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Peer reviewedCarroll, Joyce Armstrong – Language Arts, 1981
Describes the writing experiences of a group of gifted fifth and sixth grade students in the Active Learning Experiences in Resourceful Thinking (ALERT) program in Abilene, Texas. (HTH)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Creative Writing, Grade 5, Grade 6
Kuechle, Nancy – Computers, Reading and Language Arts, 1983
Describes how gifted fifth-grade students wrote simulation game programs on a TRS-80 Model I computer for a remedial reading class. (AEA)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Computers, Educational Cooperation, Educational Games
Peer reviewedEconomopoulos, Marjorie P. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1981
Challenging problems and project ideas for mathematically able students in grades 5 and 6 are reviewed. Number patterns are viewed as a good tool to introduce inductive and deductive thinking. Applications of mathematics in sales, the stock market, opinion polls, weather prediction, and other areas are discussed. (MP)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Gifted
Peer reviewedJohnson, David W.; And Others – Journal of Social Psychology, 1993
Reports on a study of 34 high-ability fifth-grade students randomly assigned to individual- or cooperative-learning conditions. Finds that achievement was higher on recall and higher order reasoning measures and that the students demonstrated higher academic self-esteem and greater cohesion in the cooperative condition. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Cooperative Learning, Educational Strategies
