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ERIC Number: EJ698491
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 10
Abstractor: Author
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ISSN: ISSN-0278-3193
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Parent Perceptions of the Effects of the Saturday Enrichment Program on Gifted Students' Talent Development
Olszewski-Kubilius, Paula; Lee, Seon-Young
Roeper Review, v26 n3 p156 Spr 2004
Based on survey responses from 187 parents of students who attended the Saturday Enrichment Program (SEP) at the Center for Talent Development (CTD) of Northwestern University, this study showed that overall, parents perceived favorable effects of the program on their children's talent development, especially academic talent development. As a result of participation in the CTD program, parents perceived that their children gained scholastic skills or knowledge, were more motivated to learn and interested in the subject areas they studied, and gained academic competence. After the program, parents had higher academic expectations for their children. Parents felt positively about instructional aspects of the program such as focusing on a single subject in depth and breadth, experiencing interdisciplinary perspectives across subject areas, and having experiential learning opportunities. They also perceived that the SEP classes provided their children with both challenge and enjoyment. Despite the perceived benefits of SEP, results also showed that the majority of parents were still reluctant to pursue additional further educational actions inside or outside of school for their children after completing the program. However, of those who contacted their children's local schools, almost half said that their children received more challenging work (e.g., accepted and/or placed into advanced enrichment programs or other gifted programs/groupings in school, recommended for gifted programs, given additional materials or work, or skipped grades) as a result.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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