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Peer reviewedSinger, Elaine M.; And Others – Educational Research Quarterly, 1992
Twenty elementary school teachers and their principals in a school for the gifted generated a list of student characteristics associated with academic achievement. The Delphi technique was applied to obtain a consensus. Results are obtained in terms of use of the Delphi technique and the usefulness of teacher perceptions. (SLD)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Delphi Technique
Download full textWaxman, Barbara; Robinson, Nancy M.; Mukhopadhyay, Swapna – 1996
This book developed as an outgrowth of a two-year study of 300 children discovered during preschool or kindergarten to be advanced in their mathematical thinking. Among other findings, the study revealed that the children tended to remain advanced in math over the two-year period, that their spatial reasoning related more closely to their math…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academically Gifted, Clubs, Early Childhood Education
Alamprese, Judith A.; Erlanger, Wendy J. – 1989
General findings from an analysis of district-wide and school-level efforts to develop highly able, economically disadvantaged students' academic skills and creative talents in mathematics and science are described. Data were collected from 29 school districts or schools located throughout the United States. Telephone interviews were conducted…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Acceleration (Education), Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Practices
Mumford, Thelma – 1987
A program was designed to reduce the academic gap between aptitude and achievement of 150 gifted underachievers in grades 5-8 who had been removed from a Georgia-funded gifted program due to poor achievement test scores and were subsequently enrolled in the Atlanta Public School System's locally funded gifted program. The program also sought to…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Aptitude
VanTassel-Baska, Joyce; And Others – 1991
This study explored the nature and extent of programs and services available for culturally diverse and economically disadvantaged gifted learners. Data were gathered through a questionnaire survey of directors of gifted programs in 49 states and territories and a questionnaire survey of 51 local school districts that have active programs for…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Cultural Differences, Definitions, Delivery Systems
Cordova, Rose Mary; Phelps, L. Allen – 1981
A study examined the varied procedures and approaches utilized in identifying, assessing, and placing limited English proficiency (LEP) students in vocational education programs in Illinois high schools, area vocational centers, and community colleges. Utilized in the study were data from the following survey instruments: (1) a mail questionnaire…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Administrator Attitudes, Communication Skills, Community Colleges
