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The Development of Self-Concept in Adolescents from High-Ability Programs
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Cecilia Ramos-Solis; Carolina Berlanga-Torres; Sofia Villarreal-Rodriguez; Marie Saenz-Gonzalez; Paloma Bolanos-Juarez; Josemaria Elizondo-Garcia – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2025
This qualitative study aimed to explore the development of self-concept in adolescents attending schools for students with high abilities, interviewing 28 adolescents from two centers for students with high abilities in the metropolitan area of Monterrey, Mexico. Using a thematic analysis approach, the data were analyzed across four categories…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Adolescents, Advanced Placement Programs, Foreign Countries
Does the International Baccalaureate 'Work' as an Alternative to Mainstream Schooling? Perceptions of University Students in Hong Kong
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Wright, Ewan; Lee, Moosung – Studies in Higher Education, 2022
Across East and Southeast Asia, the International Baccalaureate (IB) is expanding and diversifying. More students from affluent families are 'opting out' of mainstream schooling to take the IB's Diploma Programme (DP), which is marketed as a distinctive skill-based education that prepares students for university. This research investigated how DP…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Nontraditional Education, College Students, Student Attitudes
The 2016 Brown Center Report on American Education: How Well Are American Students Learning? With Sections on Reading and Math in the Common Core Era, Tracking and Advanced Placement (AP), and Principals as Instructional Leaders. Volume 3, Number 5
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Loveless, Tom – Brookings Institution, 2016
The 2016 edition of the Brown Center Report (BCR) is number five in the third volume and the 15th issue overall. As is customary, this year's BCR contains three studies. Part one is on the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and instruction in math and reading. National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) data indicate that nonfiction is…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Advanced Placement Programs