I've tried to read a fair bit on education-related topics and research.
It seems that much of the academic research on education is:
1) Aimed at school administrators, policy makers, and/or teachers.
2) Aimed at improving outcomes for the middle or the low ability end of the academic spectrum, rather than for gifted kids.
I have had difficulty finding research that is parent (or student) oriented and that focuses on high ability/gifted kids.
i.e. Questions of interest are:
1) What is the effect of different schooling choices? (different kinds of schools including public, private, homeschooling and different tracks and options within schools)
2) What supplements/interventions, if any, outside of school have proven high impact?
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Ideally, I'd love gold standard research - randomized control studies, measuring varied outputs at different intervals (short and long term), with large sample sizes and high significance levels. I realize this is a bit of a pipe dream.
But I mention it in part to draw a contrast with weaker sauce - anecdotal stuff, studies that are likely more a result of correlation than causation, studies that are polluted by selection effects, etc.
Anyways, can anyone point me to good research that provides academic insight and data for navigating some of the choices that parents of gifted kids (DD13, DS11, DD7) face?
Last edited by psteinx; 04/26/13 08:25 AM.
