Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Enrichment or acceleration or both? How to best provide for gifted ...

URL: Enrichment or acceleration or both? How to best provide for gifted ...
John Hattie's 2009 synthesis of over 800 meta-analyses relating to educational achievement, found that acceleration, in these forms, had the highest school contribution to student achievement; enrichment – the method currently most preferred by schools - did not even reach Hattie's 'hinge .... Perhaps because I started NCEA Level 1 exams in Year 10, I have more experience under exam conditions and have found a way to cope under pressure earlier than most.” ...