Journal of Secondary Gifted Education articles from June 2003

Journal of Secondary Gifted Education archives from June 2003

From the editor.
June 22, 2003... The challenges that face gifted students in secondary school may be extensions of issues they faced in elementary school that are intensified by the demands of their developmental stage, or they may be completely new problems that are related...

Gifted achievers and gifted underachievers: the impact of learning style preferences in the classroom.
June 22, 2003... This article focuses on the learning style preferences of achieving and underachieving gifted middle school students. Learning style was determined through administration of the Learning Style Inventory (LSI). Both groups of participants...

The impact of a language learning task on instructional outcomes in two student populations: high-ability and average-ability students.
June 22, 2003... This article examines the use of two different Spanish language learning tasks for students identified as high ability and average ability. Students were asked to read a short passage in Spanish on a computer screen and either use the glosses...

Factors affecting mathematically talented females' enrollment in high school calculus.
June 22, 2003... The purpose of this study was to determine if identifying factors existed that would explain differential mathematics participation among females in high school, specifically the enrollment in high school calculus. The factors investigated were...

Talented female athletes: are they going for gold?
June 22, 2003... This article describes case study research investigating how gifted females perceive their talents by exploring the beliefs and experiences of 18 females who have been identified as athletically talented by their secondary school's sports...