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Feldhusen, John F.; Jin, Suk-un – Understanding Our Gifted, 2000
This article describes the Gifted Education Knowledge Scale, a rating scale for assessing educators' knowledge about gifted education. Information about item selection, content validity, reliability, and internal consistence is provided. (DB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Psychometrics
Peer reviewedCallahan, Carolyn M.; Caldwell, Michael S. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 1993
This article describes the database of the National Repository for Instruments and Strategies Used in the Identification and Evaluation of Gifted Programs (University of Virginia). The Scale for the Evaluation of Gifted Identification Instruments is applied to the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children. A sample bibliographic reference from the…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Bibliographic Databases, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedSarouphim, Ketty M. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1999
A relatively new performance-based assessment, the DISCOVER process, is presented in this review. The theoretical framework of the assessment is explained, followed by a delineation of the assessment process, checklist characteristics and development, and the tasks in the five different activities. Findings on assessment validity and reliability…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Gifted
Buckhalt, Joseph A. – Diagnostique, 1990
The Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence-Revised, intended for children ages 3-7, is used to diagnosis exceptional intellectual ability in school settings. Its 12 subtests measure both Performance Intelligence Quotient and Verbal Intelligence Quotient. This paper describes the test's administration, summation of data,…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Diagnostic Tests, Gifted, Handicap Identification
Download full textMoon, Tonya R.; Callahan, Carolyn M.; Brighton, Catherine M.; Tomlinson, Carol A. – 2002
In response to the greatly increased use of statewide high stakes testing, the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented at the University of Virginia developed differentiated authentic assessments for middle school classroom use that embodied key concepts, principles, generalizations, and processes in the disciplines of English/language…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Assessment, English, Gifted
Howell, Kenneth W. – Diagnostique, 1990
The Test of Mathematical Abilities is used to identify students (ages 8-18) who are above or below age peers in 5 areas (attitude toward math, vocabulary, computation, general information, and story problems). This paper describes the test's administration, summation of data, standardization, reliability, and validity. (JDD)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
Maddux, Cleborne D. – Diagnostique, 1999
This article describes the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Third Edition, an assessment designed to test preschool children in vocabulary acquisition, screen both for giftedness and mental retardation, and measure English language proficiency in individuals for whom English is not a primary language. Its administration, standardization,…
Descriptors: Child Development, Disabilities, Disability Identification, Early Identification
