Recently added articles from The Journal of Secondary Gifted Education:
The First Word: A Letter From the Co-Editors
Jul 01, 2007; Siegle, Del; McCoach, D Betsy ... This issue of the Journal of Advanced Academics marks the completion of our first volume. We have endeavored to publish interesting and relevant research for our readers. As we reflected on this volume, we asked ourselves a single question, "What do the readers o/JAA know now that they did not ...
How Do High-Achieving Students Approach Web-Based, Copy and Paste Note Taking? Selective Pasting and Related Learning Outcomes
Jul 01, 2007; Igo, L Brent; Kiewra, Kenneth A ... summary Previous research has indicated that most students copy and paste notes from Internet sources in a mindless way; they typically paste large sections of text into their notes and then later can recall little of what they have stored. However, supplying students with a note-taking ...
Self-Regulation of Learning and Academic Delay of Gratification: Gender and Ethnic Differences Among College Students
Jul 01, 2007; Bembenutty, Héfer ... summary Self-regulated learners engage in self-generated thoughts, actions, and feelings while pursuing academic goals. The most successful learners use appropriate learning strategies and maintain high levels of motivation. Few studies on the self-regulation of learning have examined ...
Transporting Pedagogy: Implementing the Project Approach in Two First-Grade Classrooms
Jul 01, 2007; Hertzog, Nancy B ... summary This study explores how a project-based approach, based on gifted education pedagogy, was implemented in a public school program where the majority of students were from low-income families. The 2 first-grade teachers in this study were able to change their teaching practices to ...
A Collective Pursuit of Learning the Possibility to Be: The CAMP Experience Assisting Situationally Marginalized Mexican American Students to a Successful Student Identity
Jul 01, 2007; Reyes, Reynaldo III ... summary Many students of Mexican descent must learn how to be successful students. This study describes 5 students of Mexican descent from situationally marginalized lives who were a part of a support and retention scholarship program (College Assistance Migrant Program-CAMP). These case ...
The Last Word: An Interview With Frank Pajares: God, the Devil, William James, the Little Prince, and Self-Efficacy
Jul 01, 2007; Bembenutty, Héfer ... Initial Interest in Psychology and Education JAA: What motivated you to pursue a career in psychology and education? Pajares: I don't really know how rny initial interest in psychology came about. I went to college intending to major in political science, but at some point ...
Project M^sup 3^: Mentoring Mathematical Minds-A Research-Based Curriculum for Talented Elementary Students
Jul 01, 2007; Gavin, M Katherine; Casa, Tutita M; Adelson, Jill L; Carroll, Susan R; Sheffield, Linda Jensen; Spinelli, Ann Marie ... summary To date, there has been very little research-based mathematics curriculum for talented elementary students. Yet the gifted education and mathematics literature suggest support for curriculum that is both enriched and accelerated with a focus on developing conceptual understanding ...