The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of the accelerated course learning format on student achievement in developmental English and math courses offered at a rural community college. Due to a rise in the number of underprepared students who enroll in community college, some college officials implemented the accelerated course learning format to allow students to complete developmental coursework in a shorter timeframe. Research on the utilization of the accelerated learning format in developmental education has been conducted in urban areas, and this study provides research and findings from a rural perspective. Historical enrollment data were used to find out if the accelerated course learning format method of instruction increased a student’s developmental course success and college-level persistence. The enrollment of students enrolled in at least 1 developmental English or math course offered in an accelerated or traditional format during the fall 2010 through fall 2015 enrollment period was tracked to evaluate success and persistence. A non-experimental, comparative research design was used to evaluate the relationship between 1 independent variable (method of instruction: traditional or accelerated) and 2 dependent variables (success: grade of A, B, or C and persistence: proceeded to and successfully completed the college level course: English Composition I and College Algebra). The data collected were analyzed using IBM SPSS version 24.0. Descriptive statistics were also used to analyze the data, and Chi Square tests were used to determine how well the experiential distribution of data fits with the distribution that was anticipated with the independent variables. In reviewing the findings, results were consistent for each developmental course, in English and math. Students enrolled in 8-week courses consistently outperformed students enrolled in 16-week courses. Recommendations for future research include a review of students who withdrew and a discussion of demographics to determine if students withdrew because it was too fast. Another recommendation is to evaluate students who repeated courses and changed formats.

Au Cambodge, le système éducatif s’inscrit dans un contexte de réformes à tous les niveaux pour répondre aux mutations accélérées de la société.Pour comprendre le fonctionnement bureaucratique de ce système éducatif et penser les conditions d’une efficacité accrue, nous avons mobilisé le cadre théorique des organisations (Crozier, 1963 ; Mintzberg, 1986, 1989) ainsi qu’une approche éthique et pédagogique qui prennent en compte la mobilisation des acteurs (Bruner, 1983 ; Durand, 1996).La question de recherche de la thèse est la suivante : quels sont les effets repérables sur les acteurs du système éducatif d’une coopération entre le Ministère de l’Éducation du Cambodge et l’ONG Pour un Sourire d’Enfant dans le cadre d’un programme de rattrapage scolaire qui est introduit dans le Ministère et pour le Ministère ? Nous présentons en détail ce programme. Sur le plan méthodologique, nous avons mobilisé différents outils auprès de l’ensemble des acteurs concernés (observations, entretiens, questionnaires).Les résultats permettent d’établir que les acteurs ont manifesté des signes de mise en œuvre d’une nouvelle posture professionnelle, notamment en termes d’engagement, même si certains enseignants sont restés en retrait pour diverses raisons. / In Cambodia, the education system is part of a context of reforms at all levels to respond to the accelerated changes in society.To understand the bureaucratic functioning of this educational system and to think about the conditions for greater efficiency, we have mobilized the theoretical framework of organizations (Crozier, 1963; Mintzberg, 1986, 1989) as well as an ethical and pedagogical approach that takes into account the mobilization of actors (Bruner, 1983; Durand, 1996).The research question of the thesis is as follows: what are the identifiable effects on the actors of the education system of a cooperation between the Ministry of Education of Cambodia and the NGO Pour un Sourire d'Enfant within the framework of a school accelerated learning programme that is introduced in the Ministry and for the Ministry? We present this programme in detail.On the methodological level, we mobilized different tools from all the actors concerned (observations, interviews, questionnaires)The results show that the actors have shown signs of implementing a new professional posture, particularly in terms of commitment, even if some teachers have remained behind for various reasons.