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Peer reviewedRead, Carolyn Reeves – Roeper Review, 1991
A national survey of 142 public school districts in 1985-86 found a significantly greater proportion of girls than boys enrolled in gifted programs, however this predominance was reversed at grade 10 and continued through grade 12. Implications for high school programs for the gifted and further research are drawn. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment, Females
Dufner, Hillrey A.; Alexander, Patricia A. – 1987
The differential effects of two different types of problem-solving training on the problem-solving abilities of gifted fourth graders were studied. Two successive classes of gifted fourth graders from Weslaco Independent School District (Texas) were pretested with the Coloured Progressive Matrices (CPM) and Thinking Creatively With Pictures…
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Comparative Analysis, Creative Thinking, Gifted
Download full textGubbins, E. Jean; Siegle, Del, Ed. – National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented Newsletter, 2000
These two newsletters from the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented (NRC/GT) contain the following articles: (1) "NRC/GT: Professional Development--Not an Event" (E. Jean Gubbins), discusses NRC/GT research-based principles related to professional development and the importance of ongoing professional development; (2)…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Attention Deficit Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities
