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Peer reviewedBourque, Joanne; Li, Anita K. F. – Canadian Journal of Special Education, 1987
Sixty gifted students (ages 9-11) were studied to identify differences in perceived competence, social adjustment, and peer relations between those in regular classrooms and those in segregated settings. Regular-classroom subjects reported greater perceived cognitive competence while segregated subjects were rated more positively by their teachers…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Elementary Education, Gifted, Interpersonal Competence
Download full textHess, Karin K. – 1990
The document reports findings of a 1988-89 survey of all school districts in New Jersey to determine the status of gifted education. Major findings included the following: a total of 122,626 New Jersey students were identified and served during the 1988-89 school year; a larger percentage (11.3%) of the total school population was served than in…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities, Gifted
PDF pending restorationBunda, Mary Anne – 1985
The paper describes problems endemic to the evaluation of programs for gifted and talented students. The goals of gifted and talented programs are often substantially different from those covered on outcome measures available to schools. When decisions are being made about the type of programs to be provided, parallel consideration should be given…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities
Smith, Monte D. – 1980
A series of studies with learning disabled (LD) elementary grade students in eight schools investigated the relationship between class placement (regular class, part time regular class, or special class) and self concept. Ss were administered the Piers Harris Children's Self Concept Scale before and after placement changes. Results included the…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Elementary Education, Gifted, Learning Disabilities
Peer reviewedRuder, Robert – Middle School Journal, 1994
Providing additional academic challenges to gifted middle schoolers can be demanding, considering their involvement in multitudinous activities. A Pennsylvania school developed a three-prong approach that provides more rigorous curricular content and adopts the group instruction method favored by music departments and the one-on-one technique used…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Gifted, Individualized Education Programs, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedRoberts, Christopher; And Others – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 1992
Evaluation of a schoolwide enrichment and resource room enrichment program on problem solving/problem finding for gifted children in grades 3-5 found that the gifted students involved made significantly greater gains than did average ability students receiving the special treatment and significantly greater gains than did gifted students receiving…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Enrichment Activities
