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Maddox, Mae – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Some gifted students at a local elementary charter school were not performing at a level commensurate with their abilities. The purpose of this narrative study was to gain insight into why some gifted students struggled academically in the classroom by examining the perceptions of teachers who worked directly with these students. The theory of…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Elementary School Students, Charter Schools, Teacher Attitudes
Small, Ruth V. – School Library Research, 2014
Innovation is the essence of the American spirit. In the twenty-first century, it will be the innovative thinkers who will make the greatest contributions to our society, find cures for diseases, create technologies that enrich our lives, and find innovative solutions to the world's problems. Schools must provide more opportunities for students to…
Descriptors: Creativity, Innovation, Student Needs, Information Needs
Zamora, Roxanne N. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The rise in the number of students found to have autism has been staggering over the past ten years. Accommodating these students effectively and appropriately in a public school is a challenge many teachers are deemed with, sometimes without adequate training. This study was aimed at affecting the underlying social misunderstandings inherent to…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Interpersonal Competence, At Risk Persons
Cooler, Meredith – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore why some low-income minority students were academically successful in school using a three-tiered approach to research including individual student interviews, classroom observations, and photographs and follow up interviews on photographs to identify factors contributing to academic…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Success, Low Income Groups, African American Students