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Fitzgerald, Catriona
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Perceived Differences in Teaching Science in High Ability Classrooms and in the Regular School Classroom
Catriona FITZGERALD
Academic Coordinator
Irish Centre for Talented Youth, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland.
catriona.fitzgerald@dcu.ie
Abstract. The Irish Centre for Talented Youth offers enrichment courses to students aged 6-16 years who have been identified as having exceptional academic ability. The Centre provides weekend and summer courses in a range of verbal and mathematical subject areas. Previous courses have included Psychology, Legal Studies, Mathematical Magic, Zoology, Chemistry, Philosophy, Theoretical Physics, Engineering and Neuroscience. This paper looks at the differences observed by teachers who have taught on science courses at both the Irish Centre for Talented Youth and to students in the general school-going population.
Keywords. Teaching Science, Gifted students, Regular students.
