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Effects of School-Wide Talent Development on Gifted Program Identification Rates for Traditionally Underrepresented Minority and Low Socioeconomic Elementary School Students
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Thornbury, Elizabeth I. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The underrepresentation of minority and low socioeconomic students has been an issue in gifted education for many years. Barriers related to poverty, cultural differences, linguistic differences, and deficit orientation in school systems are just a few possible causes of underrepresentation. This study examined the effects of a talent development…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Gifted, Cultural Differences, Teacher Attitudes