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Academically Gifted Adolescents Transferring To An Independent Gifted School: Effects On Academic Identity, Vanessa A. Lancaster
Academically Gifted Adolescents Transferring To An Independent Gifted School: Effects On Academic Identity, Vanessa A. Lancaster
Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations
Four gifted adolescents (2 males and 2 females) explore experiences transferring from multilevel schools to an independent gifted school from low- and high-income school districts in this phenomenological study. Semi-structured interviews inform this study demonstrating how changes in school context shape academic identity. Adolescent students discuss prior school perceptions of academic ability, how transferring schools affected academic ability, and challenges they overcame transitioning to an independent gifted school. Although participants all believed that prior schools did not meet academic and social needs, their academic self-concepts were strong. Three participants felt academic ability was stronger since transferring to an independent gifted …
An Exploration Of Self-Concept And Life Satisfaction Of Single Women, Stacey Lynn Piatkowski
An Exploration Of Self-Concept And Life Satisfaction Of Single Women, Stacey Lynn Piatkowski
Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations
This communication study explores the relationship between self-concept and life satisfaction of single women and examines, through the use of interviews, how these two factors are connected. This study aims to gain perspective of why women remain single, what pressures single women face, and how a woman’s life satisfaction and self-concept are affected by being single. Results showed that women remain single for a variety of reasons and while women feel pressure from family, friends, and media about their singlehood, the majority of the pressure is internal and indicated that women need a romantic relationship that will eventually lead to …