ERIC Number: EJ1181578
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
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Effectiveness of a "Grass Roots" Statewide Enrichment Program for Gifted Elementary School Children
Golle, Jessika; Zettler, Ingo; Rose, Norman; Trautwein, Ulrich; Hasselhorn, Marcus; Nagengast, Benjamin
Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, v11 n3 p375-408 2018
Enrichment programs provide learning opportunities for a broader or deeper examination of curricular or extracurricular topics and are popular in gifted education. Herein, we investigated the effectiveness of a statewide extracurricular enrichment program for gifted elementary school children in Germany. The program implemented a "grass roots" strategy by which local units developed and offered the enrichment courses, which spanned a broad array of topics. The courses targeted different outcomes, including students' cognitive abilities, school achievement, interests, creativity, self-control, self-concept, and social competencies. We compared third-grade students attending the enrichment program (N =423) with nonattending third-grade students (N = 2,328) by means of a propensity score analysis. Specifically, we controlled for potential selection effects and estimated the average causal effect of the enrichment program for children attending the program. The findings revealed positive program effects on academic achievement but not on the other targeted outcomes.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Enrichment Activities, Academically Gifted, Elementary School Students, Program Effectiveness, Special Education, Grade 3, Comparative Analysis, Cognitive Ability, Academic Achievement, Vocational Interests, Personality Traits, Creativity, Self Control, Self Concept, Interpersonal Competence, Multiple Regression Analysis, Statistical Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Germany
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