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34 - Identifying and Serving Gifted and Talented Students

from Part VII - Special Populations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2020

By
Paula Olszewski-Kubilius ,
Frank C. Worrell  and
Rena F. Subotnik
Edited by
Frank C. Worrell ,
Tammy L. Hughes  and
Dante D. Dixson
Frank C. Worrell
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley
Tammy L. Hughes
Affiliation:
Duquesne University, Pittsburgh
Dante D. Dixson
Affiliation:
Michigan State University
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In this chapter, we address identifying and serving students with academic potential and promise. We briefly review the literature on racial and socioeconomic gaps at the highest levels of achievement (i.e. excellence gaps) and how schooling does little to close them. We then present a framework for talent development that moves gifted education from a singular focus on the identification of children already displaying high levels of accomplishment to a greater focus on providing services that develop potential talent in the form of increased opportunities to learn. We review promising identification practices and program models that serve a broader range of gifted learners.

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The Cambridge Handbook of Applied School Psychology , pp. 598 - 612
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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