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Vision with Action: Developing Sensitivity to Societal Concerns in Gifted Youth
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Terry, Alice W.; Bohnenberger, Jann E.; Renzulli, Joseph S.; Cramond, Bonnie; Sisk, Dorothy – Roeper Review, 2008
At the 2006 National Association of Gifted Children Conference, a panel presentation addressed the importance of providing gifted children with opportunities to take positive social action through service-learning; this article is a result of that discussion. The Future Problem Solving Program (among others) has a community problem-solving…
Descriptors: Community Needs, Community Problems, Gifted, Service Learning
Community Problem Solving Works for Middle Level Students.
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Bohnenberger, Jann E.; Terry, Alice W. – Middle School Journal, 2002
Describes benefits of service learning for middle school students. Describes the Community Problem Solving (CPS) Program, a competitive program in which students use the creative problem- solving process to identify community problems and develop and implement solutions. Differentiates community problem solving from other service learning…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Middle School Students, Middle Schools, Problem Solving
Effects of Service Learning on Young, Gifted Adolescents and Their Community
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Terry, Alice W. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2003
This study examines the effects of the Community Action service learning project, part of the Learn and Serve America program, on gifted adolescents and their community. Using a case study design, the author investigates this service learning project grounded in creative problem solving. The importance of service learning to the participants is…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Community Action, Service Learning, Problem Solving