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Peer reviewedFrasier, Mary M. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 1991
This paper reviews research findings and research needs in the area of identification of gifted students from disadvantaged and culturally diverse groups. The Frasier Talent Assessment Profile system is presented as a way to utilize data from test and nontest sources to identify these children. (JDD)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Download full textMyford, Carol; And Others – 1993
The Educational Testing Service is developing a new generation of teacher assessments--the Praxis Series: Professional Assessments for Beginning Teachers. The assessment series consists of three components. An academic skills component will assess the candidate's basic academic and enabling skills. Subject assessments will test the candidate's…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Differences, Data Collection
Collier, Catherine – 1988
Rural teachers are confronted with the task of providing appropriate education to exceptional students, as well as addressing the added elements of language and culture issues as these pertain to handicapping conditions. Key points in the identification and instruction of these students are initial referral, early intervention, and appropriate…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism
More, Arthur J. – 1993
Learning styles are the mental processes and instructional settings a student uses most effectively while learning. Five dimensions of learning style related to cognitive processes are global-analytic, verbal-imaginal, concrete-abstract, trial and error plus feedback versus reflective, and modality (preferred sense for input). In addition, there…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Canada Natives, Cognitive Style, Cultural Differences
Walker, Sylvia; And Others – 1996
This study reviewed the literature on and conducted three national surveys concerning delivery of services to people with disabilities from minority backgrounds. The Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 are reviewed, with a focus on initiatives to serve persons with disabilities from diverse backgrounds. A review of…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Cultural Differences, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Peer reviewedDunn, Rita; And Others – Emergency Librarian, 1994
Presents a 21-item questionnaire that teachers can use to discover their personal beliefs and biases about how individuals in different cultural, gender, racial, and religious groups learn best. Answers for each question are discussed, and brief descriptions of two research projects testing the impact of teaching to various learning styles are…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Beliefs, Bias, Change Strategies
Creamier-Wilhelm, Billie Lois; Karr-Kidwell, PJ – 1995
This paper first explores the problem of increased cultural diversity in public education and then offers suggestions and guidelines for educators in the creation of an anti-biased classroom and curriculum. Case studies of two Hispanic students illustrate the role of acculturation and the middle school classroom setting and curriculum on academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acculturation, Case Studies, Cultural Awareness
