Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• M.R. A ¹
• M. Shokr kon ²
• M. Shahini yeilagh ²

¹ Graduate of Master of Educational Psychology

² Faculty member of Psychology Department, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

Abstract

-This study was conducted to find out the difference between the social and emotional adaptation of Ahvaz primary students in accelerated and non accelerated programs. It was hypothesized that there was no significant difference in the adaptation of the primary school students in accelerated and nonaccelerated programs. A sample of 150 male and female accelerated and nonaccelerated Ss were selected randomly to participate in this study. Accelerated Ss consisted of those whose acceleration occurred either one or two years before the selection. Nonaccelerated Ss were either in the same grade or in a different grade as the accelerated Ss. The second part of a AAMD adaptive behaviour scale (public school version) was administered to measure the social and emotional adaptation of all the groups. The results showed no significant difference in adaptation of accelerated and nonaccelerated students.   This same result was true for both female and male students and for those who accelerated either one or two years before their selection.