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A Reflective Interview with Marcia Gentry and Scott Peters: The Hope Scale
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Greathouse, Dan; Shaughnessy, Michael F.; Gentry, Marcia; Peters, Scott – Gifted Education International, 2015
The Hope Scale is an 11-item teacher-rating instrument designed to help identify academic and social components of giftedness. It provides insights from teachers who work with students on a daily basis, which may differ from the type of information yielded through achievement and ability tests. The Hope Scale development was made possible by the…
Descriptors: Interviews, Reflection, Ability Identification, Talent Identification
Children at Risk: The Identification of the Gifted among the Minority.
Sisk, Dorothy A. – Gifted Education International, 1988
This article discusses the validity of using conventional psychometric tests to assess the abilities of disadvantaged pupils, justifies the use of alternative assessment procedures, emphasizes the importance of changing teacher attitudes toward the disadvantaged gifted, and suggests ways to nurture and develop the talents of disadvantaged…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted Disadvantaged, Minority Groups
Dynamic Assessment and Cognitive Program for Disadvantaged Gifted Children.
Kaniel, Shlomo; Reichenberg, Rivka – Gifted Education International, 1990
After describing deficiencies of psychometric tests in identifying disadvantaged gifted youth, this article presents a system of dynamic assessment and cognitive intervention. The program's theoretical rationale is based on systematic thinking and metacognitive skills. Objectives for program implementation are offered in terms of cognitive,…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted Disadvantaged