Praxis- Instruction of Gifted Students Practice Questions and Answers

What is the NRC/GT? National Research Center on Gifted and Talented Identify instructional models that provide a basis for reading curriculum units used in researching effectiveness in gifted education. 1. Differentiation of Instruction, Tomlinson 2. Depth and Complexity Model, Kaplan 3. Schoolwide Enrichment Model, Renzulli and Reis Explain how research studies that are looking at instructional models that provide a basis for reading curriculum units, select sample schools to participate and how they measure outcomes. -longitudinal study basing curricula on these models, nationwide, diverse populations, -sample schools chosen from nominations by educators who develop curriculum models, state gifted education directors and representatives from state and national organizations Measured by: 1. state standards extended for advanced reading and math achievement 2. performance-based measures of investigative and problem-solving skills Differentiation of Instruction Model -Carol Ann Tomlinson -focuses on varying teaching methods Depth and Complexity Model -Sandra N. Kaplan -focuses on attributes of deeper understanding and more complex knowledge Schoolwide Enrichment Model (SEM) -Joseph S. Renzulli and Sally M. Reis -uses educational enhancements thtat simultaneously benefit all students and address the special needs of gifted students Describe some research questions related to curricula used in gifted education and based on theoretical models. some researchers are looking at the criteria used to identify gifted students and finding comparisons between the different criteria. then they are looking at the effects of those criteria on assessment results and on under-represented populations -some researchers are comparing the results on reading and math achievement tests of students who were taught with a general education curriculum, verses those taught with an instructional model...did this effect gifted students' scores, how did it effect the unidentified's scores, what about the general population?