GIFTED PRAXIS END OF COURSE 2026/2027 QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Qualifying a gifted child - ✔✔a combination of qualitative and quantitative data -- in
Tennessee -- IQ, Creativity, Achievement (all quantitative), can add portfolio
(qualitative), especially for underrepresented populations
✔✔mean - ✔✔the arithmetic average of a distribution, obtained by adding the scores
and then dividing by the number of scores
✔✔mode - ✔✔the most frequently occurring score(s) in a distribution
✔✔median - ✔✔the middle score in a distribution; half the scores are above it and half
are below it
✔✔Stanine - ✔✔a method of scaling test scores on a nine-point standard scale with a
mean of five (5) and a standard deviation of two (2)
✔✔bell curve (normal distribution) - ✔✔used to assess intelligence on a bell shaped
curve; most people's scores cluster in the middle and fewer are found toward the two
extremes of genius and mental deficiency.
✔✔standard deviation - ✔✔a measure of variability that describes an average distance
of every score from the mean (varriability and mean)
✔✔standard error - ✔✔the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the mean
✔✔Generalize information/transfer - ✔✔Learning is more likely to occur if the
information is applied to more than one setting, discipline, or situation
✔✔degrees of giftedness - ✔✔Mildly gifted: 115 to 130. Moderately gifted: 130 to 145.
Highly gifted: 145 to 160. Profoundly gifted: 160 or higher.
(According to the Davidson Institute)
✔✔Marland Report - ✔✔Government document issued in 1972 that distinguished six
broad areas of ability that should be used to identify gifted children.
✔✔A Nation Deceived: How Schools Hold Back America's Brightest Students - ✔✔A
Nation Deceived presents these reasons for why schools hold back America's brightest
kids: Limited familiarity with the research on acceleration. Philosophy that children must
be kept with their age group. Belief that acceleration hurries children out of childhood.
✔✔Types of Giftedness - ✔✔intellectual, academic, creative, artistic and leadership
, ✔✔intellectual giftedness - ✔✔a condition in which individuals have an IQ of 130 or
higher and exceptional abilities in areas related to intelligence
✔✔academic giftedness - ✔✔academically gifted students, who excel in one academic
area need help expanding their skills to other areas
✔✔Torrance Test of Creative Thinking - ✔✔fluency, flexibility, elaboration
✔✔fluency (creativity) - ✔✔generating a large number of possible solutions
✔✔flexibility (creativity) - ✔✔the ability to create and use new mental categories and
concepts to reorganize our experiences
✔✔elaboration (creativity) - ✔✔amount of detail in the responses
✔✔gifted and talented - ✔✔showing evidence of high performance capability in
intellectual, creative, or artistic areas, in leadership capacity, or in specific academic
fields
✔✔Child Find System - ✔✔a system within a state or local area that attempts to identify
all children who are disabled or at risk in order to refer them for appropriate support
services (also gifted)
✔✔Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) - ✔✔A special education law that
requires schools to educate students with disabilities in least restrictive environments to
the greatest extent of their abilities using plans tailored to the individual needs of the
students.
✔✔neurodiversity - ✔✔the idea that people with special needs have diverse brain
structures, with each person having neurological strengths and weaknesses that should
be appreciated, in much the same way diverse cultures and ethnicities are welcomed
✔✔masking giftedness - ✔✔when a child hides behind certain aspects of their
giftedness that may cause them not to be identified
✔✔vestibular sense - ✔✔the sense of body movement and position, including the sense
of balance
✔✔Cluster Grouping - ✔✔Educational process in which 4-6 gifted students are
assigned to an otherwise heterogeneous classroom within their grade to be instructed
by a teacher that has had specialized training in differentiating for gifted learners
✔✔executive functioning - ✔✔the cognitive abilities and processes that allow humans to
plan or inhibit their actions
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Qualifying a gifted child - ✔✔a combination of qualitative and quantitative data -- in
Tennessee -- IQ, Creativity, Achievement (all quantitative), can add portfolio
(qualitative), especially for underrepresented populations
✔✔mean - ✔✔the arithmetic average of a distribution, obtained by adding the scores
and then dividing by the number of scores
✔✔mode - ✔✔the most frequently occurring score(s) in a distribution
✔✔median - ✔✔the middle score in a distribution; half the scores are above it and half
are below it
✔✔Stanine - ✔✔a method of scaling test scores on a nine-point standard scale with a
mean of five (5) and a standard deviation of two (2)
✔✔bell curve (normal distribution) - ✔✔used to assess intelligence on a bell shaped
curve; most people's scores cluster in the middle and fewer are found toward the two
extremes of genius and mental deficiency.
✔✔standard deviation - ✔✔a measure of variability that describes an average distance
of every score from the mean (varriability and mean)
✔✔standard error - ✔✔the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the mean
✔✔Generalize information/transfer - ✔✔Learning is more likely to occur if the
information is applied to more than one setting, discipline, or situation
✔✔degrees of giftedness - ✔✔Mildly gifted: 115 to 130. Moderately gifted: 130 to 145.
Highly gifted: 145 to 160. Profoundly gifted: 160 or higher.
(According to the Davidson Institute)
✔✔Marland Report - ✔✔Government document issued in 1972 that distinguished six
broad areas of ability that should be used to identify gifted children.
✔✔A Nation Deceived: How Schools Hold Back America's Brightest Students - ✔✔A
Nation Deceived presents these reasons for why schools hold back America's brightest
kids: Limited familiarity with the research on acceleration. Philosophy that children must
be kept with their age group. Belief that acceleration hurries children out of childhood.
✔✔Types of Giftedness - ✔✔intellectual, academic, creative, artistic and leadership
, ✔✔intellectual giftedness - ✔✔a condition in which individuals have an IQ of 130 or
higher and exceptional abilities in areas related to intelligence
✔✔academic giftedness - ✔✔academically gifted students, who excel in one academic
area need help expanding their skills to other areas
✔✔Torrance Test of Creative Thinking - ✔✔fluency, flexibility, elaboration
✔✔fluency (creativity) - ✔✔generating a large number of possible solutions
✔✔flexibility (creativity) - ✔✔the ability to create and use new mental categories and
concepts to reorganize our experiences
✔✔elaboration (creativity) - ✔✔amount of detail in the responses
✔✔gifted and talented - ✔✔showing evidence of high performance capability in
intellectual, creative, or artistic areas, in leadership capacity, or in specific academic
fields
✔✔Child Find System - ✔✔a system within a state or local area that attempts to identify
all children who are disabled or at risk in order to refer them for appropriate support
services (also gifted)
✔✔Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) - ✔✔A special education law that
requires schools to educate students with disabilities in least restrictive environments to
the greatest extent of their abilities using plans tailored to the individual needs of the
students.
✔✔neurodiversity - ✔✔the idea that people with special needs have diverse brain
structures, with each person having neurological strengths and weaknesses that should
be appreciated, in much the same way diverse cultures and ethnicities are welcomed
✔✔masking giftedness - ✔✔when a child hides behind certain aspects of their
giftedness that may cause them not to be identified
✔✔vestibular sense - ✔✔the sense of body movement and position, including the sense
of balance
✔✔Cluster Grouping - ✔✔Educational process in which 4-6 gifted students are
assigned to an otherwise heterogeneous classroom within their grade to be instructed
by a teacher that has had specialized training in differentiating for gifted learners
✔✔executive functioning - ✔✔the cognitive abilities and processes that allow humans to
plan or inhibit their actions
