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The Journey of a Word: An Action Research Intervention of Morphemic Analysis and Etymology for a Middle School Gifted and Talented Class
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Halford, 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
Using Literature in Mathematics: Gifted Students' Comments.
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Pinchback, 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
Transitions in the Development of Giftedness
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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