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Van der Werf, Martin – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
The Davidson Academy of Nevada may have one of the most-intelligent student bodies in America, with each student required to be in the 99th percentile on IQ or achievement tests. But these kids need room to run and jump and have someone to talk to as much as any middle schooler. The 44 students now at the academy are at the precarious stage of…
Descriptors: Gifted, Early Adolescents, Achievement Tests, Intelligence Quotient
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Leder, Gilah C.; Taylor, Peter – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 1995
Used Australian Mathematics Competition to examine performance in mathematics of students young for their grade. The youngest students performed better than the oldest students. There were more males than females in the older group but no gender differences in the younger group. Items ranged from routine to highly sophisticated. (NBI)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Age Differences, Foreign Countries, Individual Development
Derryberry, Pitt W.; Wilson, Travis; Snyder, Hannah; Norman, Tony; Barger, Brian – Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, 2005
In order to better understand contributing factors of moral judgment development, gifted youth and college students were compared. Moral judgment development, ACT scores, attributional complexity, and descriptors of personality were assessed among 140 college students and 97 gifted youth. Important distinctions favoring the gifted sample were seen…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Moral Values, Age Differences, Individual Development