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Download full textSpicker, 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
Peer reviewedAamidor, Shirley; Spicker, Howard H. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1995
Addresses difficulties identifying gifted rural children who are economically disadvantaged and who do not exhibit traditional characteristics of gifted behavior. Suggests that individual assessment be both comprehensive and culturally specific, that curriculum interventions use the resources of rural communities, and that computer technology and…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Cultural Context, Distance Education, Educational Strategies
Spicker, Howard H.; Poling, S. Nancy – 1993
This manual was developed as part of a project to identify and serve the needs of gifted and talented economically disadvantaged elementary and secondary level populations. Section I presents a leader's manual for a workshop that discusses innovative procedures for identifying bright children in all cultures and populations. The workshop examines…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Cultural Background, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Spicker, Howard H.; Aamidor, Shirley – 1993
This report presents promising curricular practices for use with special populations of gifted students, such as students who are economically disadvantaged, have handicapping conditions, live in rural areas, or belong to a minority group. The report first presents a transition curriculum which enriches and extends the regular curriculum for…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Cultural Background, Disabilities, Economically Disadvantaged
Spicker, Howard H.; Aamidor, Shirley E. – 1996
This manual was developed as part of a project to identify and serve the needs of gifted and talented economically disadvantaged students (grades 3-8) from ethnically diverse populations. Section 1 presents a leader's manual for a workshop designed to help teachers understand that many gifted students are not being identified for program…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Cultural Background, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Education
Spicker, Howard H.; Aamidor, Shirley E. – 1996
This manual is an overview of the science curriculum intervention that occurred in a federally funded project to identify and serve the needs of gifted and talented economically disadvantaged students (grades 3-8) from minority populations. An introduction discusses the training in curriculum development and methodology, based on Bloom's Taxonomy…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods
Spicker, Howard H.; And Others – 1996
This report describes the strategies, accomplishments, and outcomes of a project designed to identify economically disadvantaged rural gifted children (grades 3-8) from African American, Hispanic, Native American, and Appalachian descended, rural Caucasian populations. Project objectives are outlined, along with evidence of their accomplishment.…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Creativity
