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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
Comparing Metacognition Assessments of Mathematics in Academically Talented Students
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Young, Adena E.; Worrell, Frank C. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2018
Two studies were conducted to examine and compare the construct validity of scores on the Junior Metacognition Awareness Inventory (JMAI) and problem-solving interview protocols. Participants consisted of 183 middle and high school students attending a university summer program for academically talented youth. Study 1 results indicated that JMAI…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Metacognition, Mathematics Instruction, Academically Gifted
Predictors of Success in Accelerated and Enrichment Summer Mathematics Courses for Academically Talented Adolescents
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Young, Adena E.; Worrell, Frank C.; Gabelko, Nina H. – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2011
In this study, we used logistic regression to examine how well student background and prior achievement variables predicted success among students attending accelerated and enrichment mathematics courses at a summer program (N = 459). Socioeconomic status, grade point average (GPA), and mathematics diagnostic test scores significantly predicted…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Grade Point Average, Academic Achievement, Diagnostic Tests
Multi-Year Persistence of Nontraditional Students in an Academic Talent Development Program.
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Worrell, Frank C.; Szarko, Julia E.; Gabelko, Nina H. – Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, 2001
This nine-year database study examined factors related to the return rate of 316 nontraditional gifted students who participated in a summer program for academically talented youth. Grade point average, achievement test scores, final grade in the first summer of attendance, and socioeconomic status were not significant predictors of returnee…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attendance Patterns, Gifted, Minority Group Children