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DISCOVER in Middle School: Identifying Gifted Minority Students
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Sarouphim, 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