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Gifted And Talented Selection Criteria Of North Carolina: An Investigative Study, Jan Darice Johnson
Gifted And Talented Selection Criteria Of North Carolina: An Investigative Study, Jan Darice Johnson
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The purpose of this research study was to examine the correlation between the alternative gifted selection criteria (e.g., Pathways, Gateways, and Multiple Assessment Combinations) used in six counties in North Carolina for the placement of selected Non-White populations into the gifted and talented (GT) program, in order to identify whether alternative gifted selection criteria were correlated. A correlation design was used in this quantitative research study based on the examination of ex post facto data. The paradigm for this study was pragmatism, as developed by Dewey (1938; 1964), in which it is held that truth is tested by consequences and …