Advanced Learners

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 INTRODUCTION:

This policy is recognized as the “Policy on Slow and Advanced Learners” of the Dr.C.S.N Degree & PG College. Through this policy, the college articulates its assurance to the vital facilitation and prop up to the advanced learners to be excellent achievers and slow learners to be better performing and achieving students in the academic and personal life. The policy provides guidelines to the teachers for the identification and development of strategies to benefit Slow, Advanced and Average Learners.

OBJECTIVES:

The objectives of the assessment process of the learning levels of the students are:

• To identify the slow learners and advanced learners in the class.
• To ensure that slow learners and advanced learners are taken care of as per their needs with continuous follow-up.
• To help them out for improvement in their academics and build a successful career.

 

CONCEPTS:

The term advanced learner in this policy refers to the students who can engage in learning activities faster than the other students and are more potential with their comprehension, retention, memory, critical thinking, and creativity and contextualization practices. They also may have smart working behaviours and can take up higher-level learning and academic responsibilities. They can bring some new concepts, strategies, and also can take the leadership in the teaching-learning activities.

 

METHODS OF ASSESSMENT

Students enrolled with different academic, socio-economic backgrounds, skills and abilities, deficits, learning styles, needs and interests, medium of instruction etc., are assessed at different stages initially through Induction Programme and later through Continuous Internal Assessment (CIA), quiz, assignments, practical, composition and oral presentations. Students reveal their interests and capabilities through participation in classroom activities, intercollegiate competitions, fine arts, sports and other curricular and co-curricular events. Based on such activities, teachers identify the potential of a particular student in performing a particular task and therefore starts tuning and moulding them in the right way. No tool can be effective in assessing the learning levels of a student better than a teacher.

Based on the above parameters students are classified into three groups:

• If total score is < 50%; Slow Learners
• If total score is > 50%; Advanced Learners
• If total score is > 50% and < 70%; Average Learners

The institution is very careful not to create any psychological division and label them as a particular type of learners. However, it is aware of the general scholastic abilities (intelligence) of students.

 

STRATEGIES FOR ADVANCED LEARNERS

 If the total score of the student is above 70%, then the student is considered as an advanced learner. For encouraging and motivating advanced learners some of the special activities listed herewith are as follows:

• Advance learning assignments or tasks are assigned to advanced learners.
• Encouragement to Participate in Seminars/Conferences/Technical Events/ Live Projects / Entrepreneurial Skill development programmes / Start Up Projects etc.
• Advanced learners are provided opportunities to be the committee coordinators of different departmental and general activities.
• Encourage to participate in National/International level contests and events.
• Encouraging the students to take up Extra Credit Courses (Inter-disciplinary Courses) every semester.
• Meritorious students are felicitated every year with cash prizes and certificates at the hands of distinguished persons in the College day celebration.

 

ENDING NOTE:

The process of giving additional inputs to the advanced learners and the slow learners is to make them better achievers. Even if the students are identified as slow learners or advanced learners in the class they should not be labelled as poor or extraordinary. They need to be treated equally in the class with supportive care and appropriate pedagogical systems so that the talented can make more achievements and the less talented also make their goals in life achieved. The mentoring and facilitating efforts of the teachers and the college administrative system will be a great investment in achieving the best result and performance of the students.