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Wise, Leslie R. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The demographic statistics for gifted programs in the United States (U.S.) reveal consistent underrepresentation for students from Cultural, Linguistic and Economically Diverse (CLED) subgroups. Despite the priority placed on addressing this imbalance through policy, funding and research, significant improvements have yet to be seen in the U.S.…
Descriptors: Gifted Education, Student Diversity, Disproportionate Representation, Minority Group Students
Marr, John P. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Professional development has been a focus of public education since World War II, yet, it was not until the passage of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act in 1994 that professional development became federally mandated. The infusion of educational technology at the start of Goals 2000 created a natural connection with professional development. In…
Descriptors: Rhetoric, War, Active Learning, Educational Technology
Li, Rui – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Experts have a remarkable capability of locating, perceptually organizing, identifying, and categorizing objects in images specific to their domains of expertise. Eliciting and representing their visual strategies and some aspects of domain knowledge will benefit a wide range of studies and applications. For example, image understanding may be…
Descriptors: Visual Perception, Graduate Medical Education, Photography, Cognitive Processes