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Intellectually Gifted Rural-to-Urban Migrant Children's Attention
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Zhang, Hui; He, Yunfeng; Tao, Ting; Shi, Jian-Nong – High Ability Studies, 2016
The term "intellectually gifted rural-to-urban migrant children" refers to intellectually gifted children who are in migration from rural to urban areas. We compared performances on seven attention tasks among intellectually gifted (n = 26) and average (n = 30) rural-to-urban migrant and intellectually gifted urban children (n = 31). Our…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Rural to Urban Migration, Children, Attention
Alternatives to Traditional Testing: The Use of the Raven Advanced Progressive Matrices for the Selections of Magnet Junior High School Students.
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Baska, Leland – Roeper Review, 1986
The author reviews the use of the Raven Advanced Progressive Matrices (APM) as a general intelligence measure for selection of students to the Chicago public school magnet high school program. Advantages of the APM are cited, including its effectiveness in identifying gifted minority students. (CL)
Descriptors: Culture Fair Tests, Gifted, High Schools, Intelligence Tests
Identifying Academic Potential in Students from Under-Represented Populations: Is Using the Ravens Progressive Matrices a Good Idea?
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Mills, Carol J.; Tissot, Sherri L. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1995
The Raven's Progressive Matrices (RPM) and the Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices (APM) were evaluated as possible instruments for identifying academically talented students in minority populations. A significantly higher proportion of minority children scored well on the RPM than on a traditional measure. Issues and concerns about using the…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academically Gifted, Culture Fair Tests, Elementary Secondary Education