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Peer reviewedSchlosser, Grace A.; Yewchuck, Carolyn R. – Roeper Review, 1998
This study of 197 eminent Canadian women on the dynamics of their childhood families, investigated their perceptions of having a special status or role. Over three-quarters indicated they were considered special within their families. They attributed it to their birth order, scholastic achievement, condition of health, or display of talents.…
Descriptors: Adults, Child Role, Family Relationship, Females
Download full textMyers, Richard K. – 1981
The need to verify the competencies purported to be developed by individuals completing a program designed to prepare supervisors of special education led to surveying 29 Pennsylvania Directors of Special Education who were asked to rate successful first year supervisors of special education on 40 competencies. Results indicated the eight roles…
Descriptors: Competence, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
Peer reviewedAbroms, Kippy I.; Gollin, Joan B. – Exceptional Children, 1980
The relationship between role-taking ability and prosocial behaviors was studied developmentally with 20 gifted 3-year-olds. The relationship between IQ and role taking increased from fall to spring; however, neither IQ nor role-taking ability were found to be reliable predictors of prosocial behaviors in the spring, suggesting that psychosocial…
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Gifted, Intelligence, Interpersonal Competence
Peer reviewedBizzari, Janice C. – Roeper Review, 1998
This intergenerational study focused upon obstacles confronting three gifted women in three generations in the same family. Obstacles included providing for basic needs of family, children, work, and others; the role of personal satisfaction as a quality of life; and the ability to accommodate wants, needs, and expectations of others. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Case Studies, Family Needs, Family Relationship
Schena, G. A. – 1977
Studied with 93 gifted and 92 average elementary age students were social class and rural/urban differences in "futuring ability," defined as a "future-focused role image." Stanchions of Identity, an instrument developed by the author, requiring students to select a level of agreement with 41 positive statements on occupations,…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedFeldhusen, John F.; Dai, David Yun – Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, 1997
A questionnaire administered to 305 gifted students, ages 9-17, enrolled in a summer program, examined perceptions and attitudes related to the gifted label and available educational opportunities. Analysis of responses yielded four factors: (1) acceptance of the gifted label; (2) perception of ability as incremental; (3) preference for…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Ability Identification, Academic Aspiration, Academically Gifted
