ERIC Number: EJ1110171
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Sep
Pages: 16
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Gifted Programs Cannot Be Successful without Gifted Research and Theory: Evidence From Practice With Gifted Students of Mathematics
Dimitriadis, Christos
Journal for the Education of the Gifted, v39 n3 p221-236 Sep 2016
This study investigated the educational provision for mathematically gifted students offered in primary (elementary) schools in England (United Kingdom) just before the abandonment of the government's Gifted and Talented (G&T) program. Through a questionnaire within five Educational Authorities and four in-depth case studies in different primary schools that were implementing provision for their most able mathematicians, the study, despite some positive results, found a number of problems relating to the effectiveness and defensibility of the offered provision. This article presents those problems and the identified links between them, the lack of support from gifted theory and research, the lack of support from specialists, and the abandonment of the G&T initiative and makes recommendations that could have sustained and increased the effectiveness of both the schools' provision and the government's initiative.
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Elementary School Students, Mathematics, Special Education, Questionnaires, Case Studies, Elementary Schools, School Districts, Educational Quality, Educational Research, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (London)
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