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Plucker, 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
Gubbins, E. Jean; Siegle, Del; Ottone-Cross, Karen; McCoach, D. Betsy; Langley, Susan Dulong; Callahan, Carolyn M.; Brodersen, Annalissa V.; Caughey, Melanie – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2021
The importance of alignment between identification processes and program design is widely noted in gifted and talented education literature. We analyzed publicly available district gifted program plans (Grades 3-5) from two states to examine the extent to which district identification practices matched intervention strategies. Our team developed a…
Descriptors: Talent Identification, Academically Gifted, Gifted Education, Program Design
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Azano, Amy Price; Callahan, Carolyn M.; Brodersen, Annalissa V.; Caughey, Melanie – Global Education Review, 2017
There are both achievement and opportunity gaps for low-income students when compared to their economically advantaged peers; and, for rural students, these gaps may be even more pronounced. In this manuscript we draw from our ongoing work in a five-year federally-funded, Jacob K. Javits grant focusing on promoting gifted education in rural…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Rural Schools, Talent Identification, Place Based Education
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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
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. – 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
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Moon, 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
Callahan, Carolyn M.; Sowa, Claudia J.; May, Kathleen M.; Tomchin, Ellen Menaker; Plucker, Jonathan A.; Cunningham, Caroline M.; Taylor, Wesley – National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, 2004
This research monograph on the social and emotional development of gifted students' is divided into four parts. Part 1 of the report focuses on analysis of the literature. Parts 2-4 present results of seven qualitative and quantitative studies of adolescent development. In Part 2, Studies 1 and 2 expand Lazarus and Folkman's cognitive appraisal…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Academically Gifted, Females, Construct Validity