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Download full textStanley, Julian C.; And Others – 1995
This empirical study involves three types of "tests": values, interests, and cognitive abilities useful for learning science. It also involves three methods of test-battery construction or use: ipsative (forced-choice), non-ipsative ("normative"), and ipsatived (i.e., normative scores changed to ipsative ones). Scores from ipsatively constructed…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Cognitive Ability, Grade 7, Junior High School Students
Stanley, Julian C.; Benbow, Camilla P. – College Board Review, 1981
The Johns Hopkins University program to identify prodigies in mathematics is reviewed. The Advanced Placement Program of the College Board is seen as a means for intellectually highly able youths to move ahead fast in a greatly enriched fashion and earn college credit. (MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Academically Gifted, Advanced Placement
Peer reviewedBenbow, Camilla Persson; Stanley, Julian C. – Science, 1983
Results of seventh-grade students taking Scholastic Aptitude Test indicate that, by age 13, a large sex difference in mathematical reasoning ability exists; among students scoring greater than 700, boys outnumbered girls 13 to 1. Hypothesized factors thought to influence the difference (such as course taking, attitudes) were not supported by data…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academically Gifted, Cognitive Ability, Environmental Influences
