Recognizing Superior Cognitive Abilities in Disadvantaged, Minority, and Other Diverse Populations.

Ehrlich, Virginia Z.

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ERIC Number: EJ348519

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1986

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Recognizing Superior Cognitive Abilities in Disadvantaged, Minority, and Other Diverse Populations.

Ehrlich, Virginia Z.

Journal of Children in Contemporary Society, v18 n3-4 p55-70 Spr-Sum 1986

The following issues in identification of the gifted and their recruitment into special programs are discussed: (1) characteristics of diverse populations that hinder identification; (2) recruitment procedures; (3) selection criteria; (4) quality of measures used for identification; and (5) training and skills of examiners. (PS)

Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academically Gifted, Examiners, Exceptional Persons, Gifted, Gifted Disabled, Gifted Disadvantaged, Parent Participation, Student Recruitment, Test Reliability, Young Children

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Language: English

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Note: Special Issue on Intellectual Giftedness in Young Children: Recognition and Development.