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Identifying and Serving English Learners in Gifted Education: Looking Back and Moving Forward
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Mun, Rachel U.; Hemmler, Vonna; Langley, Susan Dulong; Ware, Sharon; Gubbins, E. Jean; Callahan, Carolyn M.; McCoach, D. Betsy; Siegle, Del – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2020
Although the number of English learners (ELs) in the United States continues to increase, this population remains underserved by gifted and talented (GT) education programs across the nation. This underrepresentation represents a societal and research dilemma for reasons we address in this systematic review of the most effective practices…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Academically Gifted, Talent Identification, Gifted Education
Identifying and Serving English Learners in Gifted Education: Looking Back and Moving Forward
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Mun, Rachel U.; Hemmler, Vonna; Langley, Susan Dulong; Ware, Sharon; Gubbins, E. Jean; Callahan, Carolyn M.; McCoach, D. Betsy; Siegle, Del – Grantee Submission, 2020
The underrepresentation of English learners (ELs) in gifted and talented programs is a societal and research problem that merits investigation. Three state departments of education and their state directors of gifted programs supported our access to 16 schools across nine districts. In these three states with gifted identification and programming…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Academically Gifted, Talent Identification, Gifted Education
Comparison of Diagnostic Auditory Processing Test Scores Measured in Clinical and School Settings
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Mamatha, Nerale Maraiah; Yathiraj, Asha – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2020
Purpose: The study aimed to compare auditory processing and cognitive test scores measured in a clinical setting with that measured in a school setting using a repeated-measures design. This was done on typically developing children and children with auditory processing disorder (APD). Method: Thirty-two children (16 typically developing and 16…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Auditory Perception, Perceptual Impairments, Young Children
Promising Practices for Improving Identification of English Learners for Gifted and Talented Programs
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Gubbins, E. Jean; Siegle, Del; Peters, Pamela M.; Carpenter, Ashley Y.; Hamilton, Rashea; McCoach, D. Betsy; Puryear, Jeb S.; Langley, Susan Dulong; Long, Daniel – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2020
The underrepresentation of English learners (ELs) in gifted and talented programs is a societal and research problem that merits investigation. Three state departments of education and their state directors of gifted programs supported our access to 16 schools across nine districts. In these three states with gifted identification and programming…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Talent Identification, English Language Learners, Disproportionate Representation
Promising Practices for Improving Identification of English Learners for Gifted and Talented Programs
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Gubbins, E. Jean; Siegle, Del; Peters, Pamela M.; Carpenter, Ashley Y.; Hamilton, Rashea; McCoach, D. Betsy; Puryear, Jeb; Langley, S. D.; Long, D. – Grantee Submission, 2020
The underrepresentation of English learners (ELs) in gifted and talented programs is a societal and research problem that merits investigation. Three state departments of education and their state directors of gifted programs supported our access to 16 schools across nine districts. In these three states with gifted identification and programming…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Talent Identification, English Language Learners, Disproportionate Representation
Identifying Learning Disabilities through a Cognitive Deficit Framework: Can Verbal Memory Deficits Explain Similarities between Learning Disabled and Low Achieving Students?
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Callinan, Sarah; Theiler, Stephen; Cunningham, Everarda – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2015
Traditionally, students with learning disabilities (LD) have been identified using an aptitude--achievement discrepancy or response to intervention approach. As profiles of the cognitive deficits of discrepancy-defined students with LD have already been developed using these approaches, these deficits can in turn be used to identify LD using the…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Disability Identification, Low Achievement, Cognitive Tests
Mentally Gifted Disadvantaged Students: An Investigation of Methods of Identification, Including the Use of "Culture Fair" Tests, at the Eighth Grade Level. Final Report.
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Skager, Rodney; Fitz-Gibbon, Carol – 1972
The aim of this investigation was to develop a justifiable and efficient procedure for locating the top two percent of the eighth grade students in an inner-city junior high school. The WISC performance IQ was chosen as the criterion measure. Four screening measures were used to select students for the WISC: an achievement test (the California…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academically Gifted, Cognitive Tests, Cultural Influences