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Willis, Mariam – Parenting for High Potential, 2012
Acceleration is one tool for providing high-ability students the opportunity to learn something new every day. Some people talk about acceleration as taking a student out of step. In actuality, what one is doing is putting a student in step with the right curriculum. Whole-grade acceleration, also called grade-skipping, usually happens between…
Descriptors: Identification, Acceleration (Education), Academically Gifted, Cognitive Ability
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Granowsky, Alvin – PTA Today, 1989
Parents are offered six suggestions, based on research, that can help produce successful readers and learners. (IAH)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Motivation, Parent Influence, Parent Student Relationship
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Kirschenbaum, Robert J. – Gifted Child Today Magazine, 1995
In this interview, concern is expressed regarding the low number of students being served in gifted programs. Giftedness is defined in terms of above average ability, creativity, and task commitment. The parents' role in stimulating their children's creativity and intelligence is discussed, as are ability grouping versus tracking, and curriculum…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Learning Motivation