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:24:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2011-07-04Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:52:42Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 silva_mrl_me_rcla.pdf: 7443895 bytes, checksum: b55b0a0c6072203bf13784ca904e008f (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Este estudo objetivou acompanhar, nas aulas de matemática, uma classe de alunos em distorção escolar nos anos finais do Ensino Fundamental – 6º e 7º anos – em uma Escola Pública Estadual mineira, participantes de um Projeto de Aceleração da Aprendizagem – Projeto Acelerar para Vencer (PAV) – em processo de implementação nesta escola, tendo em vista identificar e analisar os aspectos que mais se destacassem nesse contexto, no âmbito do ensino e aprendizagem da matemática, explicitando e discutindo suas implicações. A pesquisa foi desenvolvida numa abordagem qualitativa por meio do acompanhamento da pesquisadora no campo. O material de análise foi constituído, principalmente, por anotações no diário de campo; filmagens; um questionário aplicado à professora de matemática e um aplicado aos alunos participantes da pesquisa; e, entrevistas, com a professora de matemática, os alunos, a diretora da escola, e, adicionalmente, com o professor de geografia da referida classe. Foram utilizados também alguns documentos como as fichas escolares individuais dos alunos, o texto do Projeto PAV e os ofícios e resoluções relativos à implementação desse Projeto na escola. A análise interpretativa identificou elementos relacionados à Política de Aceleração da Aprendizagem, aos alunos em atraso escolar e aos docentes que atuam no contexto de aceleração, cujas discussões foram organizadas por meio de três eixos de análise: (1) Organização do PAV na escola; (2) Os alunos do PAV; e, (3) O trabalho pedagógico com a matemática no PAV. Dentre os elementos relativos a cada eixo, destacaram-se: no primeiro eixo, a forma como a Política de Aceleração foi implantada nas escolas mineiras e as interferências da formação das classes de aceleração no cotidiano da escola, sobretudo por ter separado os alunos... / This study aimed to follow in math classes, the students class in distortion school in the final years of elementary school - 6 and 7 years - in a Mineira Public State School, participating in a Project Accelerated Learning - Project Accelerate to Win (PAV) - being implemented this school in order to identify and analyze the aspects that stood out in this context, in teaching and learning of mathematics, explaining and discussing their implications. The survey was developed through a qualitative approach by following the researcher in the field. The analysis material was composed mainly of notes in field notebook; filming; a questionnaire administered to a math teacher and one applied to the research participant students; and interviews with the math teacher, students, school director, and additionally with the geography teacher of that class. Some documents were also used as the school files of individual students, the text of the Project PAV and crafts and resolutions concerning the implementation of this project at school. The interpretative analysis identified factors related to policy Accelerated Learning, late on school students and teachers who work in the context of acceleration, whose discussions were organized by three main perspectives: (1) Organization of PAV at school: (2) Students of PAV and (3) The educational work with mathematics in the PAV. Among the elements for each axis, stood out: the first axis, how the policy was implemented in Mineira Schools Acceleration and interference of the formation of accelerated classes in the school routine, mainly because it separated students into distortion , students in regular classes, the temporariness of PAV and its meaning for students, teachers and school on the size of the problem of school failure, in the second axis, the level of students' knowledge gap... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Orientador: Maria Lúcia Lorenzetti Wodewotzki / Banca: Ole Skovsmose / Banca: Arlindo José de Souza Júnior / Acompanha 1 CD-ROM com anexos e apêndices / Resumo: Este estudo objetivou acompanhar, nas aulas de matemática, uma classe de alunos em distorção escolar nos anos finais do Ensino Fundamental - 6º e 7º anos - em uma Escola Pública Estadual mineira, participantes de um Projeto de Aceleração da Aprendizagem - Projeto Acelerar para Vencer (PAV) - em processo de implementação nesta escola, tendo em vista identificar e analisar os aspectos que mais se destacassem nesse contexto, no âmbito do ensino e aprendizagem da matemática, explicitando e discutindo suas implicações. A pesquisa foi desenvolvida numa abordagem qualitativa por meio do acompanhamento da pesquisadora no campo. O material de análise foi constituído, principalmente, por anotações no diário de campo; filmagens; um questionário aplicado à professora de matemática e um aplicado aos alunos participantes da pesquisa; e, entrevistas, com a professora de matemática, os alunos, a diretora da escola, e, adicionalmente, com o professor de geografia da referida classe. Foram utilizados também alguns documentos como as fichas escolares individuais dos alunos, o texto do Projeto PAV e os ofícios e resoluções relativos à implementação desse Projeto na escola. A análise interpretativa identificou elementos relacionados à Política de Aceleração da Aprendizagem, aos alunos em atraso escolar e aos docentes que atuam no contexto de aceleração, cujas discussões foram organizadas por meio de três eixos de análise: (1) Organização do PAV na escola; (2) Os alunos do PAV; e, (3) O trabalho pedagógico com a matemática no PAV. Dentre os elementos relativos a cada eixo, destacaram-se: no primeiro eixo, a forma como a Política de Aceleração foi implantada nas escolas mineiras e as interferências da formação das classes de aceleração no cotidiano da escola, sobretudo por ter separado os alunos... