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Anies Al-Hroub – Cogent Education, 2023
The present theoretical article aims to conduct a critical analysis and elaborate on the influence of educational and learning capitals on the education of gifted students in Palestine. The article commences by providing a comprehensive examination of the educational system in Palestine, offering an overview of the current state of gifted…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gifted Education, Program Evaluation, Academically Gifted
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Koshy, Valsa; Smith, Carole Portman; Casey, Ronald – Gifted Child Today, 2018
This article presents and analyzes policies in identification and provisions in England with respect to gifted education. England has developed a national policy to provide services to identified students. Surveys and interviews with teachers illustrate how implementation of both identification and provision policy elements were handled. Although…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Program Implementation, Academically Gifted
Farkas, George – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2020
This brief examines California's Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS), which is a framework designed to identify and assist students performing below grade level. MTSS involves at least three tiers of support; Tier 2 includes personalized assistance. Unfortunately, Tier 2 services are not adequately resourced so it is not surprising that…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Intervention, Response to Intervention, Resource Allocation
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Climie, Emma; Henley, Laura – British Journal of Special Education, 2016
School-based practitioners are often called upon to provide assessment and recommendations for struggling students. These assessments often open doors to specialised services or interventions and provide opportunities for students to build competencies in areas of need. However, these assessments often fail to highlight the abilities of these…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Alternative Assessment, Relevance (Education), Models
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Dijkstra, Elma M.; Walraven, Amber; Mooij, Ton; Kirschner, Paul A. – Research Papers in Education, 2017
This paper reports on the findings in the first phase of a design-based research project as part of a large-scale intervention study in Dutch kindergartens. The project aims at enhancing differentiated instruction and evaluating its effects on children's development, in particular high-ability children. This study investigates relevant…
Descriptors: Intervention, Fidelity, Performance Factors, Individualized Instruction
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Mueller-Oppliger, Victor – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2014
With its strong federalism and direct democracy, as well as the high level of autonomy of its cantons, Switzerland does not have mandatory national policies and regulations on gifted education. Responsibility for the promotion of high-end learners is in the hands of the cantonal boards of education, and depends largely on their current…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gifted, Program Implementation, Barriers
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Kupzyk, Sara; Daly, Edward J., III; Ihlo, Tanya; Young, Nicholas D. – Psychology in the Schools, 2012
Response to Intervention provides a continuum of instruction across intensity levels through multitiered intervention models. A lot of work to date has been devoted to how to configure tiers to ensure the appropriate increases in intensity. Much less work has been devoted to making adjustments "within" tiers to attempt to forestall the need for…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Response to Intervention, Program Implementation, Fidelity
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Donnelly, John E. – College and University, 2010
Early alert strategies are an increasingly common way to address students' ongoing needs for greater academic and social engagement by enabling a positive campus environment and appropriate academic support; Kuh et al. find these to be necessary engagement conditions. Young and Fry show the benefits of student metacognition, or awareness of…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Underachievement, Ability Identification, Intervention
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Escobedo, Pedro Sanchez – Gifted and Talented International, 2008
Instruments, procedures, and criteria for the screening of Mayan students in Yucatan, Mexico are depicted and evaluated by analyzing the results of their use on 242 students in five different regions of Yucatan. These 242, 8th grade students were selected from a pool of 1,530 potentially gifted students. Participants responded to a variety of…
Descriptors: Maya (People), Standardized Tests, Foreign Countries, Academically Gifted
Fuller, Janet – 1981
There are many advantages and disadvantages of ability tests for sex-fairness. Several types of assessment criteria for sex-fair ability grouping could be used in fitness-related activities in the curriculum. Health-related physical fitness tests, designed to measure an individual's health fitness and provide for individual improvement, are not…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Ability Identification, Athletics, Coeducation
Grisafe, John P. – 1979
This handbook contains suggested guidelines for planning and implementing an occupational assessment program and an overview of fifty-one occupational assessment instruments. The guidelines cover these topics: instrument selection and use, administration, scoring, and interpretation. Each of these reviews of occupational interest and ability…
Descriptors: Ability, Ability Identification, Adult Education, Aptitude Tests
Feldstein, Michael A.; Baenen, Nancy – 1991
EXCEL is an enrichment program for highly able students in grades K-2, designed to provide a nontraditional method of identifying young gifted and talented students, especially economically disadvantaged students, as well as to increase the ability of classroom teachers and parents to develop the potential of these students. EXCEL utilizes a…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Consultation Programs, Enrichment Activities, Gifted
Spicker, Howard H. – 1993
This report describes the strategies, accomplishments, and outcomes of a project designed to identify intermediate level disadvantaged rural gifted children and develop curriculum practices appropriate for their use. Project objectives are outlined, along with evidence of their accomplishment. Findings of the project include: (1) the…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Curriculum Development, Gifted Disadvantaged, Intermediate Grades
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Sternberg, Robert J.; Grigorenko, Elena L. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2002
This article begins by presenting the theory of successful intelligences and data in support of it, then shows how to implement the model in schools and presents data in support of its success in school implementation, and finally relates the theory of successful intelligence to other models of gifted education. (Contains references.) (CR)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Creative Thinking, Educational Strategies, Educational Theories
Delisle, Jim; Lewis, Barbara A. – 2002
This guide is intended for teachers and administrators of programs for gifted students. Following an introductory chapter, six chapters present six survival strategies (sample subtopics in parentheses): (1) set a solid foundation for your program (stating your mission and philosophy, conducting a needs assessment); (2) cast a wide net to identify…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility
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