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Thomsen, Jens Peter; Munk, Martin D.; Eiberg-Madsen, Misja; Hansen, Gro Inge – Comparative Education Review, 2013
This article studies the educational strategies adopted by university students from different class backgrounds in a Scandinavian welfare regime. Studies show distinct differences among classes relating to economic considerations, risk-averse behavior, and patterns of socialization among university students. We investigate these differences…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Foreign Countries, College Students, Working Class
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Coleman, Laurence J.; Cross, Tracy L. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 1988
Interviews with 15 gifted/talented adolescents indicated that many of them experienced giftedness as a social handicap. Some students coped with this by managing information about themselves to minimize their visibility as gifted students to others. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Coping, Gifted