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Direct linkHalford, Sarah Caroline; Imbeau, Marcia B.; Eilers, Linda H. – Gifted Child Today, 2022
Sixth-grade students who had been identified as gifted and talented participated in a literacy intervention designed and implemented by the first author as part of an action research project. These students were meeting the grade-level standards in literacy, so the project aimed to push their vocabulary knowledge further in order to prepare them…
Descriptors: Action Research, Intervention, Morphology (Languages), Etymology
Walker, April; Bower, Janessa; Kettler, Todd – Gifted Child Today, 2021
Despite dedication of tremendous resources to developing literary proficiencies, advanced readers may remain an underserved and understudied population. This qualitative study included nine preadolescent participants aged 10-12 years who demonstrated reading comprehension abilities within the top 10% on a national normed achievement battery. The…
Descriptors: Preadolescents, Reading Ability, Reading Achievement, Reading Motivation
Peer reviewedPinchback, Carolyn L. – Gifted Child Today, 2001
A study introduced a mathematics text that combines real math and science in a fictional context to six gifted sixth-graders. Responses to four questions by the students are provided. Results indicate that using prose writing in mathematics is a fruitful means of assessment in mathematics. (Contains seven references.) (CR)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Gifted, Grade 6
Bonner, Fred A., II – Gifted Child Today, 2005
The purpose of this investigation was to assess the factors that lead to success in transitions of giftedness among a middle school student cohort. As part of the Yale University (PACE Center) Transitions in the Development of Giftedness evaluation plan, qualitative data were collected via a semistructured interview protocol. A total of 63…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Success, Middle School Students, Middle Schools