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: This study aimed to follow in math classes, the students class in distortion school in the final years of elementary school - 6 and 7 years - in a Mineira Public State School, participating in a Project Accelerated Learning - Project Accelerate to Win (PAV) - being implemented this school in order to identify and analyze the aspects that stood out in this context, in teaching and learning of mathematics, explaining and discussing their implications. The survey was developed through a qualitative approach by following the researcher in the field. The analysis material was composed mainly of notes in field notebook; filming; a questionnaire administered to a math teacher and one applied to the research participant students; and interviews with the math teacher, students, school director, and additionally with the geography teacher of that class. Some documents were also used as the school files of individual students, the text of the Project PAV and crafts and resolutions concerning the implementation of this project at school. The interpretative analysis identified factors related to policy Accelerated Learning, late on school students and teachers who work in the context of acceleration, whose discussions were organized by three main perspectives: (1) Organization of PAV at school: (2) Students of PAV and (3) The educational work with mathematics in the PAV. Among the elements for each axis, stood out: the first axis, how the policy was implemented in Mineira Schools Acceleration and interference of the formation of accelerated classes in the school routine, mainly because it separated students into distortion , students in regular classes, the temporariness of PAV and its meaning for students, teachers and school on the size of the problem of school failure, in the second axis, the level of students' knowledge gap... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

This paper analyzes acceleration in education as a practice for meeting the educational needs of gifted students, and points out favorable and unfavorable arguments on the use of this practice. Acceleration is an educational practice consisting of several teaching strategies designed to encourage academically gifted students and reduce their time spent in school. It promotes faster learning by matching the curriculum to the student’s level of knowledge, interest and motivation. There are several arguments in favor of acceleration, such as the improvement of academic performance, self-esteem and student’s social adjustment. However, educators are reluctant to implement this practice, arguing that students may be immature or lose part of the content of the regular curriculum. / Se analiza la aceleración de la enseñanza como práctica de atención a las necesidades educacionales de alumnos superdotados y se presentan argumentos favorables y contrarios. La aceleración de la enseñanza es una práctica educacional compuesta por diversas estrategias para estimular al alumno académicamente superdotado y reducir su tiempo de permanencia en la escuela. Promueve un aprendizaje más rápido al equiparar el currículum al nivel de conocimiento, interés y motivación. Son varios los argumentos a favor de la aceleración, como mejora del desempeño académico, la autoestima y el ajuste social del alumno. Sin embargo, educadores se resisten a implementar esta práctica alegando que los alumnos pueden ser inmaduros o perder parte del contenido del currículum regular.

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of dual-enrollment participation on students' postsecondary achievement as measured by various factors. The researcher explored an approach to learning that allows students to navigate the invisible barriers between high school and college. The population consisted of 901 students in a community college in northeast Tennessee during the fall of 2007 following high school graduation the previous academic year. Data gathered from dual-enrollment participants were compared to data of peers of comparable ability level who chose not to participate in the program. The major findings of the study included the following: dual-enrollment participants were (a) slightly more likely to enroll full time rather than part time, (b) significantly less likely to be enrolled in remedial and developmental courses, (c) no more likely to complete the fall semester, (d) slightly more likely to complete the spring semester, (e) more likely to showcase a slightly higher fall semester grade-point average (GPA), and (f) no more likely to have a higher spring semester GPA.

