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Talented and Gifted
<p>The following is part of a novel in addition to one short story and one piece of creative nonfiction I have worked on over the last three years.</p>
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Performance attributes of talented schoolboy Australian Rules Football players
… characteristics and performance of a group of talented young Australian Rules football players. The study group consisted of 50 of the best identified schoolboy 15 year old Australian Rules football players in Western Australia. From this group 25 boys were selected to represent Western …
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Personality differences between talented high school achievers and underachievers
… the part of educators to help the academically talented student develop his scholastic ability to its maximum level. Past experience has shown that there is a large number of talented students who are not achieving scholastically in terms of their apparent intellectual potentials. Research on …
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Personality differences of sophomore junior college talented achievers and underachievers
… enough differences to make distinctions between talented achievers and underachievers? Would an identification of those personality characteristics be a necessary value to the institution of remedial procedures that might assist them in the realization of their maximal potential? What are the …
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Factors Contributing to Barriers to Equity in Gifted and Talented Identification
… of students to being identified for gifted and talented services. The research questions for this Problem of Practice were as follows: (1) How do teachers and parents in School District A define the concept of giftedness? (2) How do teachers’ and parents’ definition of giftedness impact which …
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Phantom Classmates : A Case Study Of Talented Mathematics Students Learning Via Telematics
… disadvantages of the Telematics environment for talented mathematics students were investigated through a case study. The case study considered the interaction of, and opinions of 11 Year 9 students and the teacher/researcher. Participants were from nine schools in regional Western Australia, and …
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A Curriculum Unit to Provide Enrichment Activities for Talented Students in Biology
… Units can be successful in encouraging the talented students to excel in their interests and capabilities. The intent of this paper is to show how enrichment activities and centers can be easily implemented in the biology curriculum by the use of Mastery Learning Units. In so doing, only one …
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ACADEMIC PROCRASTINATION IN RELATION TO GENDER AMONG GIFTED AND TALENTED COLLEGE STUDENTS
… academic procrastination among gifted and talented college students. The study consisted of 35 honor college undergraduate students enrolled in a large urban university in Texas. A questionnaire packet was used for collecting data. It included a demographic data form and the Procrastination …
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W. E. B. Du Bois's “Talented Tenth”: A Pioneering Conception of Transformational Leadership
… United States. His theoretical concept of the “Talented Tenth” emphasized the education and training in leadership of ten percent of the African-American population. This selective group would transform the larger, uneducated segment of the population and lead them to higher levels of social …
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A Study of Teachers' Opinions Toward and Knowledge of Rural Gifted and Talented
… gifted students. A comprehensive review of the talented and gifted concept, based on research findings, was presented. An opinionnaire was constructed and then distributed to elementary teachers in eleven rural school districts surrounding Springfield, Missouri. The analysis of the data …
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Commitment, adherence and dropout among young talented dancers: A multidisciplinary mixed methods investigation
… this research was to understand why some young talented dancers stay in dance training while others decide to leave. In order to meet this aim, commitment, adherence and dropout among young talented dancers was investigated in five studies using a multidisciplinary mixed methods design. …
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Gifted and talented learners in the Saudi Arabian regular classroom: A needs assessment
The study investigated the present status of gifted education in Saudi Arabia, estimated the concept, knowledge, and attitude of Saudis regarding gifted learners and their education, assessed the perceived needs and interests of gifted learners in the regular classrooms; and identified the …
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Employer Branding for Successful Recruitment and Retention of Talented Academic Staff in Thai Universities
… as it is related to attracting and retaining talented academic staff in Thai universities.
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A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of WRAML Scores in a Group of Academically Talented Students
… subtests from the DAT. Sixty-four academically talented adolescents completed the WRAML and the mechanical reasoning and spatial relations subtests from the Differential Aptitude Test (DAT). The confirmatory factor analysis found the data obtained to not be a good fit for the factor structure of …
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Attitudes of American and Korean Early Childhood Educators Regarding Programs for Gifted/Talented Young Children.
The purpose of this research was to study the attitudes of Korean and American early childhood educators concerning gifted children and programs aimed specifically at meeting their needs. The study examined general attitudes towards giftedness and gifted education programs and factors that might …
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Identification Methods That Achieve Parity for Students Underrepresented in Gifted and Talented Programs in Virginia
… for students underrepresented in Gifted and Talented (GT) Programs in Virginia. There are underrepresented gifted and talented students (GT) throughout the United States of America, including the Commonwealth of Virginia. Students of every ethnicity and socioeconomic status can need GT …
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Examining secondary talented and gifted and agricultural education experiences relative to college major and career choice
… this study was to describe the role of secondary talented and gifted and agricultural education experiences in college major and related career choice. This descriptive study sought out how institutions may go about recruiting and training individuals based upon characteristic and involvement …
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