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Peer reviewedHunsaker, Scott L. – Exceptional Children, 1994
A survey of 39 school districts serving large numbers of culturally diverse students found that many districts listed gifted students from ethnic/linguistic minorities or economically disadvantaged as important underserved populations. Alternative identification procedures were primarily intended to expand the assessment basis, and factors…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Cultural Differences, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Practices
Peer reviewedHunsaker, Scott L.; And Others – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1997
A study evaluated the relationship of teacher nomination instruments to later performance of 121 students from low-income backgrounds in a gifted program. Results indicate nominations based on thinking abilities, general gifted behaviors, and special learning skills were related to later performance on creativity, group skills, and language…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Download full textHunsaker, Scott L.; And Others – 1995
This study compared the gifted program performance of 121 economically disadvantaged students identified by using the Research-Based Assessment Plan (RAP) and 166 students who were not economically disadvantaged identified through traditional identification methods. The study also compared the RAP-identified students' attitudes toward school to…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Frasier, Mary M.; Hunsaker, Scott L.; Lee, Jongyeun; Finley, Vernon S.; Garcia, Jaime H.; Martin, Darlene; Frank, Elaine – 1995
This monograph discusses a project involving 246 teachers that investigated a Staff Development Model (SDM) and a Research-Based Assessment Plan (RAP) for their potential to improve the identification and education of gifted students from economically disadvantaged families, some of whom have limited proficiency in the English language. The…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Gifted Disadvantaged
Hunsaker, Scott L.; And Others – 1995
This review of the literature looks at family influences on the achievement of economically disadvantaged youth, with an emphasis on relationships among families, academic achievement, and gifted education. Theoretical perspectives on the study of families have focused primarily on families as static systems and families as dynamic systems and,…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences
Hunsaker, Scott L.; And Others – 1991
Information was solicited through mass mailings to school districts concerning their definitions of gifted and talented, the instruments they use to identify gifted and talented students, and the underserved populations they seek to serve. This report is based on information from 542 files, representing approximately 10% of the mass mailing.…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Creativity