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[pt] O presente trabalho busca compreender a implementação de uma política de correção de fluxo em uma escola municipal do Rio de Janeiro. Para isso, investigaram-se as percepções de agentes escolares sobre o projeto, analisando de que forma elas influenciam sua discricionariedade. Como referencial teórico, recorreu-se à sociologia da educação, particularmente às contribuições de Bourdieu sobre o fracasso escolar e o julgamento docente. Valeu-se ainda dos estudos sobre burocracia do nível da rua, inaugurados por Lipsky. Quanto à metodologia, analisaram-se os documentos relativos à política de correção de fluxo desenvolvida no Rio de Janeiro, com base na reconstrução realizada por Lima (2016). Em seguida, exploraram-se os dados do censo escolar relativos à escola selecionada. O material empírico foi gerado por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas com 32 atores, incluindo professores, gestores, agentes educadores e alunos inseridos em turmas regulares e de aceleração. O estudo conclui que há resistência aos projetos, principalmente pela concentração de alunos considerados problemáticos em uma mesma turma. Predomina a percepção desses alunos como indisciplinados, desinteressados ou mesmo portadores de deficiências cognitivas, de modo que a responsabilidade por seu fracasso lhes é exclusivamente atribuída. Os agentes implementadores parecem orientar suas ações discricionárias com base em um senso prático-moral que distingue alunos merecedores dos não merecedores, atendendo às suas necessidades percebidas de forma diferenciada. Por fim, discute-se em que medida a compreensão da aprendizagem escolar como um direito de todos pode ser ressignificada como uma recompensa a alguns, em um contexto de intensa sobrecarga de trabalho e falta de recursos. / [en] The present study aims to understand the implementation of a flow correction policy in a municipal school in Rio de Janeiro. To do so, we investigated teachers, principals and students perceptions on the project, analyzing how they influence their discretion. Among the theoretical references are the contributions of Sociology of Education, especially Bourdieu s ones concerning school failure and school agents judgements, and the studies on street-level bureaucracy inaugurated by Lipsky. Regarding the methodology, we first analyzed the official documents related to the flow correction policy implemented in Rio de Janeiro, based on Lima s (2016) review on the subject. Secondly, we proceeded to an exploratory research into School Census data related to the selected school. The empirical material was generated through semi-structured interviews with 32 subjects, including teachers, principals, assistants and students from regular and accelerated learning classes. The study concludes that there is considerable resistance to the flow correction policy, especially due to the concentration of those students identified as problematic in the same classes. There is a prevailing perception of overage students as undisciplined, uninterested, or even as cognitively impaired, holding such students accountable for their own failure. The implementing agents seem to guide their discretionary actions based on a practical-moral judgement that differs worthy students from unworthy ones, responding to their perceived needs differently. By way of conclusion, we discuss to what extent the understanding of school education as a public right can be resignified as a private reward in a context of work overload and scant resources.

[pt] No âmbito das políticas educacionais, a distorção idade-série é o indicador que evidencia o atraso escolar do aluno em relação ao ano de escolaridade cursado. Políticas para reduzir a distorção idade-série, denominadas projetos e programas de aceleração da aprendizagem, estão presentes no cenário brasileiro desde a década de 1990, implementadas autonomamente por redes públicas de ensino, através de parcerias público-privadas e apoio do Ministério da Educação. A despeito da permanência e da capilaridade desses projetos existem poucas pesquisas que discutem o tema na intercessão dos dados quantitativos e qualitativos. Ademais, observa-se a lacuna de uma avaliação do impacto destas políticas e da estimação de seus efeitos por parte dos gestores públicos e da comunidade acadêmica. O presente trabalho pretende contribuir nessa perspectiva e ampliar a discussão, através da análise da política de correção de fluxo implementada na rede municipal do Rio de Janeiro no período 2009/2014 e das trajetórias dos alunos da rede - que foram ou não afetados pela política - que estavam matriculados no quinto ano do ensino fundamental em 2010, até os possíveis desfechos escolares em 2014. Inicialmente o estudo foi desenvolvido a partir de análise da documentação pertinente e de entrevistas semiestruturadas com agentes da administração educacional municipal. A seguir se desenvolve uma análise dos dados da base de matrículas da rede municipal de 2009 alinhada aos dados do Censo Escolar (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 e 2014) a fim de compreender aspectos do desenho e da implementação da política, com ênfase nos perfis sociodemográficos dos alunos e suas trajetórias escolares. Confirmando inúmeros estudos anteriores que indicam que gênero e cor influenciam o atraso escolar, os resultados apontam que os meninos negros têm maiores probabilidades de distorção idade-série. Dado o limitado número de vagas nos projetos de correção de fluxo frente à demanda, verifica-se um expressivo número de alunos defasados que não foram