1. Chapter 5 Acceleration

2. Curriculum Options for Gifted Students • Maximum Achievement in Basic Skills • Content Beyond the Prescribed Curriculum • Exposure to a Variety of Fields of Study • Student-selected Content • High Content Complexity • Experience in Creative Thinking and Problem Solving • Development of Thinking Skills • Development of Computer Skills • Affective Development • Development of Motivation

3. Acceleration Versus Enrichment • Acceleration: moving through curriculum at a faster rate • Enrichment: exploring curriculum with greater depth and breadth • Acceleration involves the potential for advanced placement or credit

4. Types of Acceleration • Early Admission to Kindergarten or First Grade • Grade Skipping • Subject-Specific • Early Admission to Middle or High School • Credit by Examination • College Courses in High School • Advanced Placement • Distance Learning • Telescoped Programs • Early Admission to College • Residential High Schools • International Baccalaureate • Talent Search Programs

5. Early Admission to Kindergarten or First Grade Considerations Gender School of Entrance Receiving Teacher Family Values Asynchronous Development • Intellectual Precocity • Reading Readiness • Arithmetic Readiness • Social and Emotional Maturity • Health

6. Grade Skipping • “Full Acceleration” or “Double Promotion” • Concerns • Missing Critical Skills • Usually not missing at all • Diagnostic Tests can find “holes” in knowledge • Social Adjustment • More comfortable with intellectual peers • Research concludes no difference in adjustment

7. Subject-Specific Acceleration • “Partial Acceleration” • Requires • flexibility • long-term planning • Allows interactions with intellectual peers and age-mates

8. Early Admission to Middle School or High School • Academic Advantage • Access to specialized higher school • Social Advantage • Transition to new school, new peer group

9. Credit by Examination • College Level Examination Program (CLEP) • College Board • 36 Subject Areas • Exams without Classes • Credit awarded after enrollment at college

10. College Courses in High School • Dual Enrollment • Classes at University while high school (or middle school) student • Credit for both University and High School

11. Advanced Placement • College Board • High School Classes • Exam to receive University credit • 20 subject areas

12. Distance Learning • Independent Study/Correspondence Courses/Computer Based • Students need self-motivation • Possibility of working in groups

13. Telescoped Programs • Collapsing, for example, 4 years of academic work into 2 or 3 • Specialized Program OR • Careful choices of classes in high school • Careful planning

14. Early Admission to College • Enter college early • Full-time basis • Varies depending on agreement between university and local high school

15. Residential High Schools • Specialized schools • Sometimes on college campuses • Advanced Curriculum • Some critiques, and how programs have addressed those needs

16. International Baccalaureate • International Program • Primary Years, Middle Years, and Diploma Programmes • Receive college credit for some IB courses

17. Talent Search Programs • Identify 6th, 7th, and 8th grade talented students with SAT scores • Summer programs • Encouraged to pursue acceleration programs

18. Summary • Acceleration Vs. Enrichment • Types of Acceleration • Advantages and Disadvantages of each type