AAEGT - Australian Association for the Education of the Gifted and Talented

Celebrating Ability – AAEGT 12th National Gifted and Talented Conference

AAEGTAustralian Association for the Education of the Gifted and Talented. Celebrating Ability: AAEGT 12th National Gifted and Talented Conference. Presented by The Tasmanian Association for the Gifted Inc. Hobart 9-11 July 2008 1. About these Conference proceedings The 12th biennial conference of the Australian Association for the education of the Gifted and Talented was held in Hobart at the Hotel Grand Chancellor from 9th to 11th July 2008. The 2008 AAEGT Conference was organised by the Tasmanian Association for the Gifted Inc. The theme of the conference was ;Celebrating Ability; reflecting the Association’s mission of advocacy of our brightest minds. The Association is representative of educators and parents concerned with students who are gifted. The conference was timely given the role that students with gifts and talent fit within the government’s education revolution agenda. Responsibility for the content of each paper lies with its author(s). In some instances, presentations were edited to reduce size. The author(s) also retain copyright over the text, however material appears on the Conference proceedings website by permission of the authors. Any document may be downloaded for fair use under the Copyright Act and other relevant legislation. The content does not represent the position of AAEGT on any issues. 2. Organising Committee Jane Cameron (President) Lyn Lewer (Treasurer) Kate Tucker (Vice President) Kate Saliba Philippa Lohry & Belnda Fenney-Walch (Secretary) Lynne Maher Phil Holmes (Conference Secretariate) 3. Presentations Abstracts are available by clicking on the link in the “Title and Abstract” column Where available, presentation files or full papers may be downloaded by clicking on the PDF or Paper link in the Presentation column respectively. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z No. Author Affiliation Title and Abstract Presentation   A       1. Al Hmouz, Hanan University of Wollongong A comparison of gifted high, moderate, and low achievers in their attitudes toward the school motivation, self-regulation, motivational goals, and goal orientations PDF 2. Anderson, Ruth. Southern Cross University, NSW Acceleration in the bush.   B       3. Bannister-Tyrrell, Michelle   Reading beyond PDF 4. Bannister-Tyrrell, Michelle  ...