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Dare, Lynn; Nowicki, Elizabeth A.; Murray, Lori L. – Psychology in the Schools, 2021
Despite extensive research supporting educational acceleration for students with high academic ability, some psychologists, counselors, and educators express concerns about accelerative interventions. Such concerns often hinge on uncertainty about social acceptance, even in inclusive education settings. Research on acceleration has consistently…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Inclusion, Academic Ability, Intervention
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Dare, Alec; Dare, Lynn; Nowicki, Elizabeth – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2017
High-ability students have special education needs that are often overlooked or misunderstood (Blaas in "Aust J Guid Couns" 24(2):243-255, 2014) which may result in talent loss (Saha and Sikora in "Int J Contemp Sociol Discuss J Contemp Ideas Res" 48(1):9-34, 2011). Educational acceleration can help avoid these circumstances…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Comparative Analysis, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes
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Nowicki, Elizabeth A.; Brown, Jason; Stepien, Magdalena – Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 2014
Elementary school children between 9 and 12 years of age were interviewed on what they believed to be the causes of learning difficulties and were invited to take part in the analysis of the data. We achieved this with Trochim's concept mapping approach that combines qualitative and quantitative data analyses. Study results indicated that children…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Learning Problems, Student Attitudes
Dare, Lynn; Nowicki, Elizabeth – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2015
Research shows that carefully planned acceleration offers academic benefits with little social or emotional risk to high-ability learners. However, acceleration is underutilized and little is known about students' motivations to accelerate. In this study, 21 high-ability high school students in Grades 11 and 12 took part in a structured…
Descriptors: Gifted, High Achievement, High School Students, Grade 11
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O'Driscoll, Finian – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2012
Purpose: This study presents institutional research and aims to explore the underlying factors that contribute to hospitality management students' satisfaction and perceptions of service quality at a higher education college in Ireland. Research focusing on hospitality and leisure management education argues for greater cognisance of the relevance…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Administrator Education, Institutional Research, Student Attitudes
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Lown, Nick; Davies, Ioan; Cordingley, Lis; Bundy, Chris; Braidman, Isobel – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2009
Personal and Professional Development (PPD) is now key to the undergraduate medical curriculum and requires provision of appropriate learning experiences. In order to achieve this, it is essential that we ascertain students' perceptions of what is important in their PPD. We required a methodological approach suitable for a large medical school,…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Student Attitudes, Individual Development, Professional Development
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Hawkins, Colleen C.; Watt, Helen M. G.; Sinclair, Kenneth E. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2006
The psychometric properties of the Frost, Marten, Lahart, and Rosenblate Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (1990) are investigated to determine its usefulness as a measurement of perfectionism with Australian secondary school girls and to find empirical support for the existence of both healthy and unhealthy types of perfectionist students.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychometrics, Multidimensional Scaling, Secondary School Students