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Ethnic And Gender Differences In Identifying Gifted Students: A Multi-Cultural Analysis, Ketty M. Sarouphim, C. June Maker
Ethnic And Gender Differences In Identifying Gifted Students: A Multi-Cultural Analysis, Ketty M. Sarouphim, C. June Maker
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The purpose of this study was to examine ethnic and gender differences in using DISCOVER, a performance-based assessment, for identifying gifted students. The sample consisted of 941 students from grades K-5 belonging to six ethnicities: White Americans, African-Americans, Hispanics, Native-Americans, South Pacific/Pacific Islanders, and Arabs. The 5 X 6 MANOVA (activity x ethnicity) yielded a significant interaction, but no main effect for either activity or ethnicity was found. Plots of the interaction showed that South Pacific/Pacific Islanders scored highest on Oral Linguistic whereas White Americans scored highest in Math and Native Americans scored highest in Spatial Artistic activity. No gender …