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An Exploration Of Accelerated Student Perspectives On Participation Experiences And Making Career Choices, Jennifer Meier
An Exploration Of Accelerated Student Perspectives On Participation Experiences And Making Career Choices, Jennifer Meier
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Acceleration program options have grown rapidly in Florida and have been used to help students pursue an associate or bachelor’s degree. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the experiences that former dual enrolled students had with selecting a major and a career. A snowball sampling approach was used to identify ten participants from the southwestern region of Florida with 12 or more credit hours from dual enrollment. Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) was the conceptual framework used to help guide this study. The instrumentation for data collection included a short survey followed by a semi-structured interview. The …