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50 Years of ERIC
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Kane, Janine; Henning, John E. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2004
The purpose of this case study was to describe how a 4th-grade teacher and a TAG coordinator collaborated to improve services for advanced learners without the support of university faculty and with limited resources. Interviews, questionnaires, transcriptions of videotaped consultation sessions, and observations of classroom instruction showed…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Teacher Attitudes, Academically Gifted, Cooperation
Ysseldyke, Jim; Tardrew, Steve; Betts, Joe; Thill, Teri; Hannigan, Eileen – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2004
The effect of a self-directed mathematics program on the math achievement of students who are gifted and talented (GT) was evaluated. An instructional management system, Accelerated Math (Advantage Learning Systems, 1998a), was used to assign instruction, monitor student progress, and provide teachers with the information they needed to…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Talent, Gifted, Mathematics Achievement
Olszewski-Kubilius, Paula; Lee, Seon-Young – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2004
This study involved 99 students who took honors-level courses and 87 students who took Advanced Placement courses through a gifted distance-learning program. Data showed that students' interests in the subject areas, the desire for enriching and accelerating themselves, and the unavailability of the courses in their home schools were the major…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Student Attitudes, Talent Development, Secondary Education
Van Rossum, J. H. A. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2004
The dance teacher is a central figure in the world of dance; the impact of the dance teacher on the career of a young dancer can be decisive. A dance teacher is more often than not described as authoritarian. The present study investigated the various dimensions of the dance teacher's behavior. To map the teacher's behavior, a dance-adapted…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Dance Education