Acceleration Model
Acceleration Model
Chapter 1. Acceleration: Jump-Starting Students Who Are Behind
“Although the acceleration model does revisit basic skills, these skills are laser-selected, applied right away with the new content, and never taught in isolation...Students in an acceleration program receive both instruction in prior knowledge and remediation of prerequisite skills.
This strategic approach of preparing for the future while plugging a few critical holes from the past yields strong results.”
"The primary focus of remediation is mastering concepts of the past.
Acceleration, on the other hand, strategically prepares students for success in the present--this week, on this content.
Acceleration jump-starts under-performing students into learning new concepts before their classmates even begin.
Rather than being stuck in the remedial slow lane, students move ahead of everyone into the fast lane of learning."
Rollins, Suzy Pepper. Learning in the Fast Lane: 8 Ways to Put ALL Students on the Road to Academic Success. ASCD, 2014.
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