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Lym, C. LaVor; Rick, Pamela J. – 1980
A study of the effects of a resource room enrichment program was field tested on academically gifted fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students in 65 elementary schools. The Ss were pre- and posttested on the Cognitive Abilities Test. A norm referenced research design was used to control for normal development. Findings indicated that participation…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Enrichment Activities, Exceptional Child Research, Gifted
Peer reviewedMoon, Sidney M. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1995
The effects of a pull-out enrichment program (Purdue Three-Stage Model) on 10 families of participating students were explored in this retrospective study. Subjects were high school seniors (and their families) who had participated in the program during elementary school. In most cases, the program had a positive influence on both family…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Education, Enrichment Activities, Family School Relationship
Download full textHowley, Craig B. – 1986
The paper examines policy issues in the area of gifted education. The first section reviews the problem area including definitions of giftedness and aims of gifted education. The next section briefly outlines major research influences which focus on learning rate, socialization, school achievement, and life achievement. The third section reviews…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Definitions, Educational Policy
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
Gilman, David Alan; Sousa-Roy, Pramila – 1989
In order to evaluate the most effective delivery format for providing gifted/talented education, 247 elementary students in gifted programs in Evansville, Indiana, were divided into experimental students, who received instruction in self-contained classrooms of fellow gifted students, and control students, who received instruction in a pull-out…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Delivery Systems, Elementary Education, Enrichment Activities
Gilman, David Alan – 1989
The study investigated the effectiveness of and attitudes toward two delivery systems (an enrichment pull-out program and a self-contained classroom) for gifted/talented instruction in Southwest Allen County, Indiana. The effects on fifth-grade students (N=38) enrolled in the program and sixth-grade students (N=45) who had experienced the program…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Delivery Systems, Enrichment Activities, Gifted
