Journal of Secondary Gifted Education articles from March 2003

Journal of Secondary Gifted Education archives from March 2003

From the editor.(Editorial)
March 22, 2003... This issue of JSGE is an eclectic, rather than thematic, one. Yet, it is through such a wide range of topics and diversity of the gifted individuals studied that we address the varied needs of gifted secondary students. The following group of...

Talent search: student and parent perceptions of out-of-level testing.
March 22, 2003... Every year, hundreds of thousands of academically gifted 7th- and 8th-grade students participate in 1 of 4 regional or several local talent searches, through which they take the ACT or SAT as an our-of-level test. Participation in a talent...

Mathematical giftedness, problem solving, and the ability to formulate generalizations: the problem-solving experiences of four gifted students.
March 22, 2003... Complex mathematical tasks such as problem solving are an ideal way to provide students opportunities to develop higher order mathematical processes such as representation, abstraction, and generalization. In this study, 9 freshmen in a...

Leadership skills training for Chinese secondary students in Hong Kong: does training make a difference?
March 22, 2003... A sample of 116 Chinese secondary students nominated by their schools to participate in university gifted programs in Hong Kong were assessed on their divergent thinking and leadership characteristics prior to their admission to programs. Sixty...

Depressive disorder in highly gifted adolescents.
March 22, 2003... This article examines the nature and extent of depressive disorders in highly gifted adolescents based on current literature and data gathered from a phenomenological study, focus groups, and clinical records. Two case studies and clinical...

Social studies through poetry.
March 22, 2003... As a veteran teacher of over 30 years in the classroom, I have had the opportunity to instruct literally thousands of students, many of them appropriately classified as gifted. As I see it, working with the gifted often rakes place in two...