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Coleman, 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
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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
Ambrose, 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