Title
Alternative assessments with gifted and talented students
Abstract
Alternative Assessments with Gifted and Talented Students provides a concise and thorough introduction to methods for identifying and assessing the learning of gifted students in the school setting. Including overviews of assessment tools and alternative methods of assessment, as well as pertinent discussions concerning the need to identify gifted and talented students, this book combines research and experience from leading scholars in the field of gifted education in a convenient guide for teachers, administrators, and gifted education program directors. Topics covered include the need for nonverbal testing with traditionally unidentified students; the identification of students from minority populations; the value of using traditional assessments with students; the role of creativity tools as a measure of giftedness; and the use of portfolios, products, and performance-based assessment to document learning and modify instruction accordingly; among others. This guide to assessing and identifying gifted students is for anyone serving and working with this population. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
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Publisher
Prufrock Press Inc.
Loc. in Archive
622120469; 2008-01727-000
Extra
Publication Title: Alternative assessments with gifted and talented students
abstractTranslation: Evaluaciones Alternativas con Estudiantes Superdotados y Talentosos proporciona una introducción concisa y completa a los métodos para identificar y evaluar el aprendizaje de los estudiantes superdotados en el entorno escolar. Incluyendo resúmenes de las herramientas de evaluación y los métodos alternativos de evaluación, así como discusiones pertinentes sobre la necesidad de identificar a los estudiantes superdotados y talentosos, este libro combina la investigación y la experiencia de los principales académicos en el campo de la educación de los superdotados en una guía conveniente para maestros, administradores y directores de programas de educación para superdotados. Los temas tratados incluyen la necesidad de realizar pruebas no verbales con estudiantes tradicionalmente no identificados; la identificación de los estudiantes de poblaciones minoritarias; el valor de utilizar las evaluaciones tradicionales con los estudiantes; el papel de las herramientas de creatividad como medida de la superdotación; y el uso de portafolios, productos y evaluaciones basadas en el desempeño para documentar el aprendizaje y modificar la instrucción en consecuencia; entre otros. Esta guía para evaluar e identificar a los estudiantes superdotados es para cualquier persona que atienda y trabaje con esta población. (Registro de la base de datos PsycInfo (c) 2024 APA, todos los derechos reservados) (Fuente: portada)
Notas
PubXState - TX
Fecha de revisión - 20080414
Última actualización - 2024-11-26
TOCDataText - List of tables; List of figures; Acknowledgements; An overview of alternative assessment measures for gifted learners and the issues that surround their use / Joyce VanTassel-Baska / 1-15; Nontraditional strategies for identifying nontraditional gifted and talented students / Bruce A. Bracken / 17-40; Nonverbal test scores as one component of an identification system: Integrating ability, achievement, and teacher ratings / David F. Lohman and Joni Lakin / 41-66; Traditional IQ: 100 years of misconception and its relationship to minority representation in gifted programs / Jack A. Naglieri / 67-88; Using off-level testing and assessment for gifted and talented students / Paula Olszewski-Kubilius and Marilynn J. Kulieke / 89-106; Intelligence testing and cultural diversity: The need for alternative instruments, policies, and procedures / Donna Y. Ford / 107-128; Identifying low-income and minority students for gifted programs: Academic and affective impact of performance-based assessment / Annie Xuemei Feng and Joyce VanTassel-Baska / 129-146; The Rainbow Project: Using a psychological theory of giftedness to improve the identification of gifted children / Robert J. Sternberg / 147-156; The value of traditional assessments as approaches to identifying academically gifted students / Nancy M. Robinson / 157-174; Nontraditional applications of traditional testing / Sylvia Rimm, Barbara Gilman, and Linda Silverman / 175-202; The role of creativity tools and measures in assessing potential and growth / Bonnie Cramond and Kyung Hee Kim / 203-225; Portfolio assessment of gifted students / Susan K. Johnsen / 227-257; Product assessment / Joseph S. Renzulli and Carolyn M. Callahan / 259-283; Using performance-based assessment to document authentic learning / Joyce VanTassel-Baska / 285-308; Epilogue: What do we know about identifying and assessing the learning of gifted students? / Joyce VanTassel-Baska / 309-319; Appendix: Alternative assessment tools for gifted learners; About the editor; About the authors
Citación
Alternative assessments with gifted and talented students. (2008). Prufrock Press Inc. APA PsycInfo® (622120469; 2008-01727-000). https://www.proquest.com/books/alternative-assessments-with-gifted-talented/docview/622120469/se-2?accountid=15299