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- Title
Grade Skipping From the Perspective of Teachers in Germany.
- Authors
Westphal, Andrea; Vock, Miriam; Stubbe, Tobias
- Abstract
The present study explored teachers’ perspectives on one specific type of acceleration, namely, grade skipping. In addition, we investigated the extent to which teachers’ beliefs about students’ academic, motivational, and social development after grade skipping may explain teachers’ acceptance of this accelerative strategy. Moreover, we examined whether teachers’ acceptance is linked to their decisions about using this intervention. Using data from the PARS project, which included 316 teachers from 18 secondary schools in the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, we assessed teachers’ acceptance, beliefs, and perceived knowledge about grade skipping using 4-point rating scales. Teachers also reported whether they had advised a student to skip a grade. Multilevel regression analyses indicated that teachers’ beliefs about students’ social, motivational, and academic development largely explained their acceptance. Teachers who showed a higher level of acceptance and perceived knowledge were more likely to have recommended grade skipping before. Educational implications are discussed.
- Subjects
GERMANY; EDUCATIONAL acceleration; TEACHERS; TEACHER attitudes
- Publication
Gifted Child Quarterly, 2017, Vol 61, Issue 1, p73
- ISSN
0016-9862
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0016986216670727