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Stephen N. Elliott; Christopher J. Anthony; Harshini Murthy – Gifted Education International, 2025
Social skills are critical behaviors that enable students to effectively navigate their social lives. Further, social skills function as protective factors against emotional behavior concerns and enable strong academic growth. Social skills can be developed and improved via programs implemented in schools. Students identified as gifted have long…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Interpersonal Relationship, High Achievement, Academic Achievement
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Bruce M. Shore – Roeper Review, 2025
In a national survey of U.S. adults, the number of close friends increased with age and 76% reported having three or more. However, 8% reported having none. There are limited parallel data for gifted learners but the survey provided an opportunity to compare the two groups. The numbers of close friends for gifted learners appears to increase from…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Friendship, Age Differences, Peer Relationship