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Kim, Juah; Han, Suksil; Ahn, Doehee; Cho, Seokhee – Gifted Education International, 2023
Talent developmental experiences of economically disadvantaged students of Specialized STEM Talent Residential High Schools (SSTRHS) were investigated. Nine students who were preferentially admitted to SSTRHS due to their families' economic disadvantage were interviewed twice on their experiences from early childhood to college. The data were…
Descriptors: Art Education, STEM Education, Talent Development, Economically Disadvantaged
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Wilson, Hope E. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2021
Residential Science High Schools (RSHS) for academically talented students that focus on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) provide opportunities for high school students to accelerate their education. This study examines the results of a retrospective survey from one RSHS, including alumni for more than 20 years after…
Descriptors: Residential Schools, Gifted Education, High Schools, STEM Education
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Hayford, Samuel K.; Ocansey, Frederick – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2017
This study reports part of a national survey on sources of information, education and communication materials on HIV/AIDS available to students with visual impairments in residential, segregated, and integrated schools in Ghana. A multi-staged stratified random sampling procedure and a purposive and simple random sampling approach, where…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Visual Impairments, Teaching Methods
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Shoemaker, Sarah E.; Thomas, Christopher; Roberts, Todd; Boltz, Robin – Gifted Child Today, 2016
The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (NCSSM) offers students a wide variety of real-world opportunities to develop skills and talent critical for students to gain the essential professional and personal skills that lead to success in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers. One of the key avenues available…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Mentors, Talent Development, High School Students
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Fielding, Michael – Studies in Philosophy and Education, 2013
Serious re-examination of participatory traditions of democracy is long overdue. Iconically central to such traditions of democratic education is the practice of whole School Meetings. More usually associated with radical work within the private sector, School Meetings are here explored in detail through two examples from publicly funded…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Democracy, Community Schools, Participative Decision Making
Lifshitz, Hefziba; Hen, Irit; Weisse, Izhak – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2007
The self-concept and quality of friendship of 40 adolescents with visual impairments (20 in public schools and 20 in a residential school) were compared to those of 41 sighted adolescents. The findings indicate a similar self-concept profile for sighted adolescents and adolescents with visual impairments, although the scores of the participants…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Residential Schools, Friendship, Visual Impairments
Christian, Cinda; Garland, Marshall – Online Submission, 2007
State Compensatory Education (SCE) is a supplemental program in Texas designed to eliminate disparities in (a) student performance on assessment instruments administered under chapter 39 of the Texas Education Code (1995), and (b) the rates of high school completion between students who are at risk of dropping out of school, as defined by Texas…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Compensatory Education, Supplementary Education, School Districts