Roeper Review back issues from September 2003:
From the editor's desk.
Sep 22, 2003; ... Welcome to volume 26, issue 1 of the Roeper Review. In this issue, we continue our tradition of publishing scholarly studies, practical advice, and important observations of gifted children. This issue also represents the final direct effort of celebrating the journal's first 25 years. To ...
A conversation with Annemarie Roeper: a view from the self.(An Evolving Field)(Interview)
Sep 22, 2003; ... Almost immediately in meeting Annemarie Roeper, your eyes are drawn to a distinctive silver necklace that she wears. The necklace depicts an adult who seems to be gently supporting the arms of a child as the child takes beginning steps. Clearly, this piece of jewelry is a symbolic ...
To be or to do: is a gifted child born or developed?(Point/Counterpoint)
Sep 22, 2003; ... It is genuinely and rightly considered a virtue in a teacher to observe accurately the differences in ability among his pupils, and to discover the direction in which the nature of each particular pupil inclines him. There is an incredible amount of variability in talent, and the forms of ...
A developmental view of giftedness: from being to doing.(Point/Counterpoint)
Sep 22, 2003; ... When I began a professorship at Hunter College in 1986, the president, Donna Shalala, asked if I'd like a grant to conduct a study of alumni of the Hunter College Elementary School for Gifted Children (HCES). Perhaps she hoped that the alumni would turn out to be a rich source of future ...
Philosophy and theory in the study of gifted children.(Point/Counterpoint)
Sep 22, 2003; ... Introduction What was Plato like as a child and, later, as an adolescent? Was he precociously brilliant and voluble, amazing everyone in Athens with his gifts for language and reasoned insight, of was he quiet, reserved, and only average in his studies, effectively concealing ...
To produce or not to produce? Understanding boredom and the honor in underachievement.(On Gifted Students in School)
Sep 22, 2003; ... The gifted students at the heart of this study are those who have chosen not to produce schoolwork of the quality and quantity expected of them. Why not? Because their schoolwork is "boring." But what does "boredom" mean to them? Teachers and researchers (e.g., Csikszentmihalyi, 1975; ...
Ability grouping is not just tracking anymore.(On Gifted Students in School)
Sep 22, 2003; ... In the backdrop of the No Child Left Behind legislation and its requisite need for scientifically based research to support educational practices, the time has come to revisit an old friend (or foe depending upon one's personal persuasion): ability grouping. In the recent past, research on ...
Mentoring empowers gifted/learning disabled students to soar!(On Gifted Students in School)
Sep 22, 2003; ... The excitement can be felt the moment one enters the balloon-filled auditorium. You've Gotta Have Heart is blasting across the room as students, together with their mentors, ate busily setting up their projects. Parents proudly look on, sharing in their child's pride and high-spirited ...
Pretend play and maternal scaffolding: comparisons of toddlers with advanced development, typical development, and hearing impairment.(The Young Gifted Child)
Sep 22, 2003; ... Historically, the study of early gifted development has relied largely on case studies or retrospective and anecdotal reports. Generally, these have described gifted children as showing advanced intellectual functioning in their first years (Fowler, 1981; Lewis & Michalson, 1985; Robinson, ...
A young gifted child's counting method.(Spotlight on a Gifted Child)
Sep 22, 2003; ... My four-year old son, Nicholas J. Hu, is fascinated with numbers. He likes to copy out the calendar, multiplication charts and scientific graphs. He also enjoys reminding me what my age is and what it will be, for example, in the year 2008. A short while ago he came to ask me if ...
The Contribution of Emotional Intelligence to the Social and Academic Success of Gifted Adolescents.(Recent Dissertation Research in Gifted Studies)
Sep 22, 2003; ... The purpose of this study was to determine if the emotional intelligence of gifted adolescents contributes significantly to their social and academic success, and specifically if emotional intelligence was of importance above and beyond traditional psychometric intelligence (IQ). The ...
Perfectionism in Gifted College Students: Family Influences and Implications for Achievement.(Recent Dissertation Research in Gifted Studies)(Brief Article)
Sep 22, 2003; ... Through a qualitative interview study, the researcher investigated how different dimensions of perfectionism--socially prescribed and self-oriented--developed within gifted college students and influenced their achievement motivation and their attributions for successes and failures ....
A Comparison of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Classroom Motivational Orientation of Gifted and Learning-Disabled Students.(Recent Dissertation Research in Gifted Studies)(Brief Article)
Sep 22, 2003; ... Motivation is an integral feature of human personality and is expressed through a person's behavior. Motivation is essential to the educational process, as no learning can take place without students being motivated to do so. Two types of motivation commonly identified within the school ...
Brazelton, T. B. & Greenspan, S. I. (2000). The irreducible needs of children: What every child must have to grow, learn, and flourish.(Book Review)
Sep 22, 2003; ... Cambridge, MA: Perseus Publishing. (228 pp., $14.00, pb) Too bad this short, insightful, and challenging book wasn't selected as one of "Oprah's Books," because without a strong enticement to read it, few people will get beyond the controversial propositions in the first ...
Kerr, B. A., and Cohn, S. J. (2001). Smart boys: Talent, manhood, and the search for meaning.(Book Review)
Sep 22, 2003; ... Scottsdale, AZ: Great Potential. (368 pp., $24.00, pb) In Smart Boys, authors Barbara Kerr and Sanford Cohn present "an initial attempt at understanding the needs of our gifted boys" (p. 13). Noticing how gifted boys are "disengaging from achievement and leadership," they ...
Conferences.(Brief Article)
Sep 22, 2003 ... New England Conference on Gifted and Talented Education October 23-25, 2003 Sheraton Nashua Hotel Nashua, New Hampshire E-mail: necgt2003@yahoo.com http://www.necgt.org/index.html Virginia Association for the Gifted ...