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Rollins, Marlon R.; Cross, Tracy L. – Roeper Review, 2014
This discourse is the qualitative component of a mixed-methods study that examined how students were psychologically affected while attending a 2-year residential high school (Academy) in the Midwest. This aspect of the study focused on the emic perspective of nine students using a phenomenological-type approach. To that end, interviews were…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Residential Schools, Phenomenology, Interviews
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Cross, Tracy L.; Frazier, Andrea Dawn – Roeper Review, 2010
Each year, academically gifted students leave home to live in a special school, one of 11 state-supported residential high schools for students gifted or talented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematic (STEM) academic domains. These schools attempt to take full advantage of the 24-hour day by engaging students in a rigorous learning…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Adolescents, High Schools, Residential Schools