Carolyn Yewchuk

Bio: Carolyn Yewchuk is an academic researcher from University of Alberta. The author has contributed to research in topics: Gifted education & Identification (biology). The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 20 publications receiving 342 citations.

Self-Concept and Sex-Role Orientation in Gifted High School Students

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A Phenomenological Study of the Social/Emotional Characteristics of Gifted Learning Disabled Children.

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to explore the social/emotional development of gifted learning disabled students using a phenomenological approach. A series of interviews was conducted with four gifted learning disabled boys aged nine to twelve, their parents, and their teachers. Using procedures recommended by Colaizzi (1978) and Kruger (1979), themes were extracted from the interviews, and then grouped into categories to provide an overall description of the characteristics of gifted learning disabled children's social/emotional development. After comparing these characteristics to those of gifted children and learning disabled children, implications were drawn for educational programming and future research.

Use of Metacognitive Reading Strategies by Gifted Learning Disabled Students: An Exploratory Study

Abstract: This study examines the use of metacognitive strategies by four upper elementary gifted students with reading disabilities during a reading comprehension think-aloud task. The students had WISC-R Verbal or Performance IQs above 125 and standardized reading achievement scores at least one year below grade placement. The results indicated that, although in general the four students actively monitored their reading and reported frequent use of evaluation, paraphrase, and regulation metacognitive strategies, they were not proficient in executing the strategies effectively. Analysis of student profiles revealed significant individual differences in implementation of strategies, indicating a need for individualized reading instruction matched to student profiles.

Locus of Control in Underachieving and Achieving Gifted Students.

Abstract: This study examined locus of control in underachieving and achieving gifted grade 6, 7, 8 and 9 students. It was found that general locus of control measures did not differentiate between the two g...

Attribution of Career Facilitators by Eminent Women from Canada and Finland

Abstract: Highly successful contemporary women from two countries, Canada and Finland, were surveyed in an attempt to identify the elements in their lives that facilitated or prevented their achievement level. This work is exploratory research into the similarities among factors that promote female achievement. The overall purpose was to expand our understanding of female talent development applicable to contemporary girls and women despite their national origin. In total, 1553 Canadians and 424 Finns, listed in a Who's Who biographical publication of each country were invited to participate. There were 827 respondents from Canada and 280 from Finland who chose to participate in the study. Data were collected by means of a written questionnaire dealing with career development. The two sample sets were then compared by their responses to the demographic questions. The two groups were very similar as to birth order, education, marital status and motherhood. Main results show that in recalling their past, the eminent ...

The Impact of Giftedness on Psychological Well-Being: What Does the Empirical Literature Say?.

Abstract: There is evidence to support two contrasting views about the psychological well‐being of gifted children; that giftedness enhances resiliency in individuals and that giftedness increases vulnerability. There is empirical and theoretical evidence to support both views. It is clear that giftedness influences the psychological well‐being of individuals. Whether the psychological outcomes for gifted children, adolescents, and adults are positive or negative seems to depend on at least three factors that interact synergistically: the type of giftedness, the educational fit, and one's personal characteristics.

Gifted Children with Learning Disabilities: A Review of the Issues

Abstract: Many people have difficulty comprehending that a child can be gifted and also have learning disabilities. As a result, children with special needs that result from both their high abilities and their learning problems are rarely identified and are often poorly served. This article explores the current policies and practices with regard to defining, identifying, and educating this population. Recommendations are included that would help ensure that students who are gifted and have learning disabilities receive the intervention needed to help them achieve their full potential.

Wavelength stabilization and spectrum narrowing of high-power multimode laser diodes and arrays by use of volume Bragg gratings.

Abstract: Spectral line narrowing (by a factor of 8) and stabilization of the emission wavelength (by a factor of 30) of multimode high-power laser diodes and arrays is demonstrated by use of volume Bragg gratings fabricated in high-stability inorganic photorefractive glasses. Applications include stabilization of pump laser diodes and arrays for solid-state lasers and metal-vapor lasers, spin hyperpolarization of noble gases used in medical imaging, and others.

Genetic studies of genius

Abstract: IT is only when one studies a vast American work like this-which in its first two volumes covers more than 1500 pages, with still more volumes to come-that one realises that America is not Europe, that American science, for good or bad, is obtaining an individuality of its own, and that there is some hope that a population, which anthropologically is probably the most mixed the world has ever experienced, will shake down and ultimately develop national mental, if not national physical, characteristics. America has had many difficulties to contend with; it is not usually the ablest races who emigrate, still less is it the ablest members of those races. For early emigrants also, good physique rather than strong mentality is the essential factor of success. Occasionally, as in the case of Dutch and Huguenot immigrants to England, some political or religious movement drives a better class of men to change their homeland. But the bulk of men who have colonised America, especially of recent years, are men who were not succeeding very well in Europe, and hoped to find in spacious America more room for a return for their hard labour. The very spaciousness of America has been one of its disadvantages. It was possible to acquire with relatively little effort; there was no need to preserve or to maintain past acquirements, whether mental or physical; property and tradition were of smaller value than in older and more crowded countries. There was no natural selection of physique or ability, because inferiority bad merely to go farther westward, where ease of acquirement increased with every degree of longitude. The alternation from pauper to millionaire was as rapid as the reverse process, for to acquire was so simple that few learnt to conserve.Genetic Studies of Genius.Edited by Lewis M. Terman. Vol. 1: Mental and Physical Traits of a Thousand Gifted Children. By Lewis M. Terman and others. Second edition. Pp. xiii + 648. Vol. 2: The Early Mental Traits of Three Hundred Geniuses. By Catherine Morris Cox, assisted by Lela O. Gillan, Ruth Haines Livesay, and Lewis M. Terman. Pp. xxiii + 842. (Stanford University, Cal.: Stanford University Press; London, Calcutta and Sydney: George G. Harrap and Co., Ltd., 1926.) 21s. net each vol.

The Salience of the Subtle Aspects of Parental Involvement and Encouraging That Involvement: Implications for School-Based Programs

Abstract: Background/ContextFor many years, educators, parents, and social scientists have conceptualized engaged parents as those who help their children with their homework, frequently attend school functi...