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Beverly J. Webb; Sara C. Lawrence – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2024
Voices from high achieving Black students allow the conversation to move from a deficit way of thinking to an asset-based perspective leading to greater opportunities for academic success. Through the lens of resilience theory and also through examining protective factors, this qualitative study employs an interpretative approach, enabling…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, High Achievement, Student Attitudes, African American Students
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Vivien Wong; Jae Yup Jung – Australasian Journal of Gifted Education, 2024
The purpose of the study was to investigate how knowledge of giftedness impacts self-concept of gifted adolescents. Guided by Sirgy's (1997) Self Congruity Theory and Shavelson et al.'s (1976) multidimensional hierarchical self-concept model, data collection was undertaken using semi-structured interviews with 11 Australian gifted adolescents and…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Self Concept, Adolescents, Parents