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Matthew, Janice L.; And Others – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 1992
Use of the System of Multicultural Pluralistic Assessment (SOMPA) with minority disadvantaged children in an urban school district resulted in increased numbers of African-American students (grades two through five) being eligible for gifted programing. Comparison with African-American students selected by traditional means found similar levels of…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Black Students, Cognitive Development, Cultural Differences
Buchanan, Nina K.; And Others – 1993
The Center for Gifted and Talented Native Hawaiian Children has been developing identification methods congruent with Hawaiian values and traditional talent areas and has increased the number of native Hawaiian students identified and provided with enrichment services. This report describes efforts to combine self-report data and performance-based…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Classroom Observation Techniques, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences
McFarland, Valere – 1998
This paper presents the findings of a study that investigated whether members of culturally diverse populations could be more adequately represented in elementary gifted and talented programs through the use of a non-traditional assessment method. Teachers nominated students for gifted programs from multiple assessments and observations. The…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Ability, Alternative Assessment, Cultural Awareness

Plucker, Jonathan A.; And Others – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1996
This study evaluated the reliability and validity of a battery of instruments based on Multiple Intelligences theory, including teacher checklists and performance-based assessment activities developed for the identification of talent in culturally diverse and/or low-income kindergarten and first-grade students. Acceptable reliability but…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Alternative Assessment, Check Lists, Cultural Differences
Cowan, Ruth S. – 1992
This practicum report describes an identification prototype used by a large metropolitan school district (Gwinnet County, Georgia) to identify giftedness in black and limited English speaking students. Underrepresentation of these groups in gifted programs is seen to result from: teacher reluctance to refer students from the target populations;…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Black Students, Cultural Differences, Elementary School Students