The Accelerated Learning Program: Throwing Open the Gates
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| Title: | The Accelerated Learning Program: Throwing Open the Gates |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Adams, Peter, Gearhart, Sarah, Miller, Robert, Roberts, Anne |
| Source: | Journal of Basic Writing (CUNY). Fall 2009 28(2):50-69. |
| Availability: | Kingsborough Community College City University of New York. Available from: Boyd Printing Company, Inc. 49 Sheridan Avenue, Albany, NY 12210. Tel: 800-877-2693; Tel: 518-436-9686; e-mail: info@boydprinting.com; Web site: http://www.boydprinting.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 20 |
| Publication Date: | 2009 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative |
| Education Level: | Postsecondary Education Two Year Colleges |
| Descriptors: | Basic Writing, Community Colleges, Acceleration (Education), Mainstreaming, Program Effectiveness, Cost Effectiveness |
| Geographic Terms: | Maryland |
| ISSN: | 0147-1635 |
| Abstract: | This article reports on the Accelerated Learning Program (ALP), a new model of basic writing that has produced dramatic successes for the basic writing program at the Community College of Baltimore County. Borrowing from mainstreaming programs, studio courses, fast track programs, and learning communities, ALP, for four consecutive semesters, has doubled the number of basic writers who succeed in passing first-year composition, has cut the attrition rate for these students in half, has allowed them to accomplish this in half the time, and has done it all at slightly less cost per successful student than traditional basic writing courses. (Contains 5 charts.) |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 18 |
| Entry Date: | 2010 |
| Access URL: | https://orgs.tamu-commerce.edu/cbw/cbw/JBW.html |
| Accession Number: | EJ877255 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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