This article introduces the Special Class for the Gifted Young (SCGY), an early college entrance program in mathematics and science in China, which has been a focus for media coverage and public discussion of accelerated education in China. We first describe the admission policy and academic programming of SCGY and delineate its distinct features.…

Good teaching is creative teaching, yet there is little research focusing on creative teachers themselves. In this article we report a synthesis of 13 qualitative case studies and 2 quantitative studies of teachers who demonstrated everyday or local creativity in their work. Themes and categories were identified through constant comparison and…

This article draws together findings of two studies: the first a study of secondary students identified as having high potential and the second a study on encouraging reflective practice and action research with talented students. Analysis and sample case studies illustrate the centrality of the teacher in forming students' attitudes to school and…

This study explored the subjective experiences in post-high school development in four gifted individuals considered at risk because of significant underachievement, depression, or family stress. The developmental stories, largely in the subjects' own words, have a dominant theme of conflict with parents with resolution associated with…