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Matthews, Dona J.; Foster, Joanne F. – Great Potential Press, Inc., 2009
Written for both parents and educators who work with children of advanced abilities, the authors present practical strategies to identify and nurture exceptionally high ability in children. They promote the "mastery" (rather than the "mystery") model of gifted education, and challenge several common practices and assumptions. They offer ways to…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Children, Special Education, Models
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Turnbull, Barbara – Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation/La Revue canadienne d'evaluation de programme, 1998
A second-order factor analytic model of conceptual, instrumental, and symbolic use of evaluation information was developed and tested with 308 British Columbia school teachers. Results confirm a three-factor structure of conceptual, instrumental, and symbolic use. (SLD)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Utilization, Factor Structure