GIFTED PRAXIS CORE EXAM SET 2026/2027 QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Content mastery model of curriculum - ✔✔The curriculum is determined in advance,
and the goal is to have gifted students progress through that curriculum at their own
accelerated pace. With the content mastery model, students are often pre-tested on a
particular unit of study to determine what they already know. The information that the
student has already mastered is usually eliminated from the unit, and the student is left
to pursue the topics that he or she does not fully understand.
✔✔Munich Model of Giftedness - ✔✔The model is based on four interdependent
multifactorial dimensions: talent factors (relatively independent), resulting performance
areas, personality factors, and environmental factors; the latter two moderating the
transition from talent (gifts) to performance.
✔✔Actiotope Model of Giftedness - ✔✔Ziegler considers giftedness as a characteristic
which changes over time within a environmental context and is the result of various
interactions between the individual and the environment. This model is named for this
concept. (ACTIONS)
✔✔Neag center for gifted education and talent development - ✔✔Under Renzulli's
guidance, the Neag Center evolved into one of the leading centers in gifted education
and talent development in the world.
✔✔Integrated Curriculum Model (ICM) - ✔✔includes accelerated and advanced content,
thematic units, and complex issues and concepts; one of the most extensively
researched curriculum models in gifted education. Over 40 curriculum units have been
developed and consist of accelerated and abstract concepts, direct study of higher-
order thinking processes, interdisciplinary themes, and student research (Joyce
VanTassel-Baska)
✔✔Bloom-Banks Matrix - ✔✔combines Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives
and the Bank's Model to create a multicultural gifted education model that reflects the
goals, objectives and perspectives of differentiation that encompasses gifted and
multicultural education
✔✔Hoagies' Gifted Education - ✔✔A website that supports parents, teachers and
students of Gifted with over 1500 pages of documents and activites.
✔✔Title IX of Education Act of 1972 - ✔✔Prohibited gender discrimination in federally
subsidized education programs
✔✔Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - ✔✔Forbids discrimination on the basis of
sex, race, color, religion, or national origin in all areas of the employment relationship
(MLL/ELL learners)
, ✔✔Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - ✔✔Civil rights given to individuals
with disabilities- focused on stopping discrimination in education, employment, or any
other community setting. Required compliance for federal funds.
✔✔No Child Left Behind Act (2001) - ✔✔States must adopt education accountability
standards
States must annually test students
Sanctions against schools that fail to meet adequate yearly progress
✔✔Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) 2015 - ✔✔1. Assessment and Accountability
Systems;
States must develop a system that includes performance goals, measures student
performance, indicators of school quality (climate and safety or engagement)
2. School improvement and support:
States must offer support to schools in need of improvement
3. Improving school climate, safety, and access to high quality comprehensive learning
supports (MTSS)
✔✔characteristics of early giftedness - ✔✔Unusual alertness in infancy.
Less need for sleep in infancy.
Long attention span.
High activity level.
Smiling or recognizing caretakers early.
Intense reactions to noise, pain, frustration.
Advanced progression through the developmental milestones.
Extraordinary memory.
✔✔characteristics of gifted children - ✔✔Ability to comprehend material several grade
levels above their age peers
Surprising emotional depth and sensitivity at a young age
Strong sense of curiosity
Enthusiastic about unique interests and topics
Quirky or mature sense of humor
Creative problem solving and imaginative expression
Absorbs information quickly with few repetitions needed
Self-aware, socially aware, and aware of global issues
✔✔characteristics of profoundly gifted children - ✔✔Ability to see things from a variety
of perspectives.
Advanced language skills.
Critical of self and others.
Early and rapid learning.
Intellectual curiosity.
Overexcitability.
Perfectionism.
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Content mastery model of curriculum - ✔✔The curriculum is determined in advance,
and the goal is to have gifted students progress through that curriculum at their own
accelerated pace. With the content mastery model, students are often pre-tested on a
particular unit of study to determine what they already know. The information that the
student has already mastered is usually eliminated from the unit, and the student is left
to pursue the topics that he or she does not fully understand.
✔✔Munich Model of Giftedness - ✔✔The model is based on four interdependent
multifactorial dimensions: talent factors (relatively independent), resulting performance
areas, personality factors, and environmental factors; the latter two moderating the
transition from talent (gifts) to performance.
✔✔Actiotope Model of Giftedness - ✔✔Ziegler considers giftedness as a characteristic
which changes over time within a environmental context and is the result of various
interactions between the individual and the environment. This model is named for this
concept. (ACTIONS)
✔✔Neag center for gifted education and talent development - ✔✔Under Renzulli's
guidance, the Neag Center evolved into one of the leading centers in gifted education
and talent development in the world.
✔✔Integrated Curriculum Model (ICM) - ✔✔includes accelerated and advanced content,
thematic units, and complex issues and concepts; one of the most extensively
researched curriculum models in gifted education. Over 40 curriculum units have been
developed and consist of accelerated and abstract concepts, direct study of higher-
order thinking processes, interdisciplinary themes, and student research (Joyce
VanTassel-Baska)
✔✔Bloom-Banks Matrix - ✔✔combines Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives
and the Bank's Model to create a multicultural gifted education model that reflects the
goals, objectives and perspectives of differentiation that encompasses gifted and
multicultural education
✔✔Hoagies' Gifted Education - ✔✔A website that supports parents, teachers and
students of Gifted with over 1500 pages of documents and activites.
✔✔Title IX of Education Act of 1972 - ✔✔Prohibited gender discrimination in federally
subsidized education programs
✔✔Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - ✔✔Forbids discrimination on the basis of
sex, race, color, religion, or national origin in all areas of the employment relationship
(MLL/ELL learners)
, ✔✔Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - ✔✔Civil rights given to individuals
with disabilities- focused on stopping discrimination in education, employment, or any
other community setting. Required compliance for federal funds.
✔✔No Child Left Behind Act (2001) - ✔✔States must adopt education accountability
standards
States must annually test students
Sanctions against schools that fail to meet adequate yearly progress
✔✔Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) 2015 - ✔✔1. Assessment and Accountability
Systems;
States must develop a system that includes performance goals, measures student
performance, indicators of school quality (climate and safety or engagement)
2. School improvement and support:
States must offer support to schools in need of improvement
3. Improving school climate, safety, and access to high quality comprehensive learning
supports (MTSS)
✔✔characteristics of early giftedness - ✔✔Unusual alertness in infancy.
Less need for sleep in infancy.
Long attention span.
High activity level.
Smiling or recognizing caretakers early.
Intense reactions to noise, pain, frustration.
Advanced progression through the developmental milestones.
Extraordinary memory.
✔✔characteristics of gifted children - ✔✔Ability to comprehend material several grade
levels above their age peers
Surprising emotional depth and sensitivity at a young age
Strong sense of curiosity
Enthusiastic about unique interests and topics
Quirky or mature sense of humor
Creative problem solving and imaginative expression
Absorbs information quickly with few repetitions needed
Self-aware, socially aware, and aware of global issues
✔✔characteristics of profoundly gifted children - ✔✔Ability to see things from a variety
of perspectives.
Advanced language skills.
Critical of self and others.
Early and rapid learning.
Intellectual curiosity.
Overexcitability.
Perfectionism.
