Journal of Secondary Gifted Education articles from June 2005

Journal of Secondary Gifted Education archives from June 2005

From the editor.(Editorial)
June 22, 2005... "In New York, eccentrics are ignored; in Los Angeles, they are arrested; in New Orleans, they are celebrated." --Tennessee Williams It is hard for me to write anything right now that doesn't reflect my preoccupation with the recent...

High ability, rural, and poor: lessons from Project Aspire and implications for school counselors.
June 22, 2005... This article describes a grant-funded effort to improve the lives of academically able middle and high school students living in rural poverty. The program, Project Aspire, attempts to increase the number of these children in the most rigorous...

Trends among honors college students: an analysis by year in school.
June 22, 2005... This study sought to determine whether honors college students differed with regards to academic achievement, academic self-concept, general self-concept, educational aspirations, and career aspirations as a function of their class standing....

When do gifted high school students use geometry to solve geometry problems?
June 22, 2005... This article describes the following phenomenon: Gifted high school students trained in solving Olympiad-style mathematics problems experienced conflict between their conceptions of effectiveness and elegance (the EEC). This phenomenon was...

Effects of technology on critical thinking and essay writing among gifted adolescents.
June 22, 2005... This article presents results of a study that compared critical thinking in two writing samples (essays) from gifted adolescents who attended a residential school. The essays were written at the beginning of the junior year (when students were...