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   Dissertation  Page
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The Big Links:

Dissertation Progress (???)  In word (.doc) format.

"An Investigation Into
Gender Identity,
Implicit Theories of Intelligence,
Stereotype Threat,
and their influence
on the
Mathematics Performacne
of
High-School Gifted Females"
(Working Title)

The Progress (chapters will be linked as they are being worked on)
-Proposal (in progress)
- More to come! (chapters as they are being worked on)
-Chapter 1
-Chapter 2
-Chapter 3
-Chapter 4
-Chapter 5
-Chapter 6
-Chapter 7

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Resources of Interest:

"Man looks at his world through transparent patterns or templets which he creates and then attempts to fit over the realities of which the world is composed"
                    -George Kelly, The Psychology of Personal Constructs' (1955, p. 8)
      -P.S. Dr. Kelly did a lot of his work in Western Kansas.
-P.P.S. Dr. Kelly really does use the word "templet"!!!

Stereotype Threat:
-Thin Ice: "Stereotype Threat" and Black College Students
     .(Claude Steele in The Atlantic, August 1999)

Implicit Theories of Intelligence:
-Dweck and Leggett (1988) - "A Social Cognitive Approach to Motivation and Personality"
   . (A brief overview look at one of Carol Dweck's most cited articles)

Gender Identity
-Gender Identity (the short form)
     .(Rate your own Gender Identity)

Gifted Girls and Mathematics
-A brief overview of issues regarding gifted girls

A bit about my teaching philosophy (close anyway).
 

Other Links: 
-Derek Piper Homepage
- EDF 3135 "The Adolescent"
- EDF 3115 "Child Development in Inclusive Settings"