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Frank J. Snyder; Fatimah E. Khan – Gifted Education International, 2025
This article discusses concepts related to character strengths and positive youth development and how these ideas can be applied to improve outcomes among gifted young people. A theory with roots in public health, The Theory of Triadic Influence (TTI), is discussed with examples applied to gifted populations. Practitioners and researchers from…
Descriptors: Youth, Academically Gifted, Gifted, Gifted Education
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Cook, Bryan G., Ed.; Tankersley, Melody, Ed.; Landrum, Timothy J., Ed.; Scruggs, Thomas E., Ed.; Mastropieri, Margo A., Ed. – Advances in Learning and Behavioral Disabilities, 2012
The focus of this volume is to identify and review issues and outcomes associated with behavioral concerns of students with learning and behavioral disabilities. Students must navigate a number of environmental conditions, task demands, and social interactions with peers and adults throughout the school day. To be successful, they must employ a…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Learning Disabilities, Behavior Disorders, Students with Disabilities
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Kinney, David A. – Sociology of Education, 1993
Reports on study in which 81 high school students were interviewed about group stratification and its impact on individual adolescents. Finds many students labeled as "nerds" in middle school were able to improve their self-concept and reconstruct themselves as "normal" in high school. Contends expanded range of school activities and more diverse…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Developmental Stages, Educational Sociology, Individual Development
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Langford, Peter E.; And Others – Journal of Moral Education, 1994
Reports on 2 studies to assess attitudes to and moral reasoning about class rules among 117 Australian secondary students and 87 student teachers. Finds students' moral reasoning to be more advanced than predicted by Lawrence Kohlberg and based on the general welfare of students and teachers. (CFR)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Classroom Environment, Codes of Ethics, Discipline Policy