The Skills Reinforcement Project (SRP): An Academic Program for High Potential Minority Youth.

Lynch, Sharon; Mills, Carol J.

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Publication Date: 1990

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The Skills Reinforcement Project (SRP): An Academic Program for High Potential Minority Youth.

Lynch, Sharon; Mills, Carol J.

Journal for the Education of the Gifted, v13 n4 p364-79 Sum 1990

A Skills Reinforcement Project for 46 sixth grade students (many of whom were Black and Hispanic) not quite qualifying for the local (Pasadena, California) gifted program provided Saturday classes and a 2-week summer residential program. Significant gains were made in mathematics (but not reading) achievement resulting in increased program eligibility. (DB)

Descriptors: Blacks, Eligibility, Enrichment Activities, Gifted Disadvantaged, Hispanic Americans, Intermediate Grades, Mathematics Achievement, Reading Achievement, Summer Programs, Weekend Programs

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Language: English

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