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Direct linkSarouphim, Ketty M. – Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, 2004
The purpose of this study was to examine the validity of the grades 6-8 version of DISCOVER, a performance-based assessment, and investigate its effectiveness in identifying gifted minority students. Questions examined the alignment between DISCOVER and Gardner's (1983) theory of multiple intelligences (MI) and assessed gender and ethnic…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Minority Groups, Talent Identification, Academically Gifted
Peer reviewedStrahan, David; And Others – Research in Middle Level Education Quarterly, 1996
Analyzed two sixth-grade teachers' efforts to improve their instruction. Subjects were 129 students. Theories of multiple intelligences were practiced in two essential ways, specifically, by encouraging students to understand the way they learn, and by generating a variety of instructional activities. Results showed that there were gains in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Improvement, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades
