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Academic Success of General Education College Students Compared to those Screened as Twice-Exceptional and Gifted

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In this study, the high school and college GPAs of college students who were screened as twice-exceptional were compared to college students screened as gifted and average college students. From a sample of 32,741 college students, those screened as gifted earned significantly higher means than students screened as twice-exceptional (2e) and the general college population on both high school and college GPA (p < .05); students screened as 2e earned high school and college GPA means higher than those from the general college population (p < .05). No mean college GPA differences were found between students screened as 2e with STEM majors and those with non-STEM majors GPA (p > .05), but STEM majors had higher high school mean GPAs than those with non-STEM majors (p < .001). Additionally, 2e students screened as having a reading learning disability (LD) yielded higher mean high school and college GPAs than 2e students screened as having a math LD (p < .001). Implications for advising are discussed.

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McClurg, V.M., Wu, J. & McCallum, R.S. Academic Success of General Education College Students Compared to those Screened as Twice-Exceptional and Gifted. Innov High Educ 46, 411–427 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10755-021-09543-z

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