Gifted students

FC Worrell, RF Subotnik… - Annual review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Gifted students are individuals who are recognized for performance that is superior to that of
their peers. Although giftedness is typically associated with schooling, gifted individuals exist …

The challenges of achieving equity within public school gifted and talented programs

SJ Peters - Gifted Child Quarterly, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
K–12 gifted and talented programs have struggled with racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, native
language, and disability inequity since their inception. This inequity has been well …

The Covid-19 epidemic: teachers' responses to school closure in developing countries

ZN Khlaif, S Salha, S Affouneh, H Rashed… - Technology …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
There is little research which explores middle school teachers' response to school closures
in developing countries in times of crisis. This article presents a case study of Afghanistan …

Counselling as a tool for overcoming barriers in stem education among underrepresented groups

NM Al Hamad, OE Adewusi, CC Unachukwu… - Engineering Science & …, 2024 - fepbl.com
This research explores the pivotal role of counselling in overcoming barriers faced by
underrepresented groups in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) …

Who gets served in gifted education? Demographic representation and a call for action

SJ Peters, M Gentry, GW Whiting… - Gifted Child …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
The disproportional representation of students from various demographic subgroups within
identified gifted and talented populations has long frustrated policy makers, education …

Effect of local norms on racial and ethnic representation in gifted education

SJ Peters, K Rambo-Hernandez, MC Makel… - Aera …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Educators have sought to understand and address the disproportional representation of
students from certain student subgroups in gifted education. Most gifted identification …

Closing poverty-based excellence gaps: Conceptual, measurement, and educational issues

JA Plucker, SJ Peters - Gifted Child Quarterly, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
The number of economically vulnerable students in the United States is large and growing.
In this article, we examine income-based excellence gaps and describe recent controversies …

STEM excellence and leadership program: Increasing the level of STEM challenge and engagement for high-achieving students in economically disadvantaged rural …

LM Ihrig, E Lane, D Mahatmya… - Journal for the …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
High-achieving students in economically disadvantaged, rural schools lack access to
advanced coursework necessary to pursue science, technology, engineering, and …

A call to reframe gifted education as maximizing learning

DD Dixson, SJ Peters, MC Makel, JL Jolly… - Phi Delta …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Schools exist to educate, yet the emphasis on age-based, grade-level standards fails to
account for the wide range of academic readiness that exists in every classroom. Special …

A content analysis of selected state plans for gifted and talented education

K Lockhart, MS Meyer… - Journal of Advanced …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Programs for gifted and talented education should be guided by research-based practices,
but states' policies vary in their recommendations for programming, and in how they hold …