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Re: help needed-gifted education and inquiry science



We have data from MIT and other schools showing students in the top
third of activity-based classes benefitting the most (i.e. they show
highest gains on pre/post testing). This will be coming out in a paper
that Jeff Saul and I have nearly finished. You'll find some results at
<http://scaleup.ncsu.edu> and clicking on the "about scaleup" link.

Hope this is helpful. It probably isn't exactly what you are looking
for, but at least it's something.

Bob Beichner

From: Kathy Daniel <danielka@BELLSOUTH.NET>
Subject: help needed-gifted education and inquiry science

Hello all,
I am interested in any research which might have been done
concerning
specifically the academically gifted student and his/her experiences
with activity-based, inquiry, discovery, modeling, constructivist
science activities.
I have been searching the internet for 2 days with absolutely zero
luck.
If anyone can help, I would really appreciate it. I am involved in a
Graduate class in gifted education as a physics teacher who has been
teaching using learning cycle and constructivist techniques for about
15
years. I am convinced that this method does sufficiently challenge my
gifted students, but I only have anecdotal evidence of my own. I'd be
interested in any research which has already been done in this area to
help support my ideas.