Journal of Secondary Gifted Education articles from September 2002

Journal of Secondary Gifted Education archives from September 2002

From the editor.
September 22, 2002... The papers in this issue are a nice blend of educational and psychological research on issues surrounding giftedness. Jean Peterson did a fascinating study of developmental task accomplishment among young adults. She identified college-aged...

A longitudinal study of post-high-school development in gifted individuals at risk for poor educational outcomes.
September 22, 2002... Fourteen gifted late adolescents, considered at risk for poor educational outcomes because of underachievement, depression, or family situation, participated in a 4-year qualitative longitudinal study focusing on 4 developmental tasks: gaining...

The effects of peers on the academic and creative talent development of a gifted adolescent male.
September 22, 2002... Psychologists have long recognized that there are critical periods in a person's life in which some specific person or agency serves as a driving force toward a higher level of human development. For example, Benjamin Bloom and Erik Erikson,...

DISCOVER in high school: identifying gifted Hispanic and Native American students.
September 22, 2002... Based on Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, the DISCOVER assessment was designed to identify gifted minority students for placement into programs for the gifted. In previous studies, the reliability and validity of the assessment in...

"A shock to study".
September 22, 2002... Learning about the experience of living in a state-funded, public residential high school for academically talented children was the purpose of an ethnographic inquiry. Studying and homework dominated the students' lives throughout the year....