Gifted+Low+SES+Annotated+Bibliography



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Borland, James H., Rachel Schnur, and Lisa Wright. (2000). "Economically Disadvantaged Students in a School for the Academically Gifted: A Postpositivist Inquiry into Individual and Family Adjustment." //Gifted child quarterly// 44 (13), 13-32.

This article is based off a study done at Teacher’s College through Columbia University. In this study, the teachers went into a low SES elementary school in New York and observe, interview, and recommend a group of students for gifted services. This study follows the students who received gifted services up to five years after they have left the elementary school to find out their success.

Callahan, M. Carolyn. (2005). Identifying gifted students from underrepresented populations. Theory into practice. 44(2), 98-104 Taylor & Francis, Ltd.

Callahan offers an overview of the problem with current identification tools and proposes ten specific solutions to overcome the inequalities in gifted programs through revisions in the identification process.

Davis, G.A., Rimm, S.B., & Siegle, D. (2011). //Education of the gifted and talented// (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Publishing, Inc.

This book offers research and insights on gifted education topics ranging from programming, identification, models, minority representation, and mentoring.

Frasier, M. M., Hunsaker, S. L., Lee, J., Finley, V. S., Garcia, J. H., Martin, D., et al. (1995). An exploratory study of the effectiveness of the Staff Development Model and the Research-based Assessment Plan in improving the identification of gifted economically disadvantaged students. Storrs, CT: National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented. Retrieved from []

Mary Frasier of UGA, along with other experts, describes a model of professional development designed to improve the identification of economically disadvantaged gifted students. The model reviews several identification tools and their effectiveness on representative identification.

Georgia Department of Education website. Retrieved from: []Instruction/Pages/Gifted-Education.aspx

This website gives the specific definition for gifted students in Georgia and touches on the resources and privileges gifted students receive.

Mathison, S. & Ross, E.W. (2008). Battleground: schools. Retrieved from http://books.google.com/books?id=7V83obZcnvkC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r& cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

This book offers insight into some of the most controversial topics in education today. The topics in this book are addressed in order to help teachers, parents, and students develop a better understanding for the conflicts that are present in education and why they occur.

National Association for Gifted Children. (2011). What is Giftedness? Retrieved from:http://www.nagc.org/index.aspx?id=574.

This article gives an example of the definition of gifted. They state that each state has a different definition, but touches on the overall definition of giftedness.

National Association for Gifted Children. (2011). Gifted by State. Retrieved from:[].

This website shows the different states and the different students who are identified as gifted from these states.

National Association for Gifted Children (2011). Teacher Training: What the Research Says. Retrieved From: []

This article gives specific facts about the teachers who identify students for gifted services based on figures and samples taken from random teachers all over the United States.

Savage, Scott. (2007) Low SES Parents and the Gifted Identification Process. Retrieved from: []

This article discusses the parents and their involvement or lack of involvement in the gifted identification process. It recognizes the insecurities, biases, and struggles that come with being a parent of a child with low SES as well as being a parent of a gifted child.

Slocumb, P.D., & Payne, R.K. (2000). Removing the mask: giftedness in poverty. Highlands, TX: aha! Process, Inc.

This book was written to educate professionals on the hardships and issues that arise with gifted students that are raised in low-socioeconomic households. This book addresses such issues as identification, struggles, and how to keep student from poverty enrolled in gifted services once they have been identified.

Sternberg, R.J (2007) Cultural dimensions of giftedness and talent. Roeper Review, 29, 160-165.

This article touches on the different definitions and characteristics for students who are gifted from different cultures.

VanTassel-Baska, Joyce. (2007). Alternative assessments with gifted and talented students. Waco, TX: Prufrock Press. Retrieved from http://www.nagc.org/uploadedFiles/Conventions_and_Seminars/Alternative%20Assessment%20Strategies.pdf

This presentation is a break-down of the book by the same author. It reviews traditional and non-traditional assessments for identifying all gifted students and highlights the ones that work best for ethnically diverse and disadvantaged students.

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