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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Wood, Susannah; Portman, Tarrell Awe Agahe; Cigrand, Dawnette L.; Colangelo, Nicholas – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2010
This article presents findings from a national survey of 149 practicing school counselors who are members of the American School Counselor Association. The survey gathered information on school counselors' perceptions of and experiences with acceleration as a program option for gifted students. Results indicate that, although school counselors'…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Counselor Role, Knowledge Level, Decision Making
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Wood, Susannah – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2010
School counselors play a vital role in meeting the needs of gifted students in their buildings. However, because there is a lack of structured, standardized, and empirically tested best practices for counseling gifted students, school counselors may not know how best to serve this unique population. The purpose of this study was to investigate…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Play, Academically Gifted, Counselor Training
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Rinn, Anne N. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2007
The purpose of this study is to examine the academic achievement, academic self-concepts, and aspirations of gifted college students who are enrolled in an honors program and of gifted college students who are not enrolled in an honors program. Participants include 294 gifted college students, 248 of whom were enrolled in an honors program and 46…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, College Students, Academically Gifted, Grade Point Average
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Hong, Eunsook; And Others – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1993
Because leisure activities may predict adult accomplishment better than factors such as intelligence and school grades, the construct validity of the Tel-Aviv Activities Inventory, a measure of leisure activities, was evaluated with 934 junior/senior high school students. Results support the instrument's usefulness for career counseling with…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Gifted, High Schools, Leisure Time