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Gifted Education

University of Northern Iowa

1978

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The Precision Of Teacher Judgments In The Identification Of Gifted Children, Ann Louise Neumann Jan 1978

The Precision Of Teacher Judgments In The Identification Of Gifted Children, Ann Louise Neumann

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The purpose of this study was to determine some of the factors leading to the variability of teacher judgments in the identification of intellectually gifted elementary school children.

Subjects: The study was conducted with 14 female teachers having a total of 317 students in their classes. The schools were located in a small urban center in an agricultural region of northeastern Iowa.

Procedure: Teachers were asked to rate the children in their classes as to whether they should be classified as intellectually gifted. The research criterion used was a percentile score of 98 or higher on the Comprehensive Test of …