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Formative evaluation of the Chinese High Gifted Education Programme
Citation
Lim, T. K. (1995, July 2-7). Formative evaluation of the Chinese High Gifted Education Programme [Paper presentation]. 4th European Congress of Psychology, Athens, Greece.
Author
Lim, Tock Keng
Abstract
The Chinese High School in Singapore set up a Gifted Education project in 1993 to provide gifted students with a challenging, differentiated and enriched curriculum in Mathematics, Science and Computer Science. The selected gifted students were placed in regular classes but were taught the differentiated Science, Mathematics and Computer Science curriculum in special pull-out classes, carried out within curriculum time. As this was an experimental project, formative evaluation had been carefully planned during the early stages. Classroom
sessions were observed to see how students responded to the lessons. Lessons were also recorded and transcribed. Students provided feedback in both interviews and surveys on how they felt about the lessons and the enrichment sessions. Regular meetings were carried out with teachers to work through the problems of the pull-out programme and to formulate appropriate strategies in stretching the students' abilities. This paper reports the results of the formative evaluation of the programme.
Date Issued
July 1995
Description
This paper was presented at the 4th European Congress of Psychology, held in Athens, Greece from 2 - 7 Jul 1995