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ERIC Number: EJ441230
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-3532
Unfair Expectations: A Pilot Study of Middle School Students' Comparisons of Gifted and Regular Classes.
Clinkenbeard, Pamela R.
Journal for the Education of the Gifted, v15 n1 p56-63 Fall 1991
Analysis of essays comparing experiences in gifted and regular classes written by sixth grade gifted students found that many students felt teachers and peers outside the gifted class had unfair expectations of them. Other topics addressed by students included grading, group work, lack of acknowledgement for effort, treatment by peers, and teacher expectations. (DB)
Descriptors: Gifted, Mainstreaming, Peer Relationship, Special Classes, Student Attitudes, Teacher Expectations of Students, Teacher Student Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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