Download or read book Beyond Academics Examining the Impact of Gifted Programs on Students Valuation of Education written by McKenzie Maxson and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gifted and talented programs, which provide students identified as gifted with differentiated instruction, are a widespread and decades-old solution for providing children of varying academic needs with an appropriately challenging curriculum. Though they are common throughout the United States—49 states provide gifted services for students, and there are an estimated 3.3 million gifted students in schools throughout the country—in recent years, experts and policymakers have begun to question if gifted programs are truly beneficial to students. While research on the impact of gifted programs on students’ academic outcomes has been conducted for many years, yielding mostly positive results for gifted instruction, gifted programs are facing increased pushback due to the potentially harmful effects of “tracking” students by ability group, as well as their underrepresentation of minority students. Academic tracking, some critics argue, is detrimental to students in lower ability groups, and of particular concern when those students left behind are more likely to be racial minorities. When considering whether gifted programs serve students well, however, more than just academic outcomes must be considered. Less is known about the psychological and emotional impact of these programs on students, but it is critical that we understand these potential effects to make decisions about whether placing some students in gifted programs, as young as elementary school, is an advisable practice. This study utilizes data from the ECLS-K database, a longitudinal study conducted by the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics of a nationally representative sample of children, to examine the potential relationship between being placed in a gifted program in elementary school and how much a student values their grades in middle school, adding to the relatively small amount of research available on the psychological impact of gifted programs. The results indicate that elementary school gifted programs have a small, positive impact on gifted-eligible students, slightly increasing the likelihood that they report their grades are very important to them in middle school. Other factors, however, including how highly a student’s parents and friends value grades, seem to have a much larger impact on students’ own valuation of education. While these results are favorable for offering gifted instruction in elementary school and provide some evidence that such programs have a positive impact on students’ attitudes toward their education, more research on the topic is needed.
Download or read book Beyond Gifted Education written by Scott J. Peters and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-03 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seeking a more comprehensive vision for gifted education, this book offers a modern vision of programs and services for gifted and talented students. Beyond Gifted Education: Designing and Implementing Advanced Academic Programs provides the first comprehensive look at designing and implementing advanced academic student programs. Written by four leading experts in the field, Beyond Gifted Education reviews the current range of traditional gifted education practices and policies. Then, the book offers the concerned gifted program coordinator or school administrator a more expansive approach to educating gifted learners. The authors lead readers through the process of identifying needs, responding with programming, and then finding students who are well-suited for and would benefit from advanced academic programming. Detailed examples walk the reader through real-world scenarios and programs common to the gifted coordinator on topics such as cluster grouping, acceleration, and increasing diversity. Throughout the book, connections are made to Common Core State Standards, Response to Intervention, and a wealth of outside research in order to support ideas.
Download or read book Beyond Gifted Education written by Scott J. Peters and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2021-09-03 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seeking a more comprehensive vision for gifted education, this book offers a modern vision of programs and services for gifted and talented students. Beyond Gifted Education: Designing and Implementing Advanced Academic Programs provides the first comprehensive look at designing and implementing advanced academic student programs. Written by four leading experts in the field, Beyond Gifted Education reviews the current range of traditional gifted education practices and policies. Then, the book offers the concerned gifted program coordinator or school administrator a more expansive approach to educating gifted learners. The authors lead readers through the process of identifying needs, responding with programming, and then finding students who are well-suited for and would benefit from advanced academic programming. Detailed examples walk the reader through real-world scenarios and programs common to the gifted coordinator on topics such as cluster grouping, acceleration, and increasing diversity. Throughout the book, connections are made to Common Core State Standards, Response to Intervention, and a wealth of outside research in order to support ideas.
Download or read book Program Evaluation in Gifted Education written by Carolyn M. Callahan and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2004-03-11 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The expert guide to the major issues, the chief trends, and the most effective models of program evaluation in gifted education! The readings in this ready-reference report on specific program evaluations, offer critical guidance in the development and utilization of instruments for assessing gifted and talented programs, and are designed to stimulate the discussion of issues surrounding the evaluation of gifted programs. Key features include: Carolyn M. Callahan′s comprehensive and insightful examination of the past, present, and hopeful future of gifted program evaluation Research-informed theories, practical guidelines, and successful models of evaluation Recommendations for future exploration Program evaluation has been considered an important, but neglected component of gifted education for the last three decades. Program Evaluation in Gifted Education provides much needed direction to program developers and practitioners who desire to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of their gifted programs. The ERGE Series: The National Association for Gifted Children series Essential Readings in Gifted Education is a 12-volume collection of seminal articles from Gifted Child Quarterly. Put the knowledge and power of more than 25 years of research on giftedness and talent into your hands with the leading theories, studies, and findings the experts in the field have to offer.
