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Creativity Crisis Update: America Follows Asia in Pursuing High Test Scores over Learning
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Kim, Kyung Hee – Roeper Review, 2021
Asian culture has been test-centric for over 1,400 years. U.S. education has been since the 1990s. Based on Kim's creative Climates, Attitudes, and Thinking skills (CATs), creativity indicators were developed using the 2015 PISA questionnaires. Study I examined: (1) relationships between students' PISA science scores and CATs; (2) differences…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Creativity, Achievement Tests, International Assessment
Olympiad Studies: Competitions Provide Alternatives to Developing Talents that Serve National Interests
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Campbell, James Reed; Walberg, Herbert J. – Roeper Review, 2011
Competitions are used by many teachers at the grassroots level to develop the talents of their gifted students. Each year the top Mathematics, Chemistry, and Physics Olympiad students are identified and assembled into national teams that compete against teams from around the world. This article summarizes findings from the American Olympiad study.…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics
Wisdom from Conservatory Faculty: Insights on Success in Classical Music Performance
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Jarvin, Linda; Subotnik, Rena F. – Roeper Review, 2010
What does it take to become a successful performer of Western classical music in the United States today? What factors, beyond technical proficiency and musicality, come into play? We started exploring these questions in a study of gatekeepers' (e.g., critics, artistic directors) views on key variables that contribute to the career trajectories of…
Descriptors: Classical Music, Western Civilization, Musicians, Success
Socioeconomic Inequality and Giftedness: Suppression and Distortion of High Ability
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Ambrose, Don – Roeper Review, 2013
Severe socioeconomic inequality strongly suppresses and distorts the discovery of aspirations and the concomitant development of talents among the gifted. More comprehensive understanding of this suppression and distortion is available through a wide-ranging interdisciplinary search for research findings and theories that illuminate economic,…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Gifted, Social Differences, Talent Development
International Literacy Crusader: An Interview with Susan Mandel Glazer
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Ambrose, Valerie K. – Roeper Review, 2011
This article presents an interview with Susan Mandel Glazer, past president of both the International Reading Association and the College Reading Association. Dr. Glazer received her doctorate in education from the University of Pennsylvania and her master of arts from New York University. Her most recent books are "Beyond the Looking Glass:…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Foreign Countries, Misconceptions, Reading Instruction
Educational Programs and Practices for Academically Able Students in the United States, Japan and Germany.
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Fortner, Marsha J. – Roeper Review, 1989
Similarities and differences are explored in programs and provisions for academically able students in the United States, Japan, and West Germany. Discussed are social attitudes toward gifted education (especially the belief that special provisions for an "elite" group are undemocratic) and the use of various teaching methods as…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Comparative Analysis, Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices