Learning Content and Process for Academically Talented Students

Gifted and talented students

The Relationship of Time Perspective to Age, Gender, and Academic Achievement Among Academically Talented Adolescents

time perspective is a useful psychological construct associated with educational outcomes (Phalet, andriessen, & lens, 2004) and may prove fruitful for research focusing on academically talented adolescents. thus, the relationship of time perspective to age, gender, and academic achievement was examined among 722 academically talented middle and high school students. time perspective was measur...

Talented Students and Resilient At-Risk Students: Similarities and Differences

This study compared academically talented students (n = 23) who were not at risk for school failure and resilient at-risk students (n = 27) on risk factors and protective/promotive factors. Participants’ risk status was determined by student assignment. The academically talented students were attending a summer program at a major research university and the at-risk students were graduates of a ...

Effects of Genre and Content Knowledge on Historical Thinking With Academically Diverse High School Students

Historians use a range of genres in presenting their subjects, yet educators have increasingly privileged argumentation to help novices to reason with historical content. However, the influence genre and content knowledge are relatively unmeasured in this discipline. To learn more, the authors asked 101 eleventh-grade students to compose an argument or a summary on the Gulf of Tonkin and analyz...

The Reliability and Validity of Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory Scores in Academically Talented Adolescents

In this study, the authors examined the reliability, structural validity, and concurrent validity of Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (ZTPI) scores in a group of 815 academically talented adolescents. Reliability estimates of the purported factors’ scores were in the low to moderate range. Exploratory factor analysis supported a five-factor structure similar to the one proposed by Zimbardo a...