Download or read book Best Practices in Gifted Education written by Ann Robinson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-03 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gifted education Legacy Award winner, Best Practices in Gifted Education provides concise, up-to-date, research-based advice to educators, administrators, and parents of gifted and talented youth. The 29 practices included in this volume are the result of an extensive examination of educational research on what works with talented youth. The interest in culturally diverse and low-income learners, the means to identify talents, and the need for curriculum that appropriately challenges high-ability youth constitute just a few of the 29 practices. Each practice is organized into a chapter containing two sections: What We Know and What We Can Do. The first section briefly describes the practice and summarizes the research. The second section suggests what course of action a parent, teacher, or administrator might take at home, in the classroom, or at school. The book is a must-have for those who want a guide that makes a connection between research and practical action in gifted education. A service publication of the National Association for Gifted Children (Washington, DC). This designation indicates that this book has been jointly developed with NAGC and that this book passes the highest standards of scholarship, research, and practice.
Download or read book Handbook on Assessments for Gifted Learners written by Susan K. Johnsen and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-07-19 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This essential handbook is a comprehensive and systematic examination of the assessment of gifted and advanced students and their programs, and a must-have resource for coordinators and directors at state and local levels. Handbook on Assessments for Gifted Learners explores issues associated with building an effective identification system, clarifies and interprets the need for targeted learning progress assessments for gifted learners, and discusses program evaluation, assessments, and processes used to gauge programs’ success. Engaging chapters written by both academic and practitioner experts provide research-based, practical ideas for identifying and measuring the progress of gifted and advanced learners. Readers will benefit from informed recommendations stemming from current research conducted specifically for this text.
Download or read book Underachievement in Gifted Education written by Kristina Henry Collins and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-08-30 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an opportunity for researchers, professionals, and practitioners working directly with gifted individuals to engage with and examine the concept of underachievement of highly capable and talented individuals from different perspectives. Chapters written by experts in gifted education from diverse backgrounds explore underachievement in principle, illuminate underachievement as a response to written and unwritten policy and practice, showcase ranges of intellectual capability outside of traditional academic subjects, shift deficit views of not meeting rigid expectations to honoring interests and cultural values of the individual, and provide suggested and proven practices and services as solutions to bridge the gaps in achievement and performance for gifted and talented students. Expertly blending theory with practice, Underachievement in Gifted Education is a must read for all practitioners, educators of gifted individuals, and researchers seeking more opportunities to help students align how they choose to exhibit their talent and efforts with external and internal expectations, personal interests, and cultural values to reach their maximum potential.
Download or read book Gifted Students and Inclusion written by Sarah Schaffer and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains journal articles and excerpts from books published between 1993 and 1996.
Download or read book An Examination of the Underrepresentation of African American Students in Gifted Programs written by Percell Whittaker and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this mixed method study was to examine teacher perceptions of barriers to the underrepresentation of African American students in academically gifted programs. This study also examined teachers' perceptions of classroom-based characteristics of gifted students and how these perceptions may differ from black teachers and their white colleagues, as well as explored the relationship between white privilege and teacher referrals of African American students for gifted education. Survey data was collected from members of the Southeastern Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA) and the Delaware Valley National Alliance of Black School Educators (DVA-NABSE) (N=108). The data sources for this study included a researcher developed online survey and open-ended questions. Quantitative data was incorporated to explore the significance of the relationship between acknowledgments of white privilege as it related to teachers' identification of an African American student referral for gifted education. The results of this mixed method study indicated that educators perceived socioeconomics and teachers' inability to recognize potential giftedness in African American students as the most significant barriers that hinder African American students from being identified as gifted. Future research should be conducted to examine the psychological and social dynamics that impact teachers' ability to recognize characteristics of giftedness in African American students.
Download or read book Motivating Gifted Students written by Del Siegle and published by PRUFROCK PRESS INC.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents practical strategies for developing appropriate curriculum for accelerated gifted children, explaining how acceleration can be employed in all classroom levels and subject areas.
