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Character Strengths: Theory and Intervention
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Frank J. Snyder; Fatimah E. Khan – Gifted Education International, 2025
This article discusses concepts related to character strengths and positive youth development and how these ideas can be applied to improve outcomes among gifted young people. A theory with roots in public health, The Theory of Triadic Influence (TTI), is discussed with examples applied to gifted populations. Practitioners and researchers from…
Descriptors: Youth, Academically Gifted, Gifted, Gifted Education
University-Based Gifted Programs for Gifted and Talented Students in Hong Kong: Practice and Evaluation
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Chan, Lai Kwan; Chan, David W.; Sun, Xiaoyan – Gifted Education International, 2020
The development and implementation of regular Spring, Summer, and Winter Gifted Enrichment Programs, Gifted Students Exchange Programs, and the Gifted Peer Mentoring Scheme provided by the Program for the Gifted and Talented (PGT) at the Chinese University of Hong Kong for gifted and talented students are briefly described. PGT also conducts…
Descriptors: Gifted, Program Evaluation, Teaching Methods, College Students
Practice and Evaluation of Enrichment Programs for the Gifted and Talented Learners
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Chen, Wei-Ren; Chen, Mei-Fang – Gifted Education International, 2020
The ultimate goal of gifted education programs is to cultivate students' competences through challenging, enriching, and engaging opportunities for talent development. The purpose of this review is to present two main approaches of enrichment programs for gifted learners in Taiwan: the programs following the law and the alternative programs…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Gifted, Talent, Talent Development
Mentor Links Program.
Forster, Jill – Gifted Education International, 1994
This article describes the establishment of a mentor program in New South Wales (Australia) as one initiative in the education of gifted and talented children. The program focuses on linking motivated students with mentors through development of a mentor database, interviews with student applicants, on-going monitoring, and program evaluation and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gifted, High Achievement, Interpersonal Relationship
Full Time Gifted Child Education in a Boys Only Elementary School.
Alston, Ken – Gifted Education International, 1988
Described is a South African program in which gifted boys, aged 12-14, were combined into a single class. The program included accelerated learning; formal examinations only in English, Afrikaans, and mathematics; and development of social relationships. Questionnaires completed by 30 students, parents, and siblings identified the program's…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Foreign Countries, Gifted, Interpersonal Relationship
Intellectual Fostering of the More Gifted among Socially Disadvantaged Adolescents.
Smilansky, Moshe; Israelashvili, Moshe – Gifted Education International, 1989
A project was developed in southern Tel-Aviv to intellectually foster gifted/socially disadvantaged adolescents. The program's components include mastery of mathematics and English, development of excellence in selected areas, peer group support, and critical thinking development. The paper describes problems encountered by the project and program…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Critical Thinking, English Instruction, Foreign Countries