A special friend:Adolescent mentors for young, economically disadvantage, potentially gifted students¹

A Longitudinal Study of Family Socioeconomic Status (SES) Variables as Predictors of Socio-Emotional Resilience Among Mentored Youth

“…Some researchers have used case study style selection stemming from direct observation of poverty (e.g. Wright & Borland, 1992). Other mentoring researchers address risk by targeting children with behavioral characteristics that lead them to be nominated by parents or teachers, such as peer aggression patterns (e.g.…”

The effectiveness of mentoring strategy for developing the creative potential of the gifted and non-gifted students

“…The experimental studies with gifted individuals reveals that providing the gifted students with an intellectually stimulating experience combined with strong motivational and emotional support (Hebert & Neumeister, 2000) leads to an academic area improvement in school (Hebert, 1997), development in independent project preparation skills (Gray, 1982;Ş ahin, 2014a), learning a variety of things and problem-solving techniques to deal with personal issues (Terry, 1999), positively affected self-esteem (Wright & Borland, 1992), staying on task, better organization, problem solving and academic skills (Ryan et al, 2002), suitability for differentiation of the curriculum of the gifted students in general educational classes (Ş ahin, 2014a).…”

“…There is lack of a meta-analysis or a review of mentorship of gifted individuals. The literature contains relatively little empirical literature regarding gifted mentoring programs (Gray, 1982;Hebert, 1997;Hebert & Neumeister, 2000;Ryan, Whittaker, & Pinckney, 2002;Ş ahin, 2014a;Terry, 1999;Wright & Borland, 1992).…”

Students as Practitioners in a Service Learning Context

“…Studies of high school students who act as mentors or program leaders have found similar benefits for the students (Lazerson, Foster, Brown, & Hummel, 1988;Strange, Forrest, & Oakley, 2002;Wright & Borland, 1992). For example, Lazerson and associates (1988) examined the impact of a tutoring program on adolescent (middle school) tutors.…”

“…Tutors experienced growth towards a more internal locus of control, and a decrease in the number of truancies and tardy class periods per week. Wright and Borland's (1992) study examined the effects on early adolescents of mentoring younger students over a summer session. All students and mentors were identified as potentially academically gifted, ethnic minorities, economically disadvantaged, and living in New York City.…”