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What Constitutes a Nurturing Environment for the Growth of Mathematically Gifted Students?
Author(s) -
Mingus Tabitha T. Y.,
Grassl Richard M.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
school science and mathematics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 1949-8594
pISSN - 0036-6803
DOI - 10.1111/j.1949-8594.1999.tb17487.x
Subject(s) - gifted education , mathematics education , psychology , pedagogy
This article describes a qualitative study to determine the influential forces in the development of mathematically gifted students. In‐depth interviews were, conducted with four mathematically gifted students, the teacher/coach of these students, and a parent of one of the students. The content of the interviews was supplemented with survey data gathered from a select group of 12 teachers and two parent/gifted student pairs. An attitude survey inventory was given to the four gifted students, and their results were compared with two other groups of students generally looked upon as mathematically gifted. A discussion of the influential sources in the lives of gifted students, along with aspects that contributed to creating a nurturing environment, emerged from the data analysis.