Journal of Secondary Gifted Education articles from March 2006

Journal of Secondary Gifted Education archives from March 2006

From the guest editor.
March 22, 2006... As educators of the gifted, we are familiar with the questions that teachers, students, and parents ask about the programs available for exceptional students at the secondary level. What program options do high schools offer? What program...

Intellectually gifted females and their perspectives of lived experience in the AP and IB programs.(Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate)
March 22, 2006... The Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) programs serve as popular choices for many intellectually gifted high school students. This article describes an aspect of a larger study that examined 5 intellectually gifted...

Reflections on the International Baccalaureate Program: graduates' perspectives.
March 22, 2006... This paper presents the results of a survey administered during the spring of 2005. At this time, graduates of the International Baccalaureate (IB) Program from two public schools in a large city in British Columbia, Canada, were asked to...

Effective teaching strategies for open enrollment honors and AP classes.(Advanced Placement)
March 22, 2006... A trend is emerging to open enrollment for honors and AP classes to all students who wish to take them. Teachers of these open enrollment classes may be facing several dilemmas. How can the high standards and academic rigor of the course be...

Governor's schools: fostering the social and emotional well-being of gifted and talented students.
March 22, 2006... Reviewing and conducting research on summer residential program models for gifted and talented students will illuminate the academic, social, and emotional difficulties they face and reveal which practices are effective in addressing these...

Sad comfort.(Poem)
March 22, 2006... Sad Comfort He sits slumped under the glowing light. His black jeans billow at the ankles. His black shirt emblazoned with raging music. His eyes outlined with black circles, attempting to reveal the skull beneath....

Understanding emotional exceptionality in gifted youth: a book review.(If I Only Could: Intensities and Sensitivities of the Young and Bright)(Book review)
March 22, 2006... In understanding the experiences of gifted youth, a number of areas have been explored in depth. The realms of intelligence, creativity, motivation, affective needs, and the corresponding attributes and behaviors of these realms have generally...