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ERIC Number: EJ460543
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1992
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Nonintellectual Correlates of Satisfaction with Acceleration: A Longitudinal Study.
Swiatek, Mary Ann; Benbow, Camilla Persson
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, v21 n6 p699-723 Dec 1992
Survey results from cohorts of 511 and 222 gifted and accelerated students surveyed at ages 13, 18, and 23 years and a subset of 73 students indicate that students generally express positive feelings about acceleration. Nonintellectual personal attributes commonly used to select students for acceleration may be inappropriately used. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Cohort Analysis, College Students, Correlation, Educational Attitudes, Educational Experience, Higher Education, Longitudinal Studies, Personality Traits, Satisfaction, Secondary Education, Student Attitudes, Student Placement, Surveys, Young Adults
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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