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Exploring Speech And Language Skills In Gifted Children: A Parent Perspective, Amanda Brewer
Exploring Speech And Language Skills In Gifted Children: A Parent Perspective, Amanda Brewer
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
The purpose of this research study was to examine the speech and language skills of gifted students, and to further look into gifted students who have previously had speech or language therapy. Information pertaining to gifted children, typical speech and language development, and gifted children who have a delay in speech was evaluated. The information was used to develop a survey instrument that asked parents about their gifted child’s speech and language. The overall results of this study confirmed many previously known characteristics of gifted students. It also showed that expressive language skills were less developed than receptive language skills. …
Gifted Education In Rural Schools, Paige E. Yeager
Gifted Education In Rural Schools, Paige E. Yeager
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
This report is a summary of the observations and data collected during twenty hours of field work and observation. This project focuses on one child, identified as gifted, in a rural school district with limited resources. The report discusses the student’s current level of performance, analysis of the developmental domains (cognitive, language, social, emotional, and motor), accommodations and modifications used by the student’s teachers, guidelines determined by the State of Ohio and the W. Local School District, alignment to the state requirements, and suggestions for the improvement of the student’s educational experience. The report will explain how the student is …