Colm O' Reilly
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- CTYI Site Director
- Was an R.A. in '93
- The Man is God.
Dr. Colm O’Reilly’s research focuses on high ability students and the effects of Saturday and summer courses on their academic and social development. The study looks at reasons for attending the classes and any achievements they may have realised as a result of attendance from the perspectives of the students and their parents. The study also compares levels of academic satisfaction with CTYI classes compared to school and also in comparing differing attitudes that students may have in attending CTYI compared to school. The research group were asked to rank themselves in various subjects compared to their peers in school and will also be asked to rank the various levels of encouragement that they receive from various people in relation to their ability. Finally the study looks at the students and their parents in relation to the whole field of giftedness. Participants will be asked to evaluate how comfortable they are with their own ability and with the term gifted to describe that ability.
