Name:   National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, University of Connecticut
Topics
 
 
GT Research, Policy, State Associations
URL
 
 
http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/nrcgt.html
Location
 
 
2131 Hillside Rd., Unit #3007
Storrs, Connecticut 06269
Phone: 860-486-4826
Publications
 
 
NRC/TG Newsletter
Description
 
 
The work of The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented (NRC/GT) is guided by emerging research about the broadened conception of human potential and the need to develop "high-end learning" opportunities for all of America's students. Programs and services designed to challenge the highest levels of learning and creativity; to promote high expectations, rigorous standards, and greater engagement with subject matter should be an integral part of every school's overall program. They believe that the nation's largest reservoir of untapped talent can be found among those young people who, by reason of economic circumstances and all of the problems that surround poverty in America, have not been given equal opportunity and encouragement to develop their potentials to the fullest. Accordingly, their orientation and related research has been to apply the strategies of high-end learning to total school improvement and to focus their research on developing gifts and talents in young people based on a broad array of both traditional and emerging indicators of potential for high performance.
Average Rating
 
 
Last Updated
 
 
4/6/2006
 
Comments

Contributed by: Parent of a Davidson Young Scholar  
Rating:
There is very little research on this site that is targeted specifically for the profoundly gifted, but it may be useful to acquire a broad understanding of the field. Personally, I was disappointed.
 
Contributed by: Parent of a Davidson Young Scholar  
Rating:
Although much of the federally funded research that is done at the center revolves around underprivileged and minority children, I have still found some really good articles on this site from their Newsletter reprints. They deal with a variety of topics from mentoring to curriculum compacting to teacher bias. You can become a subscriber and receive their newsletters by mail.
 
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