Recently added articles from The Gifted Child Quarterly:
Talented Students in an Exemplary Career and Technical Education School: A Qualitative Inquiry
Jul 01, 2008; ... Abstract: Outstanding talents exist in all areas of human endeavor, yet little information exists concerning gifted and talented students in career and technical education (CTE) settings. This qualitative study investigated an exemplary CTE center and the experiences of the rural ...
A Narrow Escape: Gifted Students' Perceptions of Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Programs
Jul 01, 2008; ... Abstract: Although limited research exists on the appropriateness of Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) programs for gifted secondary learners, these courses serve as the primary methods of meeting the needs of gifted students in most high schools. This ...
Teachers' Negative Affect Toward Academically Gifted Students: An Evolutionary Psychological Study
Jul 01, 2008; ... Abstract: A frequent reason for teachers not making special provisions for a gifted child is that the child is "not fitting in socially." The conjecture that a psychological source of such negative affect has evolved along with human language was tested with a large sample (N = 377) of ...
Using Self-Concept Instruments With High-Ability College Students: Reliability and Validity Evidence
Jul 01, 2008; ... Abstract: This study investigated the reliability and validity of the academic subscales of Marsh's Self-Description Questionnaire III and Neeman and Harter's Self-Perception Profile for College Students for use with high-ability college students. Participants included 100 high-ability ...
Childhood Giftedness and Adulthood Genius: A Historiometric Analysis of 291 Eminent African Americans
Jul 01, 2008; ... Abstract: Although the association between giftedness and genius has been the subject of several retrospective, longitudinal, and historiometric studies, this research concentrated on majority-culture samples. In the current study, Cox's (1926) findings regarding 301 geniuses were ...
A Place to Be Celebrated and Understood: The Impact of Early University Entrance From Parents' Points of View
Jul 01, 2008; ... Abstract: This study surveyed 181 parents of students enrolled in one of two early entrance programs at the University of Washington: the Early Entrance Program for students who entered before age 15 and the University of Washington Academy for Young Scholars for students who ...
The glass castle: A memoir
Jul 01, 2008; ... Walls, J. (2005). The glass castle: A memoir. New York: Scribner. DOI: 10.1177/0016986208319975 The Glass Castle: A Memoir is the harrowing survival story of gossip columnist Jeanette Walls's journey through poverty to prosperity. At its center are Walls's colorful and ...
Giftedness of Chinese Students in Hong Kong: Perspectives From Different Conceptions of Intelligences
Jan 01, 2008; ... Abstract: This study examined the self-perceived intelligences (multiple intelligences, emotional intelligence, and successful intelligence) of 498 Chinese gifted students in Hong Kong. Based on the associations among perceived intelligence scores, three dimensions could be distinguished ...
Relationships Among Private Speech and Creativity in Head Start and Low-Socioeconomic Status Preschool Children
Jan 01, 2008; ... Abstract: The purpose of this study was to explore Vygotsky's notion of private speech as a cognitive self-regulatory process and how it related to creativity measures among at-risk children. Thirty-two Head Start and state-funded Pre-K children completed the Torrance creativity test ...
Twice-Exceptional Students' Use of Metacognitive Skills on a Comprehension Monitoring Task
Jan 01, 2008; ... Abstract: Boys identified as learning-disabled gifted or twice exceptional, at two different grade levels (5th or 6th grades, and 11th or 12th grades), were asked to read a history text with unknown vocabulary words, internal inconsistencies, and prior knowledge violations inserted to ...
An Analysis of Epistemological Change by Gender and Ethnicity Among Gifted High School Students
Jan 01, 2008; ... Abstract: This study examines development along Perry's intellectual and ethical scale among three successive graduating classes of students identified as gifted and talented in mathematics and science. Perry posits that intellectual development proceeds from a basic dualism through nine ...
Identifying Young Gifted Children Using the Gifted Rating Scales-Preschool/Kindergarten Form
Jan 01, 2008; ... Abstract: This article reports on an analysis of the diagnostic accuracy of a new teacher rating scale designed to assist in the identification of gifted preschool and kindergarten students. The Gifted Rating Scales-Preschool/Kindergarten Form (GRS-P) is based on a multidimensional model ...
Psychometric Characteristics of the Harter Self-Perception Profiles for Adolescents and Children for Use With Gifted Populations
Jan 01, 2008; ... Abstract: Assessing the psychometric properties of scores on self-concept measures with gifted students may provide guidance for interpretation and selection of appropriate instruments to use for individual assessments and in studies of self-concept. Given the widespread use of the ...
A National Picture of Talent Search and Talent Search Educational Programs
Jan 01, 2008; ... Abstract: This article presents a comprehensive portrait of talent search testing and associated educational programs in the United States, now some 35 years after Dr. Julian Stanley originated the concept. Survey data from the six major talent search centers in the United States were ...
Clocking the mind: Mental chronometry and individual differences
Jan 01, 2008; ... Jensen, A. R. (2006). Clocking the mind: Mental chronometry and individual differences. Amsterdam: Elsevier. (ISBN 978-0-08-044939-5) DOI: 10.1177/0016986207310434 The title of Jensen's new work, Clocking the Mind: Mental Chronometry and Individual Differences, conjures up the image of a ...
"Mellow out," they say. If I only could. Intensities and sensitivities of the young and bright
Jan 01, 2008; ... Piechowski, M. (2006). "Mellow out," they say. If I only could. Intensities and sensitivities of the young and bright. Madison, WI: Yunasa. (ISBN 0-9777530-0-X) DOI: 10.1177/0016986207311053 Piechowski begins and ends his book with the assertion that he wants to give voice to gifted ...
Editor's Note
Oct 01, 2007; ... Iam very pleased to present this special issue of Gifted Child Quarterly on best practice. I hand-selected the authors and articles to focus on what I believe are some of the key, research-based instructional and curricular practices within the field. I asked each author to write his or her ...
Sorting the Wheat from the Chaff: What Makes for Good Evidence of Effectiveness in the Literature in Gifted Education?
Oct 01, 2007; ... Abstract: To provide an overview of the specific components that must be considered when making decisions about research in the field of gifted education, the authors describe and evaluate the three types of evidence-speculative or anecdotal, theoretical, and empirical-commonly offered ...
The Talent Search Model: Past, Present, and Future
Oct 01, 2007; ... Abstract: Typical standardized achievement tests cannot provide accurate information about gifted students' abilities because they are not challenging enough for such students. Talent searches solve this problem through above-level testing-using tests designed for older students to raise ...
The Socioaffective Impact of Acceleration and Ability Grouping: Recommendations for Best Practice
Oct 01, 2007; ... Abstract: Although the academic gains associated with acceleration and peer ability grouping are well documented, resistance to their use for gifted students continues because of concerns that such practices will cause social or emotional harm to students. Results from the broad research ...