Download or read book International Perspectives on Science Education for the Gifted written by Keith S Taber and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-28 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the spirit of encouraging international dialogue between researchers and practitioners, often working within isolated traditions, this book discusses perspectives on science education for the gifted informed by up-to-date research findings from a number of related fields. The book reviews philosophy, culture and programmes in science education for the gifted in diverse national contexts, and includes scholarly reviews of significant perspectives and up-to-date research methods and findings. The book is written in a straightforward style for students studying international perspective modules on undergraduate, but especially masters and doctoral degrees in Science Education and Gifted Education. Gifted education has come to be regarded as a key national programme in many countries, and gifted education in science disciplines is now of major importance to economic and technological development. Despite these national initiatives and developments, there are very few discussions on gifted education in science from international perspectives. This will be a valued addition to the scholarship in this emergent field.
Download or read book The SAGE Handbook of Gifted and Talented Education written by Belle Wallace and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2018-11-20 with total page 876 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The SAGE Handbook of Gifted & Talented Education provides a comprehensive and international overview of key challenges and issues in the field of gifted education, making this an invaluable volume for individuals in the fields of education, public and private school administration, psychology and beyond. Containing contributions by a range of expert authors from around the world, chapters include discussions of the wide range of human abilities and talents which impinge upon academic success, with explorations of various political, social and economic factors which influence how ‘giftedness’ and ‘gifted education’ is defined and understood in different regions around the globe. PART 1. CONCEPTS OF GIFTEDNESS AND IDENTIFICATION: SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS PART 2: EDUCATIONAL PROVISION: PROGRAMS AND STRATEGIES PART 3: GLOBAL RESPONSES TO EMERGING G&T PROVISION: DEFINING THE FUTURE
Download or read book Beyond Terman written by Rena F. Subotnik and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1994 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lewis Terman heralded the field of gifted education in the United States by tracing the development of high-IQ children from their childhood in the1920s to midlife and beyond. The contemporary field of gifted education, building on the work of Terman and others, presumes that gifted children become exceptional adults. Longitudinal research offers the opportunity for critical examination of the way gifted children and adolescents are identified and illuminates the characteristics and experiences that affect sustained achievement. Only long-term studies can directly address whether or not gifted education is finding the right people and doing the right things. The studies demonstrate the fit between longitudinal methodology and the central issues of gifted education. Collectively, they investigate the early determinants of later academic and career achievement and creativity while employing varied identification practices, perspectives, theoretical orientations, and populations.
Download or read book Public Policy in Gifted Education written by James John Gallagher and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2004-03-11 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please update Sage UK and Sage INDIA addresses on imprint page.
Download or read book Gifted and Talented Education in Perspective written by Joseph S. Renzulli and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forty-three author contributed papers provide an overview of education for gifted and talented students. The following aspects are addressed (sample subtopics in parentheses): the identification continuum (teacher identification, behavior rating scales, implications for equality of educational opportunity); characteristics of the gifted (creativity in young science students, peer acceptance, creative young women); giftedness among the culturally different (incidence among ethnic groups, identifying achievement potential in minority group students); curriculum ideas (creative writing, reading skills); research in gifted education (attitudes of gifted students toward handicapped persons, statewide implementation of classroom practices); key ideas for successful programing for the gifted (successful teacher characteristics, value development); program descriptions (a preschool program for gifted/talented nonhandicapped and handicapped, an independent study seminar program, high school internships); and state of the art (need for increased federal effort, role of the arts and humanities). (CL)
Download or read book Resources in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 1032 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gifted Youth at Risk written by Joyce VanTassel-Baska and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study explored the nature and extent of programs and services available for culturally diverse and economically disadvantaged gifted learners. Data were gathered through a questionnaire survey of directors of gifted programs in 49 states and territories and a questionnaire survey of 51 local school districts that have active programs for at-risk gifted learners. Analysis of the state-level data focused on definitions of "disadvantagement," program standards for the at-risk gifted population, identification practices, and funding. Analysis of data from school districts dealt with: application of the disadvantagement definition; types of differential programming; and program evaluation. Besides providing results of the study, this report offers a comprehensive review of the current knowledge about programs and services for the target population. Each chapter offers policy recommendations, and the report concludes with nine suggestions for a working agenda, such as initiating the use of multiple measures and encouraging the use of a "tryout" program as part of the selection paradigm. Appendices contain 13 program abstracts from local school districts, the state questionnaire, and the local school district questionnaire. (78 references) (JDD)
