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Peer reviewedMatthews, Dona J. – Roeper Review, 1997
A study of 348 Canadian students (grades 6-8) identified as gifted by domain-general criteria, investigated whether the students would score at similar levels on linguistic, logical/mathematical, and social/emotional measures or whether their scores would indicate domain-differentiated patterns of development. Results indicate the students had…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Emotional Development, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Blank, Stanley S.; Parker, Donald J. – B. C. Journal of Special Education, 1986
Fourteen Native Canadian intermediate students identified as creatively gifted were assigned to experimental or control groups. Pre- and posttests of creative potential indicated significant gains in originality scores of the experimental groups, who received training in fluency, flexibility, and originality through formation of objects and…
Descriptors: Canada Natives, Creative Activities, Creative Development, Creativity
Download full textWilde, Warren D.; Sillito, Melvin T. – 1986
One in a series of reports on a gifted program jointly formed by three school systems in Alberta, Canada, this report presents information about the development, implementation, evaluation, and revision of the Gifted and Talented Program in the Camrose school system. The Camrose program is the smallest of the three, consisting of pull-out programs…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Curriculum Enrichment, Foreign Countries, Formative Evaluation
Violato, Claudio; Blank, Stanley S. – B. C. Journal of Special Education, 1982
A pilot pull-out program for the gifted in British Columbia, Canada (grades five, six, and seven) is described, and evaluation results are presented. Thinking and communication skills are developed through games, field trips, individual projects, multiple problem-solving tasks, and challenging work in fields such as fine arts, history, and…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Admission Criteria, Course Evaluation, Enrichment Activities
Laveault, Dany; Miles, Carol – 2002
This study was conducted to determine whether Ontario students' abilities to apply rubrics accurately in order to self-assess or to assess peers' written work were related to their current levels of achievement in writing. The project examined differences in assessment ability for children attending different grades, gender differences,…
Descriptors: Ability, Elementary School Students, English, Foreign Countries
Millar, Garnet; MacLeod, Alan – 1984
Comparative research was conducted using gifted and average upper elementary and junior high school students to determine the effectiveness of utilizing microcomputers for the development of computer literacy and the implementation of curriculum courseware. Eighty students were selected as the treatment group and received instruction in the…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy
Wilde, Warren D.; Sillito, Melvin T. – 1986
One in a series of reports on a gifted program jointly formed by three school systems in Alberta, Canada, this document presents evaluation information regarding the effects of the program in Strathcona County schools. The Strathcona County school system consists of a mix of rural and small urban schools and is intermediate in size when compared…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Affective Behavior, Art Education, Counselor Attitudes
