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Negating Stereotype Threat: Autonomy Support and Academic Identification Boost Performance of African American College Students
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Nadler, Dustin R.; Komarraju, Meera – Journal of College Student Development, 2016
Using a 2 × 2 factorial design, we examined the effects of stereotype threat and autonomy support on the test performance of 190 African American college students. Participants completed a set of 7 easy and 7 difficult problems from Raven's Progressive Matrices and a survey including measures of Academic Self-Concept, Learning Climate, and…
Descriptors: Stereotypes, African American Students, College Students, Intelligence Tests
The Psychological Well-Being of Early Identified Gifted Children
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Kroesbergen, Evelyn H.; van Hooijdonk, Mare; Van Viersen, Sietske; Middel-Lalleman, Marieke M. N.; Reijnders, Julièt J. W. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2016
This study examined the psychological well-being of gifted primary school children. From a screening sample of 233 children in Grades 1 and 2 across five schools in the Netherlands, 35 children achieving high scores on two out of three selection criteria (teacher nomination, creativity, and nonverbal reasoning ability) and 34 typically developing…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Well Being, Psychological Patterns, Ability
Predicting the Academic Achievement of the Acoustically-Impaired Using Intelligence and Self-Concept of Academic Ability
Joiner, Lee M.; And Others – J Spec Educ, 1969
Revision of a paper presented at the National Convention of the Council for Exceptional Children, St. Louis, April 1967. (Author)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Evaluation, Exceptional Child Research
Understanding the Experiences of Bilingual, Latino/a Adolescents: "Voices from Gifted and General Education"
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Shaunessy, Elizabeth; McHatton, Patricia Alvarez; Hughes, Claire; Brice, Alejandro; Ratliff, Mary Ann – Roeper Review, 2007
Eight gifted and eight general-education students engaged in discussions regarding their observations of, experiences in, and recommendations for education. Six categories emerged through qualitative analysis of their conversations. These categories include: problem solving, task commitment, self-perceptions, education, communication, and…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Gifted, Hispanic American Students, Educational Experience
Identified Pre-School Potential Giftedness and Its Relation to Academic Achievement and Self-Concept at the End of Finnish Comprehensive School.
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Hotulainen, Risto H. E.; Schofield, Neville J. – High Ability Studies, 2003
A 10-year longitudinal study investigated whether 37 children identified as academically gifted at preschool but who received no specific support would be identifiably different from their peers after 10 years of Finnish comprehensive school. The gifted group scored significantly higher than controls for final school grades and scholastic…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Child Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Culture and Language: The Black American Experience.
Hall, William S.; Freedle, Roy O. – 1975
The express focus of this book is primarily on black American language. However, it is asserted, a comprehensive interpretation of this language requires an understanding of its social and cultural context. This book reviews the various ways in which the black experience in the United States has been treated in social science. It points out a…
Descriptors: Black Culture, Black Dialects, Black History, Cognitive Processes
Children's Assessment Placement Instruction Center: Evaluation of Federal Grant for Pilot Activities and Operation of Program under P.L. 89-10, Title III ESEA.
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Bureau of Elementary and Secondary Education (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. – 1969
The project of Children's Assessment Placement Instruction Center (CAPIC) is described as a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of children with developmental and learning disorders beginning with pilot units and eventually developing a center for assessment and clinical teaching prior to placement. The evaluation of activities includes the…
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Education, Financial Needs