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High Intellectual Ability: Extracurricular Enrichment and Cognitive Management
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Sastre-Riba, Sylvia – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2013
This study aims to provide a better understanding of high intellectual abilities and of how to address the educational needs of those who possess such abilities. Within the emergent paradigm, high intellectual abilities are understood as multidimensional and as the result of lifetime development; that is, not only are they the result of their…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Intellectual Development, Extracurricular Activities, Enrichment Activities
Gifted Asian American Adolescent Males: Portraits of Cultural Dilemmas
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Kao, Chen-yao; Hebert, Thomas P. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2006
Many gifted Asian American adolescent males face cultural issues that may impact their success. This article presents important cultural dilemmas faced by 2 gifted Asian American young men. Through a qualitative approach, the acculturation experiences of John and Matt, gifted Taiwanese, second generation immigrants, are described.…
Descriptors: Males, Intellectual Development, Immigrants, Academically Gifted
Domain Specificity and Habits of Mind: An Investigation of Patterns of High-Level Development.
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Matthews, Dona J.; Keating, Daniel P. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 1995
Studied diversity in high-level competence with 122 students identified as academically gifted, in grades 6-8. Results, which contradicted linear, single-scale models of intelligence, supported a three-factor solution: linguistic, logical-mathematical, and social. Specialization and generalization developed in tension with each other, yielding…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Behavior Development