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Coleman, Laurence J.; Cross, Tracy L. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2014
The paper explores the question of how gifted and talented adolescents experience being gifted in high school. Fifteen subjects were interviewed twice while attending a special summer program in order to answer this general question. The data were analyzed and interpreted using a set of research questions which postulated that the subjects would…
Descriptors: Gifted, Adolescents, Adolescent Attitudes, Talent
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Coleman, Laurence J.; Cross, Tracy L. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 1993
Evaluation of practices at a residential summer program for gifted and talented adolescents (Tennessee Governor's Schools) involved analysis of questionnaire data from 2,213 students and school directors. Relationships were found between students' ratings of program effectiveness and directors' changes in program practices. An expanded timeline…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational Practices, Enrichment Activities, Gifted
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Cross, Tracy L.; Stewart, Roger A. – Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, 1995
A phenomenological investigation was conducted of the "lebenswelt" (life world) of rural, high school juniors (n=25) who are gifted. Interviews with summer residential program participants revealed themes characteristic of the rural school experience: school as community/family, personal development, and perspectives regarding time. (Author/SW)
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Gifted, Grade 11, High School Students