News tagged with gifted students

Rethinking gifted education policy -- a call to action

Michael Jordan, Lady Gaga and Angelina Jolie. Most people can probably name some award-winning athletes, musicians, and actors. But, if you were asked to name the winners of last year's Nobel Prizes in Economics, Physics, ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New study reveals: Gifted children shape their personalities according to social stigma

Gifted youths already know what they want to be when they grow up. They usually choose to study applied sciences, but when they are asked why they made their choices, they are not able to explain.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 03, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 1




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Numeracy: The educational gift that keeps on giving?

(Medical Xpress) -- Cancer risks. Investment alternatives. Calories. Numbers are everywhere in daily life, and they figure into all sorts of decisions. A new article published in Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, examin ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Study finds lure of entertainment, work hard for people to resist

(Medical Xpress) -- Trying to resist that late-night tweet or checking your work email again? The bad news is that desires for work and entertainment often win out in the daily struggle for self-control, according ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Lung transplants save lives of two teenagers with cystic fibrosis

“There’s nothing like having a bond with someone else who knows exactly what you’re going through.”

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Huge wildfire shutters Chile national park

Chilean firefighters on Saturday tried to contain a massive wildfire that has ravaged tens of thousands of acres of pristine Patagonia and forced authorities to close a popular national park.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 31, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

4 personal finance technology trends for 2012

(AP) -- If you're one of the holdouts still paying bills with checks, tracking your accounts with pen and paper or clipping coupons from the newspaper, 2012 could be the year you take the digital plunge.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 23, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's super hero sexism

As parents do their final holiday shopping, comic books, and their related superhero-themed toys and children's gear, continue to be popular. From Batman rain boots and Legos, to paperback books about Wonder Woman, many stores ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 10

Team infiltrates paid 'army' of interest posters

You've studied the blogs and the consumer comments online, and you're ready to hit the mall for that special holiday gift. You’re about to make a major investment based on bullet-proof online research -- right? Think ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Is Father Christmas Breaking The 'Santa Laws'?

(PhysOrg.com) -- As if Santa Claus didn't have enough to do this time of year, a University of Derby Law expert says he can also add a sledge-load of official and legal paperwork.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

UCSF to receive tobacco papers, funding to improve public access to the documents

The U.S. Department of Justice filed a proposed consent order today with a federal district court that finalizes requirements for three major tobacco companies to make internal documents public in accordance with an earlier ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Forget the fruitcake: Give skydiving lessons

(AP) -- Forget the material things - reindeer sweaters, clunky toys, stocking stuffers that end up as, well, stuff. How about a skydiving lesson, a spa pampering or a night at a cozy bed and breakfast?

Technology / Other

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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