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Meeting the Needs of Our Best and Brightest: Curriculum Acceleration in Tertiary Mathematics
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Hannah, John; James, Alex; Montelle, Clemency; Nokes, Jacqui – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2011
For many years, it has been a common practice to recognize students with high potential by according them targeted privileges and opportunities. This includes the practice of allowing students to accelerate their high school programme and, in the case of New Zealand students, to take university courses during their final school years. This work…
Descriptors: High Schools, Foreign Countries, Acceleration (Education), Scholarships
An Examination of Self-Concept in Academically Gifted Adolescents: Do Gender Differences Occur?
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Luscombe, Ainsley; Riley, Tracy L. – Roeper Review, 2001
Forty academically gifted students (ages 15-18) in New Zealand with given the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale. Males scored higher than females on most dimensions with the exception of Self-Criticism, Moral Self-Concept, and Inconsistent Responding. Additionally, the mean score was higher for males than females. (Contains references.) (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Adolescents, Foreign Countries, High Schools
Nurturing Mathematical Talents in New Zealand.
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Holton, Derek – Mathematics Teacher, 1995
Discusses a program in New Zealand to assist high school students who have an aptitude for mathematics. Uses the philosophy of extension and enrichment rather than acceleration and has a teaching emphasis of problem solving and the methodology of the research mathematician. (MKR)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Curriculum Enrichment, Demonstration Programs, Foreign Countries