri, Joseph M. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Inequity and marginalization exist within educational structures, policies, and practices. As such, practitioners, like district-level leaders need a clearer understanding of the barriers and their role in making meaning and shaping progress to overcome the disconnect between their beliefs, data, and meaningful and sustainable action. This study…
Descriptors: Suburban Schools, School Districts, Superintendents, Leadership
