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Attitudes toward the Past, Present, and Future: Associations with Self-Reported Academic Outcomes in Academically Talented Adolescents
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Andretta, James R.; Worrell, Frank C. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2022
The Adolescent and Adult Time Inventory--Time Attitude Scales (AATI-TA) were used to examine the association between time attitudes and self-reported academic and social-emotional outcomes in 967 academically talented adolescents (M age = 14.27, SD = 1.42) attending a summer educational program. The AATI-TA consists of six subscales assessing…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Gifted Education, Summer Programs, Adolescents
Project Promise: A Long-Term Follow-Up of Low-Income Gifted Students Who Participated in a Summer Enrichment Program
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Kaul, Corina R.; Johnsen, Susan K.; Saxon, Terrill F.; Witte, Mary M. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2016
"Overlooked gems" is the term used in gifted education to describe high-potential, low-income students who are unable to excel because of significant barriers in their homes, environments, and educational systems. To address these barriers, educators have offered enrichment and other types of talent development programs to this at-risk…
Descriptors: Low Income Students, Gifted, Academically Gifted, Enrichment Activities
Summer Learning Programs and Student Success in the Global Economy
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Smink, Jeffrey D. – New Directions for Youth Development, 2007
In the United States and around the rest of the world, there is a renewed focus on ensuring that schools are providing students with the skills necessary to compete in the global economy. High-quality summer learning programs are an ideal vehicle to help students gain content knowledge and develop innovative skills: they provide time for…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Thinking Skills, Global Approach, Summer Programs
Discovering and Developing the College Potential of Disadvantaged High School Youth; A Report of the Second Year of a Longitudinal Study on the College Discovery and Development Program.
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Brody, Lawrence; And Others – 1968
This report examines the College Discovery and Development Program, which seeks to identify underachieving disadvantaged high school students with college potential, to increase their academic motivation, to improve their scholastic achievement, to develop their acceptance of college study as a realistic expectation for themselves, and to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, College Preparation, Compensatory Education
Discovering and Developing the College Potential of Disadvantaged High School Youth; A Report of the Third Year of a Longitudinal Study on the College Discovery and Development Program.
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Brody, Lawrence; And Others – 1969
This report examines the College Discovery and Development Program, which seeks (1) to identify underachieving disadvantaged high school students with college potential, (2) to increase their academic motivation, (3) to improve their scholastic achievement, (4) to develop their acceptance of college study as a realistic expectation for themselves,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Achievement Gains, College Preparation
Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress. Volume 4, Number 14
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Alliance for Excellent Education, 2004
"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) House Committee Approves $100 Million for Striving Readers: Smaller Learning Communities Cut by $72 Million; (2)…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Graduation Rate, Academic Achievement, Grade 9