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Western Kentucky University

1987

Gifted Education

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Comparative Instructor Attitudes Toward College Level English And Mathematics Experiences For Gifted High School Students, Bruce Vickers May 1987

Comparative Instructor Attitudes Toward College Level English And Mathematics Experiences For Gifted High School Students, Bruce Vickers

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Samples derived from a mailed questionnaire were compared. The sample represented high school, community college and university instructors of mathematics and English. The Kentucky public schools sampled were equally represented among high school, community colleges and universities. The research indicated that of those instructors sampled a very high percentage (97.7%) feel that those high school students shown to be academically gifted would benefit from a college experience before high school graduation. The attitudes of those instructors sampled indicated that multiple criteria – grades, recommendations, standardized test scores and personal interview – were considered the preferred method of selection (82.5%). The …


Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program Jan 1987

Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program

WKU Archives Records

The WKU Student Honors Research Bulletin is dedicated to scholarly involvement and student research. These papers are representative of work done by students from throughout the university.

  • Baum, Carole. A Glance at Phenomenology and Its Approach to Literary Criticism, 1987
  • Coble, Terrell. Personality Determinants: Research Results and Implications for Intervention, 1987
  • Crase, Kim. Recent Developments in Products Liability, 1987
  • Flora, Joan. Simms's Frontier Characters, 1987
  • Ford, Doug, David Gray and Nick Nauman. Right-to-Work Laws, 1987
  • Gray, Michael. Through Pontormo's Eyes, 1987
  • Jackson, Jewel. Is Creativity Teachable? 1987
  • Logsdon, Doug. James I as King Lear, 1987
  • Schneringer, Joseph. Weather Stations in …