Title: The Invisible RGS Divide - Perception
Aim: Our RS Project seeks to identify and clarify the sources of the divide between GEPers and non-GEPers. We hope for the study to give insight to this great divide, in order for the school to resolve the issue of this invisible divide in RGS.

 Comparing different trains of thought
 Understanding the divide

Factors
i. Perception
 Imposed by comments of teachers
 Value judgement
 Background of GEP
 GEP entry through DSA

Anecdotes
Teachers
 Constantly make reference to GEPers and non-GEPers
 Comments made by teachers alludes the separation of GEPers and non-GEPers
 Implies that GEPers are supposedly better than non-GEPers

Students
 Have cliques, and group segregation is present in a social context (GEPers do not mix with non-GEPers)
 Feel that there is a lack of interaction outside the classroom
 The mix of GEPers and non-GEPers is healthy, however, the lack of mixing is quite clear
 Amongst non-GEPers, there is a perception that GEPers are “smarter”
 There is also a perception that GEPers have more branded stuff (material possessions, which also shows the economic divide)
 Non-GEPers think that GEPers got in the easy way and think of themselves highly, because they got in through DSA

MOE
 Supposedly no longer anymore GEP in secondary school

Questions
i. Are the perceptions above shared by everybody?
ii. The GEP does not exist but yet people perceive it to be. Where is the source of this feeling?
iii. Is the perception actually by non-GEPers?
iv. If there are GEP classes, why does everyone take the same syllabus?

1. What class are you from? ______
2. Were you in the Gifted Education Program in primary school?
3. Do you think that GEP and non-GEP classes still exist in our school?
4. If so, do you think that you're in a GEP class?

If you were in the Gifted Education Programme in primary school:

1. In terms of content, do you think that pupils in GEP classes learn more than pupils in non-GEP classes?
2. In terms of speed, do you think that pupils in GEP classes learn at a faster rate than pupils in non-GEP classes?
3. Do you think that pupils in GEP classes have a higher intellect than pupils in non-GEP classes?
4. Do you think that pupils in GEP classes are more street-smart than pupils in non-GEP classes?
5. Do you think that pupils in GEP classes are more talented than pupils in non-GEP classes?
6. Do you think that pupils in GEP classes have a higher priority? For example, there are more pupils from the GEP than from the non-GEP in programes such as Odyssey of the Mind (OM) and the Science Mentorship Programme (SMP)?

If you were not in the Gifted Education Programme in primary school:

1. On a scale of 1 to 10, how do you think pupils in GEP classes fare as compared to you?
2. On a scale of 1 to 10, how linguistically affluent do you think pupils in GEP classes are?
3. On a scale of 1 to 10, how linguistically affluent do you think you are?
4. Do you think that the pupils who were in the GEP in primary school have an advantage (in terms of teachers and special programmes) over the pupils who were not in the GEP in primary school?

Questions for interviews with school management:

1. Do you think that the GEP still exists in our school?
2. if so, do you think that GEP classes have a faster speed of learning than non-GEP classes?
3. How does the school management allocate the classes?

Ok, like finally done :D Edit it if you want. I'll print it out after Lyana tells me the introduction for the survey. Yay.

Ok I've already linked all the websites, they're under resources. I didn't manage to link 3 of them because for some reason their links didn't work. Happy reading man :D .

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Title: The Invisible RGS Divide - Perception
Aim: Our RS Project seeks to identify and clarify the sources of the divide between GEPers and non-GEPers. We hope for the study to give insight to this great divide, in order for the school to resolve the issue of this invisible divide in RGS.

 Comparing different trains of thought
 Understanding the divide

Factors
i. Perception
 Imposed by comments of teachers
 Value judgement
 Background of GEP
 GEP entry through DSA

Anecdotes
Teachers
 Constantly make reference to GEPers and non-GEPers
 Comments made by teachers alludes the separation of GEPers and non-GEPers
 Implies that GEPers are supposedly better than non-GEPers

Students
 Have cliques, and group segregation is present in a social context (GEPers do not mix with non-GEPers)
 Feel that there is a lack of interaction outside the classroom
 The mix of GEPers and non-GEPers is healthy, however, the lack of mixing is quite clear
 Amongst non-GEPers, there is a perception that GEPers are “smarter”
 There is also a perception that GEPers have more branded stuff (material possessions, which also shows the economic divide)
 Non-GEPers think that GEPers got in the easy way and think of themselves highly, because they got in through DSA

MOE
 Supposedly no longer anymore GEP in secondary school

Questions
i. Are the perceptions above shared by everybody?
ii. The GEP does not exist but yet people perceive it to be. Where is the source of this feeling?
iii. Is the perception actually by non-GEPers?
iv. If there are GEP classes, why does everyone take the same syllabus?

1. What class are you from? ______
2. Were you in the Gifted Education Program in primary school?
3. Do you think that GEP and non-GEP classes still exist in our school?
4. If so, do you think that you're in a GEP class?

If you were in the Gifted Education Programme in primary school:

1. In terms of content, do you think that pupils in GEP classes learn more than pupils in non-GEP classes?
2. In terms of speed, do you think that pupils in GEP classes learn at a faster rate than pupils in non-GEP classes?
3. Do you think that pupils in GEP classes have a higher intellect than pupils in non-GEP classes?
4. Do you think that pupils in GEP classes are more street-smart than pupils in non-GEP classes?
5. Do you think that pupils in GEP classes are more talented than pupils in non-GEP classes?
6. Do you think that pupils in GEP classes have a higher priority? For example, there are more pupils from the GEP than from the non-GEP in programes such as Odyssey of the Mind (OM) and the Science Mentorship Programme (SMP)?

If you were not in the Gifted Education Programme in primary school:

1. On a scale of 1 to 10, how do you think pupils in GEP classes fare as compared to you?
2. On a scale of 1 to 10, how linguistically affluent do you think pupils in GEP classes are?
3. On a scale of 1 to 10, how linguistically affluent do you think you are?
4. Do you think that the pupils who were in the GEP in primary school have an advantage (in terms of teachers and special programmes) over the pupils who were not in the GEP in primary school?

Questions for interviews with school management:

1. Do you think that the GEP still exists in our school?
2. if so, do you think that GEP classes have a faster speed of learning than non-GEP classes?
3. How does the school management allocate the classes?

Ok, like finally done :D Edit it if you want. I'll print it out after Lyana tells me the introduction for the survey. Yay.

Ok I've already linked all the websites, they're under resources. I didn't manage to link 3 of them because for some reason their links didn't work. Happy reading man :D .

Navigational skin, so that we can post a lot of stuff. I'm still editing! Pretty ugly I know. Oxymoron! :D