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Peer reviewedMills, Carol J.; And Others – Exceptionality: A Research Journal, 1992
Thirty-six educationally disadvantaged gifted fifth grade students completed a program to reinforce their academic skills in either language arts or mathematics. Compared to controls, subjects showed gains in achievement and aptitude test scores in language arts as well as mathematics and then became eligible for challenging gifted/talented…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Academically Gifted
Peer reviewedMills, Carol J. – Exceptionality: A Research Journal, 1992
The author of EC 604 296 explains the evolution of a pilot project to improve the basic skills and thinking ability of gifted minority children to improve their performance on standardized tests. The paper reviews the effects of the project and notes changes recommended in repeating the program. (JDD)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Academically Gifted
Peer reviewedLynch, Sharon J.; Mills, Carol J. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1993
The Skills Reinforcement Project was designed to increase basic mathematics and language arts skills of disadvantaged and minority youth. Forty-five minority and economically disadvantaged sixth graders who participated in a 110-hour program made statistically greater gains in mathematics than 45 comparison sixth graders and nonsignificant gains…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis
