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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
Western Regional Conference on Testing Problems (7th, Los Angeles, California, March 14, 1958). Testing for the Discovery and Development of Human Talent.
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Educational Testing Service, Los Angeles, CA. – 1958
At the seventh Western Regional Conference on Testing Problems, the following speeches were given: (1) "A Guidance Person's Approach to Testing for the Discovery and Development of Human Talent" by Frances D. McGill; (2) "The Instructional Uses of Measurement in the Discovery and Development of Human Talent" by Roy P. Wahle; (3) "New Frontiers of…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Ability, Aptitude Tests, Conference Reports
Multidimensional Assessment of the Gifted Minority Student.
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Hadaway, Nancy; Marek-Schroer, Marilyn F. – Roeper Review, 1992
This article highlights problems inherent in traditional screening measures for giftedness and suggests the student portfolio as a promising alternative for the identification of gifted children, especially those from special populations. Examples of items to be included in portfolios include writing samples, journals, artwork, projects, class…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Assessment and Identification of African-American Learners with Gifts and Talents.
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Patton, James M. – Exceptional Children, 1992
This article presents a schema designed to guide the development of theory, methodology, and research related to the psychoeducational assessment of African-American learners with gifts and talents. The relationships among African-American worldviews, needed psychoeducational assessment theory and methodology, and desirable assessment and…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Black Students, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education
Equitable Identification of Students with Gifted Potential.
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Richert, E. Susanne – 1992
This monograph is organized in three main sections addressing problems, promising practices, and equitable procedures low cost in the identification of students with gifted potential. The first section considers problems in identification. These include: (1) elitist and distorted definitions of giftedness, (2) confusion about purposes of…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Access to Education, Definitions, Educational Practices
Use of SOMPA in Identification of Gifted African-American Children.
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Matthew, Janice L.; And Others – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 1992
Use of the System of Multicultural Pluralistic Assessment (SOMPA) with minority disadvantaged children in an urban school district resulted in increased numbers of African-American students (grades two through five) being eligible for gifted programing. Comparison with African-American students selected by traditional means found similar levels of…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Black Students, Cognitive Development, Cultural Differences