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Direct linkPlucker, Jonathan A.; Callahan, Carolyn M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2021
There is substantial evidence on the effectiveness of many forms of advanced education, especially various approaches to acceleration, ability grouping, and curricular innovations such as structured curriculum and enrichment. Nonetheless, additional research on the ways in which advanced education impacts the learning and lives of students across…
Descriptors: Talent Development, Academically Gifted, Gifted Education, Program Effectiveness
Siegle, Del; Gubbins, E. Jean; O'Rourke, Patricia; Langley, Susan Dulong; Mun, Rachel U.; Luria, Sarah R.; Little, Catherine A.; McCoach, D. Betsy; Knupp, Tawnya; Callahan, Carolyn M.; Plucker, Jonathan A. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2016
Gifted students' learning gains result from complex, advanced, and meaningful content provided by a knowledgeable teacher through high-quality curriculum and instruction at an appropriate pace with scaffolding and feedback. These elements exert influence that increases with dosage and within structures that facilitate student engagement in…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Disproportionate Representation, Minority Groups, Social Bias
Download full textSiegle, Del; Gubbins, E. Jean; O'Rourke, Patricia; Langley, Susan Dulong; Mun, Rachel U.; Luria, Sarah R.; Little, Catherine A.; McCoach, D. Betsy; Knupp, Tawnya; Callahan, Carolyn M.; Plucker, Jonathan A. – Grantee Submission, 2016
Gifted students' learning gains result from complex, advanced, and meaningful content provided by a knowledgeable teacher through high-quality curriculum and instruction at an appropriate pace with scaffolding and feedback. These elements exert influence that increases with dosage and within structures that facilitate student engagement in…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Disproportionate Representation, Minority Groups, Social Bias
Callahan, Carolyn M. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2009
The evolution of several interrelated myths reflects a combination of misinterpretation of statistics, the commendable intention of ensuring that bias and prejudice do not play roles in the provision of services to underrepresented populations of gifted students, and misapplication of programming options for gifted students. Separately, these…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Academically Gifted, Low Income Groups, Disproportionate Representation
Peer reviewedReis, Sally M.; Callahan, Carolyn M. – Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, 1996
This article discusses current research concerning issues in adolescent female talent development: grades in school, females' beliefs about ability, the effects of stereotyping, test score differences, career choice, and parental influences. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Career Choice, Females
Peer reviewedMoon, Tonya R.; Callahan, Carolyn M. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2001
A study investigated the efficacy of specific interventions (mentoring, parental involvement, and multicultural curricula) on academic achievement of 273 elementary students from low-socioeconomic environments. The interventions had no statistically significant effect on student achievement in any grade. However, by the end of the program,…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Disadvantaged Youth
Moon, Tonya R.; Brighton, Catherine M.; Callahan, Carolyn M. – 2002
Since the minimum competency movement of the 1970s, the importance placed on standardized tests has increased significantly. The intent of this study was to investigate the effects of state testing programs on the instructional practices of elementary school teachers and the effects of such practices on their gifted students' attitudes toward…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Educational Practices, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
