accelerative
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- adjective
- /əˈkɛləˌreɪtɪv/
- After an initial accelerative burst, the pacing rate for the students leveled off so that most of Group 3 (75%) and Group 4 (60%) students were ready for algebra by seventh grade.
- accelerative strategies
Examples
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Curriculum compacting is one of the eleven forms of accelerative practices suggested for use with high-ability students.
Academic text (2004) -
Prescriptive placement into the flexibly paced instructional sequence, therefore, produced an initial accelerative burst as these students moved to their appropriate placement and pacing.
Academic text (1995) -
Assessment may indicate a need to consider accelerative options.
Academic text (1996) -
Very little emphasis was placed on accelerative strategies in gifted programs.
Academic text (2007) -
Many educators and parents are still leery of this practice as they are of other accelerative strategies (Jones & Southern, 1991).
Academic text (1995) -
But, as Benbow (1991) points out, accelerative strategies are not for every gifted child, and it is appropriate that students self-select themselves into these opportunities.
Academic text (1995) -
Many educators advocate for accelerative methods to boost student learning rates.
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The researcher proposed an accelerative approach to help students grasp complex concepts faster.
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Using accelerative techniques can significantly enhance the learning experience for advanced learners.
Synonyms
Making something move or happen faster
Surface Forms
Morphology
accelerative = accelerate (transparent) = accelerate + ive
Formed by standard adjective derivation from the verb 'accelerate' meaning 'tending to cause acceleration'.
Etymology
Accelerative comes from accelerate, which means 'to make faster', and you can picture an accelerator like the car pedal that makes the vehicle speed up. So, accelerative describes something that tends to cause an increase in speed.