Can the perceived boundary between professor and student be crossed? Can technology be used as a pathway to cross that boundary? These questions were answered as a result of a project initiated to meet the requirements in creating an honors option for an undergraduate educational psychology course. In constructing the course requirements, the…

Purpose: This paper aims to examine how students from foundation degrees (FDs) run at local further education colleges coped (academically and to a lesser extent psychologically) with the transition to a final year honours degree at a university. Design/methodology/approach: This paper is based on the experience of FD graduates who joined the…

The purpose of this study is to examine the academic achievement, academic self-concepts, and aspirations of gifted college students who are enrolled in an honors program and of gifted college students who are not enrolled in an honors program. Participants include 294 gifted college students, 248 of whom were enrolled in an honors program and 46…

Honors and advanced placement (AP) courses are commonly viewed as more demanding than standard high school offerings. Schools employ a range of methods to account for such differences when calculating grade point average and the associated rank in class for graduating students. In turn, these statistics have a sizeable impact on college admission…

In this article, the author relates how she was able to facilitate a turn around with a seemingly hopeless regular English class. Her fourth class, which consisted of the thugs and slugs, was her first regular class as she had always been assigned the honors classes. Many of these students were repeating the class, having failed the previous year.…

When teachers claim that the idea of community serves as the inspiration for a writing course, the question of what exactly is meant by the term community is compelling. The idea of community has any number of interpretations, ranging from the idealistically inspired to the downright deranged. In the new Honors Program at Ohio State University at…

Noting that the decision to offer special sections or courses for superior communication students is often ignored because such students are not very visible in the traditional classroom, this paper focuses on some of the considerations involved in honors programs and proposes some guidelines for developing them based on extant honors programs and…

The paper describes the North Providence (Rhode Island) High School Honors Curriculum, which provides academically gifted juniors and seniors with indepth training in specific academic areas. Specific selection procedures and eligibility criteria are set forth, along with appeals procedures for students. Course descriptions, specific eligibility…

THE HONORS COURSE IS IDENTICAL IN OUTLINE WITH THAT OF REGULAR COLLEGE PREPARATORY CLASSES. THE COURSES ARE ENRICHED TO ADVANCE TO THE STUDENTS' FULL ABILITIES THE QUALITY AND MATURITY OF THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS. CAREFUL, REFLECTIVE STUDY FOR QUALITY WORK INSTEAD OF A HURRIED QUANTITY OF MATERIALS IS DESIRED. THE PROGRAM SHOULD DEVELOP CRITICAL…

To assess the meanings ascribed to nine concepts thought to be foremost in the planning and implementation of the Georgia Governor's Honors Program, Osgood's semantic differential technique was employed. This appendix provides a copy of the Staff Semantic Differential. (For related documents, see TM 002 391-393, 395-399.) (DB)

The impact of the program on student judgments of significant Governor's Honors Program concepts was measured by a semantic differential administered approximately a week into the program and then again less than a week before its conclusion. The Student Semantic Differential form is provided in this appendix. (For related documents, see TM 002…

Seven years and 645 students since its inception, the Honors Program at Jackson State University has helped raise the ACT and SAT average scores of its student body by attracting better prepared students formerly lost to more affluent white institutions. (MLW)

Offers an introduction to honors work in American colleges and universities by considering: (1) definition; (2) history; (3) rationale; and (4) educational and institutional objectives. Also summarizes characteristics of successful honors programs. (JN)

A teacher discusses how she used criticism of "The Scarlet Letter," when studying the book, in her honors class. The students were also intrigued by the biographical information they learned about Hawthorne, and eager to use it in interpreting his novel. (SRT)

Provides information on physics courses at 111 institutions in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Includes (when applicable) descriptions of regularly available and/or honors degree courses, course structure, special entry requirements, additional comments (such as information on alternative courses or transfer requirements), and source of…