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Peer reviewedHsu, Leonardo – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2003
Students (n=128) enrolled in 8 summer intensive physics courses for academically gifted students participated in a study to assess the effectiveness of such courses compared to ordinary year-long high school physics courses. Average gains achieved by students were comparable to those achieved by students in the ordinary-length courses. (Contains…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acceleration (Education), Gifted, Physics
Download full textWilliams, Richard; And Others – 1981
Upward Bound's National Demonstration Project "Science and Self-Determination" (SSD) awarded to the American Indian Educational Opportunity Program at University of Colorado, Boulder, in 1980 shares a common purpose with other Upward Bound Projects: to provide opportunity to low income and otherwise disadvantaged secondary students to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indian Education, Career Awareness, College Preparation
