Journal of Secondary Gifted Education articles from September 2004

Journal of Secondary Gifted Education archives from September 2004

From the editor.(Editorial)
September 22, 2004... This issue emphasizes students' stories--from the stories of students based on their perceptions of different classes (Gentry and Owen), to the stories of two students learning mathematics in different ways (Hekimoglu). We hear the story of one...

Great expectations: creative achievements of the sociometric stars in a 30-year study.
September 22, 2004... The creative achievements and characteristics of a group of ten high school students identified as the most creative by their high school peers were compared to those of ten participants from the same group who had the greatest number of...

Conducting a teaching experiment with a gifted student.
September 22, 2004... In this study, the teaching experiment methodology is used to observe firsthand a gifted student's mathematical learning and reasoning. A series of teaching experiments was conducted with 1 gifted and 1 average 7th-grade student to investigate...

Secondary student perceptions of classroom quality: instrumentation and differences between advanced/honors and nonhonors classes.
September 22, 2004... This article describes the initial development and psychometric evaluation of an instrument for use with secondary students to measure various perceptions about class activities. The instrument--Student Perceptions of Classroom Quality...

Talent development in science: a unique tale of one student's journey.
September 22, 2004... This narrative presents the educational route followed by an Intel Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) winner who was not always recognized for his scientific abilities. Factors contributing to the success of this gifted student are...