A study investigated the experience of being a gifted student at a public residential high school by using ethnographic and phenomenological inquiry. The social system that emerged, one that the students judged as atypical, is described. Contextual factors are presented in an effort to understand the students' experience. (Contains references.)…

The relationship betwen different rates of compressed speech and learning efficiency was examined in 35 blind residential high school students. (Author/BD)

Describes North Carolina's state supported residential high school for highly able students in science and mathematics. The school is viewed as a training ground for leading scientists and mathematicians to improve science and mathematics instruction in all the state's schools. Emphasis is on expanded courses in science and mathematics. (Author/DS)

The paper compares institutional, legal, and political structures of adult residential colleges in Britain and Denmark and concludes that there are inadequate institutional safeguards in Britain, allowing the state to dominate nominally independent institutions. Danish folk high schools enjoy institutional safeguards against state power but suffer…

This article describes the accelerated college level curriculum at the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts, a residential school for academically or artistically talented eleventh and twelfth graders. The curriculum combines a required core curriculum with specialized focus areas. Student perceptions of the curriculum are also…

Changes in adolescents' perceptions of the family as they adapt to residential schooling were studied for 51 residential and 57 nonresidential tenth graders in a school in Israel. No differences in the perception of family climate were found between the groups, suggesting no change with the individual's act of leaving. (SLD)

Having rewritten W. Edwards Deming's 14 points from an educational perspective, the superintendent of a state-run boarding school serving native Alaskans describes the transformation that the school and his own administrator role have undergone thanks to systems thinking and a paradigm shift demanding change at the top. (MLH)

Condensed from "The High School Journal, Volume 52 (November 1968), 51-61.

Discusses a survey of 115 high school students who are deaf or hard of hearing, which examined the pros and cons of mainstreaming. Results found that center schools offered a stronger representation of deaf culture and that more residential students than mainstream students were satisfied with their school experience overall. (Author/CR)

This article documents the responses of a state-supported residential high school for gifted students following the 1994 suicides of three students. The school's measures to develop a screening procedure, design a prevention program, disseminate information about adolescent suicide, and host a conference are outlined, as is a separate crisis…

Four high school-aged deaf students in a college preparatory American history class at a state residential school were instructed regarding the use of syntactic cohesion (words such as "meanwhile") in their written assignments. Students' average percentage of correct use of the five taught terms increased 27%. Maintenance after six weeks and…

The relationship between locus of control orientation and academic achievement has recently been questioned. To investigate the relationship between measures of locus of control, intelligence, and academic achievement, 58 normal and 50 delinquent 15-year-old adolescents were administered the Peabody Vocabulary Test, Nowicki-Strickland Locus of…

This paper presents cognitive and social data on 134 gifted students at a Moscow (Russia) residential math/physics high school. Three case studies of students frequently selected by students in a sociometric task are detailed. Discussion focuses on effects of lack of emphasis in humanities and social sciences, and on social and gender issues. (DB)

Interviews with 189 deaf seniors from 16 residential and day high schools found that seniors with vocational training were more knowledgeable about their vocational aptitudes and had considered various careers prior to making career decisions. Amount of interest in one's career choice was related to ratings of motivation, readiness, and prospects…

Suggests that writing instruction for students attending residential public schools for gifted students must be tailored to this unique population. Writing instruction should include the writing conventions of various disciplines, writing for the general public, writing across the curriculum, technical writing, expressive writing, and persuasive…