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Direct linkWai, Jonathan; Allen, Jeff – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2019
We examined 482,418 students who took the ACT in the seventh grade and again in high school, taking an exploratory analytic approach to examine academic growth trends from 1996 to 2017. Predictors included sociodemographics, interests, high school (HS) characteristics, HS coursework and GPA, and extracurriculars, which explained 25% of the…
Descriptors: Talent Development, Predictor Variables, Achievement Gains, Secondary School Students
Callahan, Carolyn M.; Tomlinson, Carol Ann; Reis, Sally N.; Kaplan, Sandra N. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2000
Discusses possible reasons for U.S. gifted students' underachievement on the Third International Mathematics and Science Study. Homework, class time, and television viewing are similar elsewhere. Previous learning, negative reform effects, middle-school practices, nonrigorous coursework, curriculum deficiencies, and stress on potential over…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Achievement Tests, Advanced Placement, Comparative Education
Peer reviewedScott, Laurel E. – Studies in Art Education, 1988
A sample of unrecognized, artistically talented students was examined to determine whether they exhibit different characteristics from those of academically talented and average high school students. Results indicated that both males and females in the artistically talented sample differed significantly from the other groups on a number of…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Art, Grade 11, Grade 12
International Baccalaureate North America, Inc., New York, NY. – 1983
The International Baccalaureate (IB) program, in which students in the last 2 years of high school can earn a diploma recognized for university admission throughout the world and for course credit at colleges and universities in Canada and the United States, is described. Information about the program is provided in the following areas: (1)…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Advanced Courses, Advanced Placement, College Admission
Peer reviewedMackin, Joan; And Others – Gifted Child Today Magazine, 1996
This article describes the development of a one-semester science seminar course for high school juniors and seniors in a suburban/rural Pennsylvania school district. It addresses scheduling considerations and planning activities, the role of the teacher in the seminar approach, use of community resources and guest speakers, standards and…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Course Organization, Curriculum Development, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Peer reviewedDuran, Bernardine J.; Weffer, Rafaela E. – American Educational Research Journal, 1992
The school experience of 157 talented Mexican-American immigrant high school seniors in a mathematics/science enrichment program was examined to determine the behavioral process by which they became successful. Implications of the findings of the importance of family educational values and length of U.S. residence are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Academically Gifted, Educational Experience
Download full textDoolittle, Allen E.; Welch, Catherine J. – 1990
The performance of 2,000 academically talented seventh-grade students on the American College Testing Program (ACT) Assessment was investigated in comparison with 2,000 college-bound 12th-grade examinees. Data from the February 1988 and February 1989 administrations of the ACT were used. Differential test performance and item performance were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations
