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While the advocacy of differentiation as best pedagogical practices for instruction of gifted students can be found in scholarly literature, minimal research attention has been given to high-ability students' perceptions about their lived classroom experiences. Lack of challenging and accelerated content for identified gifted students can lead to boredom, negative self-perception, and disengagement from school. Gifted adolescent females, who are less likely to address barriers to realizing their potential can especially suffer or thrive depending on curriculum. The purpose of this qualitative study is to describe identified female gifted university students' perceptions of pre-collegiate and collegiate differentiation of curriculum and instruction to find the essence of their lived experiences. This phenomenological research study shares the stories of ten gifted women in U.S. higher education. Data collection included in-depth interviews with gifted women within five years of high school graduation. Three themes emerged from data analysis: differentiation, agency, and self-perception. As supported in previous literature, the women in this study reported a lack of differentiation in secondary school. In higher education, the participants described some differentiation in terms of course content, process, product, and setting. A second finding was the level of agency in which all the women engaged to control their own educational experiences. Through participation in multiple, concurrent extracurricular activities, these gifted women supplemented their formal academic classes by independently regulating their learning. A third finding relating to self-perception revealed that nine of the ten participants in this study did not fully understand the manifestations of their own giftedness, while some experienced imposter syndrome. Implications for secondary educators point to a need for more systematic differentiation made to curriculum, instruction, and assessment for gifted students. Implications for higher education suggest broadening the concept of differentiation to enable students to design their own interdisciplinary majors. Another implication for students, parents, and educators is that gifted students need explicit training in the nature, development, types, and needs of gifted individuals. The women in this study expressed interest in learning about giftedness; the clear implication is that gifted students should be taught about giftedness in secondary and/or higher education. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
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This hermeneutic phenomenological research study addressed the persistent problem of practice of underrepresentation of economically disadvantaged students in gifted education by exploring the beliefs, experiences, and practices of families with economic disadvantages pertaining to giftedness and family involvement in education. Data was gathered from six participants with economic disadvantages and a gifted child through two interviews and analyzed using the hermeneutic circle to uncover patterns and themes. Themes emerged around each of the three research questions including themes for beliefs and experiences pertaining to giftedness: resiliency, creativity, overexcitability, divergent thinking, twice-exceptionality, intelligence, asynchronous development, and negative behaviors. Findings also point to involvement in education on all of Epstein's Six Types of Involvement with common supports and barriers among participants. The findings were analyzed through the lenses of Funds of Knowledge, underrepresentation of children with economic disadvantages in gifted education, and Epstein's Six Types of Involvement. The results of this study provide implications for policy and practice that could impact underrepresentation. School districts need to review their identification policies and ensure that they have plans in place that would increase identification for students with economic disadvantage. Schools and teachers could be including parents in referrals processes and improve communication about gifted identification and services. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
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This research study examined the parent perceptions of and relationships among intellectual potential, academic achievement, and the order of identification of exceptionality for twice-exceptional students. Twice-exceptional students exhibit both giftedness and a learning disability or difference. Consistently and equitably identifying and serving twice-exceptional students is a persistent problem of practice in the field of education (Artiles et al., 2010; Gentry et al., 2019; List & Dykeman, 2019; Moon & Reis, 2004; Webb et al., 2019). This study was supported by a community partner, a private educational testing and advocacy agency in a Western state.This mixed methods study utilized a two-phase research design. The quantitative phase consisted of data analysis of assessment records of twice exceptional students. These data were collected by the community partner and de-identified and shared with the researcher. Quantitative data were analyzed with descriptive statistics and Welch t-tests. For the qualitative phase, participants were recruited through the community partner. Participants engaged in two hour-long interviews to share their perceptions of the experiences of their twice-exceptional child. Qualitative data were analyzed and presented in a narrative format to explore patterns and themes. Data were interpreted through the lens of identity formation, and the conceptual frames of intersectionality, stereotype threat, and self-concept. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
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