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Myth 3: A Family of Identification Myths--Your Sample Must Be the Same as the Population. There Is a "Silver Bullet" in Identification. There Must Be "Winners" and "Losers" in Identification and Programming
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Callahan, Carolyn M. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2009
The evolution of several interrelated myths reflects a combination of misinterpretation of statistics, the commendable intention of ensuring that bias and prejudice do not play roles in the provision of services to underrepresented populations of gifted students, and misapplication of programming options for gifted students. Separately, these…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Academically Gifted, Low Income Groups, Disproportionate Representation
Interview with Dr. A. Harry Passow.
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Kirschenbaum, Robert J. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1998
In this interview with Dr. A. Harry Passow conducted in April 1991, he addresses the development of the Talented Youth Project, the need for both equity and excellence in education, ability grouping, and the need to train regular education teachers to create quality education programs for all students. (CR)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality, Enrichment Activities