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Landau, Erika; Weissler, Kineret; Golod, Gail – Gifted Education International, 2001
A study examined the impact of a gifted enrichment program on 80 Israeli students (grades 4-8) from disadvantaged neighborhoods. After program participation, girls' performance on an intelligence test was higher than boys'. While girls started out with slightly lower scores, they ended up with slightly higher scores than boys. (Contains…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textLongo, Ann Marie; And Others – 1997
This set of transparency masters provides information on a study of 52 adolescents with behavior disorders. The study assessed the value of teaching basic reading skills to at-risk 8th- to 10th-graders who were reading below the 4th grade level. Students were divided into three groups based on IQ level. The adolescents attended a foundation course…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education, Intelligence Differences
Walthall, Joe; Smith, Terry – 1990
This study investigated the relationship between measured intelligence and discrepancies existing between actual achievement levels and projected achievement levels in mildly handicapped resource room students in Arkansas. Twenty-seven students had been identified as learning disabled and 19 as mildly mentally retarded. Subjects each received…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Handicap Identification
