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Drake, Jennifer E.; Winner, Ellen – Roeper Review, 2018
Precocious realists are children who are able to create realistic drawings that resemble those of adult artists. Is this talent a splinter skill, or is it associated with other kinds of high ability? We administered IQ and visual-spatial tasks to 12 precocious realists and compared their performance to a control group of children matched on age,…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Intelligence Quotient, Parents, Freehand Drawing
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Al-Hroub, Anies – Roeper Review, 2010
Findings are presented from a large two-phase research study exploring (a) the identification and (b) programming for mathematically gifted students with learning difficulties (MG/LDs) in Jordan. The second phase of the research, which is the focus of the current article, investigates the effects of two programs of instructional practices on the…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Learning Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
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Taylor, Gregory; Nikolova, Ofelia – Roeper Review, 2004
In order to determine the effects of gender and scholastic ability on vocabulary retention and reading comprehension in a foreign language, 181 men and women enrolled in a first-year Spanish course were asked to either read a passage in Spanish on a computer and create annotations for a list of words found in the passage (experimental group), or…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Academic Ability, Statistical Significance, Control Groups
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Baslanti, Ugur; McCoach, D. Betsy – Roeper Review, 2006
The study aims to elucidate the characteristics of gifted underachievers at the university level and the reasons for their underachievement. The sample consisted of students from Bogazici University in Istanbul. The "School Attitude Assessment Survey-Revised" ("SAAS-R") instrument was administered to 91 underachievers and a…
Descriptors: School Attitudes, Underachievement, Foreign Countries, Performance Factors