matriculados em correção de fluxo, embora outros com defasagem menor que dois anos e até mesmo sem defasagem tenham sido inseridos nos projetos. No tocante às trajetórias, os dados indicam diferenças entre os perfis dos alunos matriculados em correção de fluxo e os matriculados exclusivamente em turmas regulares. Estas distinções reverberam nos desfechos escolares e sugerem um processo de segmentação escolar que tende a favorecer os alunos em melhores condições sociais. Embora a política pareça influenciar o declínio da defasagem idade-série, durante a análise dos percursos observou-se que as taxas de declínio não são distribuídas igualmente entre os grupos, parecendo haver uma escala de vulnerabilidade social relacionada a elas, com desfechos menos promissores e estigmatizados correspondendo aos alunos socialmente mais vulneráveis. Por fim, os dados chamam a atenção para a fragilidade das trajetórias que alcançam o ensino médio, que parecem associadas a uma política de aceleração da conclusão do ensino fundamental. Embora este desfecho a princípio corrobore a finalidade de aceleração subjacente aos projetos, o elevado índice de reprovação desses alunos após o ingresso nesta etapa de ensino, sugere a fragilidade da política em termos de consolidação do processo de escolarização e de mobilidade social desses alunos. / [en] In the extent of educational policies, the age-grade distortion is the indicator that reveals the student s scholastic backwardness related to the year attended at school. Policies to decrease the age-grade distortion called projects and accelerated learning programs are present at the Brazilian scenery since the decade of 1990, autonomously implemented by public school systems, through public-private partnerships and support of the Ministry of Education. Despite the permanence and the capillarity of these projects, few studies discuss the theme interceding quantitative and qualitative data. Furthermore, there is a gap of an impact assessment of these policies and the estimation of their effects by public managers and the academic community. The present work aims to contribute in this perspective and increase the discussion by analysing the policy of flow correction implemented at the municipal schools of Rio de Janeiro in the period of 2009/2014. It presents as well the trajectories of the students - who were or were not affected by the policy - who were enrolled in the fifth year of elementary school in 2010, to the possible scholastic outcomes in 2014. Initially the research was developed from the analysis of the relevant documentation and semi-structured interviews with agents of the municipal education administration. The following analysis points to the database of the enrolments in the municipal system in 2009 conforming to the School Census data (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014) in order to understand aspects of design and implementation of the policy, emphasizing on the sociodemographic profiles of students and their learning trajectories. Confirming plentiful previous researches that show that gender and ethnic influence the school backwardness, the results indicates that black children are more likely to age-grade distortion. Given the limited number of spots in the flow correction projects because of the high demand, there is a significant number of delayed students who were not enrolled in flow correction, while others with less than two years of discrepancy and even not delayed entered the projects. Concerning the students trajectories, the data reveal differences among the profiles of students enrolled in flow correction projects and enrolled exclusively in regular classes. These distinctions reverberate in school outcomes suggesting a scholastic segmentation process, which tends to favour students in better social conditions. Although the policy seems to influence the decline of discrepancy in age-grade, during the analysis of courses it was observed that decline rates are not equally distributed among the groups, there seems to be a scale of social vulnerability related to them, with less promising and stigmatized outcomes corresponding to socially vulnerable students. The data points to the fragility of the trajectories that reach high school, which seem to be associated with the policy of accelerated conclusion of the elementary school. Although this outcome at first corroborates the purpose of underlying acceleration to the projects, the high failure rates of these students after enrolling in this academic stage, suggests the fragility of this policy in terms of consolidation of the process of schooling and social mobility of these students.

The purpose of this interpretive biography was to understand how college graduates perceive their experiences in secondary (high school) accelerated learning programs and the impact of that participation on their continued education. This inquiry was guided by the overarching question: What are college graduates’ perceptions and understandings of their experiences in secondary accelerated programs? Using a postmodern philosophy to review the empirical materials, this interpretive biography focused on the lived experience of a college graduate who participated in an accelerated secondary program and focuses on her reflections after graduating from a four-year university. The study finds that generally, secondary accelerated learning programs like concurrent enrollment are considered valuable for their academic preparation, but may be reinforcing societal notions that students should go through their schooling more quickly than is beneficial.