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Gifted Girls, Twenty-Five Years Later: Hopes Realized and New Challenges Found.
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Reis, Sally M. – Roeper Review, 2003
This article explores the advancement of gifted girls in the past 25 years and argues that the problem of underachievement of talented females continues to exist. The diversity of gifted women's creativity, their need to engage in meaningful work, and their need to balance work and family is discussed. (Contains references.) (CR)
Descriptors: Adults, Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment
External Barriers Experienced by Gifted and Talented Girls and Women.
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Reis, Sally M. – Gifted Child Today, 2001
This article discusses current statistics about women and work and external barriers to achievement. Barriers include parental influences, media stereotypes, stereotyping in school, sexism in colleges and universities, and the burden of responsibilities females shoulder at home. Recommendations to help gifted girls address external barriers are…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Influences
Helping Teachers To Encourage Talented Girls in Mathematics.
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Gavin, M. Katherine; Reis, Sally M. – Gifted Child Today, 2003
Specific teaching strategies for helping talented girls in mathematics are discussed. These include: creating a supportive learning environment; providing single-sex learning opportunities in mathematics and appealing to the strengths of females as motivators; using activities that are relevant to girls; creating a challenging curriculum; and…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Females