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Prodigies and Time Management

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Best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell says that it takes a decade of intense practice – roughly 10,000 hours – to achieve mastery in any field. So, how does this apply to gifted students? Do gifted students from different countries actually invest their time differently in accruing those 10,000 hours needed to become masters of their field? And, in comparison, how do students in the US fare? As researchers of how academically gifted students develop talent, we recently surveyed academically … [Read more...] about Prodigies and Time Management

June 20, 2016 | Duke TIP Filed Under: Classroom, Research Tagged With: international, IQ test, sleep, STEM, stress

How Student Screen Time Differs in the U.S. vs. India

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For decades, gifted education researchers have been lamenting that the U.S. is undergoing a “quiet crisis” regarding the education of its most academically talented students. The situation is viewed as a crisis because many talented students aren’t being appropriately challenged and many parents, educators and education experts believe their talents are being wasted. The crisis is considered quiet because hardly anyone else has been paying attention to it. … [Read more...] about How Student Screen Time Differs in the U.S. vs. India

June 10, 2015 | Duke TIP Filed Under: Research, Social & Emotional Tagged With: international, screen time

How Do Academically Talented U.S. Students Spend Their Time Compared to Their Peers in India?

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For decades, gifted education researchers have been lamenting that the U.S. is undergoing a “quiet crisis” regarding the education of its most academically talented students. The situation is viewed as a crisis because many talented students aren’t being appropriately challenged and many parents, educators and education experts believe their talents are being wasted. The crisis is considered quiet because hardly anyone else has been paying attention to it. … [Read more...] about How Do Academically Talented U.S. Students Spend Their Time Compared to Their Peers in India?

June 10, 2015 | Filed Under: Research, Social & Emotional Tagged With: extracurriculars, international, screen time, sleep

Academically Talented Students in U.S. and India Engage Equally in Extracurricular Activities

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For decades, gifted education researchers have been lamenting that the U.S. is undergoing a “quiet crisis” regarding the education of its most academically talented students. The situation is viewed as a crisis because many talented students aren’t being appropriately challenged and many parents, educators and education experts believe their talents are being wasted. The crisis is considered quiet because hardly anyone else has been paying attention to it. … [Read more...] about Academically Talented Students in U.S. and India Engage Equally in Extracurricular Activities

June 9, 2015 | Filed Under: Research, Social & Emotional Tagged With: extracurriculars, international

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