出版社：Australian Institutes for Educational Research
摘要：Despite an historical recognition that research is lacking on the occurrence of schoolstudents’ academic regression after a period of over-achievement, there continues to belittle research conducted into the phenomenon. In particular, there is little research thatexamines the phenomenon from the perspective of students. The Working Above StandardProject (WASP) explored what was happening for students at a rural Victorian primaryschool who were, at the time of the study or at some stage in their primary schooling,identified as “working above standard” (WAS) in literacy and/or numeracy. This mixedmethod study was initiated by the school, and two staff members formed a research teamwith three university researchers for 12 months in 2017. Phase 1 involved theidentification of students who had at some stage been identified as WAS in literacy ornumeracy using analyses of data that the school had collected for student monitoringpurposes. Analysis of student data led to the identification of twenty students in year 6 asmeeting the WAS definition, and these students were invited to participate in aqualitative online survey. Three factors were found to be important to the students in theWASP: social interaction and friendships; teachers; and having a sense of belonging tothe school through art, drama and sport.
