Lo Que los Padres y los Maestros Deberian Saber sobre la...Aceleraction (What Parents and Teachers Should Know about Academic Acceleration).

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Title: Lo Que los Padres y los Maestros Deberian Saber sobre la...Aceleraction (What Parents and Teachers Should Know about Academic Acceleration).
Language: Spanish
Authors: Guenther, Alex, National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, Storrs, CT.
Availability: National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, 362 Fairfield Rd, U-7, Storrs, CT 06269-2007; Web site: <http://www.gifted.uconn.edu>.
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 6
Publication Date: 1999
Sponsoring Agency: Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC.
Intended Audience: Parents; Practitioners
Document Type: Guides - Non-Classroom
Translations
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Advanced Courses, Advanced Placement, Early Admission, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Flexible Progression, Gifted, Higher Education, Hispanic Americans, Spanish Speaking
Geographic Terms: U.S.; Connecticut
Abstract: Designed for Spanish-speaking educators and parents, this pamphlet discusses academic acceleration for gifted children. Major types of academic acceleration and their benefits are described. These include: (1) early admission to kindergarten that saves parents of gifted children the expenses of a year of preschool, allows children to be accelerated without the disruption of social life and curriculum that later grade skipping might cause, and provides bright students with intellectual stimulation; (2) primary school advancement that allows gifted children to skip grades; (3) secondary school acceleration that includes fast-paced classes, continuous progress curricula, independent study, part-time college course work, special classes or schools for high-ability youth, and advanced placement classes; and (4) early college entrance that allows students to enter college as early as age 10 or 11 and increases the likelihood that they will pursue graduate studies. Well-known programs that attempt to create a positive environment for very young college students are listed. (CR)
Notes: Translated by Valentina I. Kloosterman; for English version see ED 421 851.
Journal Code: RIEMAR2000
Entry Date: 2000
Accession Number: ED434463
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Designed for Spanish-speaking educators and parents, this pamphlet discusses academic acceleration for gifted children. Major types of academic acceleration and their benefits are described. These include: (1) early admission to kindergarten that saves parents of gifted children the expenses of a year of preschool, allows children to be accelerated without the disruption of social life and curriculum that later grade skipping might cause, and provides bright students with intellectual stimulation; (2) primary school advancement that allows gifted children to skip grades; (3) secondary school acceleration that includes fast-paced classes, continuous progress curricula, independent study, part-time college course work, special classes or schools for high-ability youth, and advanced placement classes; and (4) early college entrance that allows students to enter college as early as age 10 or 11 and increases the likelihood that they will pursue graduate studies. Well-known programs that attempt to create a positive environment for very young college students are listed. (CR)