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Direct linkColeman, Laurence J.; Cross, Tracy L. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2014
The paper explores the question of how gifted and talented adolescents experience being gifted in high school. Fifteen subjects were interviewed twice while attending a special summer program in order to answer this general question. The data were analyzed and interpreted using a set of research questions which postulated that the subjects would…
Descriptors: Gifted, Adolescents, Adolescent Attitudes, Talent
Cross, Tracy L.; Coleman, Laurence J.; Terhaar-Yonkers, Marge – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2014
A study of the effects of schooling on the social cognition of gifted adolescents is reported. A student attitude questionnaire (SAQ) exploring the cognitive behavioral strategies utilized to manage the stigma of giftedness was developed after conducting phenomenological interviews of fifteen gifted adolescents attending the Tennessee…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Social Cognition, Social Bias, Questionnaires
Cross, Tracy L.; Coleman, Laurence J. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2014
In this article the author's research reports that giftedness is a combination of advanced development and creativity. It is developmental in nature in that it begins as potential (generally in young people), evolves into achievement within recognizable domains during the school years, and becomes increasingly advanced (compared with peers)…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Talent Development, Child Development, Adolescent Development
Rollins, Marlon R.; Cross, Tracy L. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2014
This study examined the psychological changes that 272 students experienced while attending a residential school for gifted adolescents in the Midwest. This article shares the quantitative portion of a mixed-methods study. Outcome measurement data from the Youth Outcome Questionnaire Self-Report 2.0 (YOQ-SR) tracked students' level of…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Academically Gifted, Residential Schools, Mixed Methods Research
Pierce, Rebecca L.; Cassady, Jerrell C.; Adams, Cheryll M.; Speirs Neumeister, Kristie L.; Dixon, Felicia A.; Cross, Tracy L. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2011
There is a paucity of empirical studies dealing with benefits of gifted programming in mathematics for elementary students. The current study reports on the impact of using cluster grouping and specific curriculum to support gifted learners' math achievement in urban elementary schools. Although the results of Year 3 provide the most compelling…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Urban Schools, Gifted, Academic Achievement
Download full textAmbrose, Don; VanTassel-Baska, Joyce; Coleman, Laurence J.; Cross, Tracy L. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2010
Much like medieval, feudal nations, professional fields such as gifted education can take shape as centralized kingdoms with strong armies controlling their compliant populations and protecting closed borders, or as loose collections of conflict-prone principalities with borders open to invaders. Using an investigative framework borrowed from an…
Descriptors: Gifted, Conflict, Interdisciplinary Approach, Social Sciences
Swiatek, Mary Ann; Cross, Tracy L. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2007
The Social coping Questionnaire (SCQ) measures strategies used by gifted adolescents to minimize the negative effect they believe their high ability has on their social interactions. Previous studies have supported the factor structure, internal consistency, and test-retest reliability of the SCQ. The current study provides construct validity…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction, Adolescents
Cassady, Jerrell C.; Cross, Tracy L. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2006
Suicidal ideation assessment has been employed as an early screening method for identifying adolescents who are at risk for engaging in suicidal behaviors. While recent evidence has emerged that gifted adolescents do not have a higher rate of suicidal ideation, research on the psychological and personality characteristics of gifted youth have…
Descriptors: Suicide, Academically Gifted, Adolescents, Screening Tests
Cross, Tracy L.; Adams, Cheryll; Dixon, Felicia; Holland, Jason – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2004
Students attending a state-supported residential academy for academically gifted adolescents (N = 139) completed the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory for Adolescents (MMPI-A; Butcher et al., 1992) upon entrance to document their psychological characteristics. The same students completed a postadministration of the MMPI-A at the end of…
Descriptors: Psychology, Personality, Academically Gifted, Adolescents
Peer reviewedCross, Tracy L.; Stewart, Roger A.; Coleman, Laurence J. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2003
Fifteen gifted students (grades 1-6) in a magnet school participated in phenomenological interviews. The students described the social milieu of the school as the backdrop for the meaning of the experience of attending the school. Four themes emerged across magnet school experiences, others, role, personal development, and time. (Contains…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Education, Gifted, Interpersonal Competence
Peer reviewedColeman, Laurence J.; Cross, Tracy L. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 1988
Interviews with 15 gifted/talented adolescents indicated that many of them experienced giftedness as a social handicap. Some students coped with this by managing information about themselves to minimize their visibility as gifted students to others. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Coping, Gifted
Peer reviewedCross, Tracy L.; And Others – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 1991
A student attitude questionnaire was given to 1,465 gifted and talented adolescents who identified 5 strategies used to deal with potentially stigmatizing events (cover up, lie, placate, be truthful, and cop-out). The placate coping strategy was the most frequently used across scenarios. (DB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Coping, Gifted, Interpersonal Competence
Peer reviewedColeman, Laurence J.; Cross, Tracy L. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 1993
Evaluation of practices at a residential summer program for gifted and talented adolescents (Tennessee Governor's Schools) involved analysis of questionnaire data from 2,213 students and school directors. Relationships were found between students' ratings of program effectiveness and directors' changes in program practices. An expanded timeline…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational Practices, Enrichment Activities, Gifted
