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Canny, Angela; Hamilton, Miriam – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2018
This article explores how a formal state examination system operates as a tool which enables the cultural reproduction of the middle classes in an increasingly market-driven education system in Ireland. It is based on a study of a group of final-year girls approaching the high-stakes terminal Leaving Certificate examination. The success of this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Advantaged, Middle Class Culture, Exit Examinations
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Alexander, Patricia; Muia, Joseph A. – Reading Horizons, 1980
Presents an observational checklist for determining giftedness, based on ten categories of behavior; suggests a model for identification of dominant cultural and subdominant cultural gifted that emphasizes positive performance criteria. (MKM)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Behavior Rating Scales, Check Lists, Classroom Observation Techniques