Utags Administration Manual

Author : M. Steve McCallum,Bruce Bracken
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000948233

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UTAGS Administration Manual by M. Steve McCallum,Bruce Bracken Pdf

This is the technical manual for the Universal Talented and Gifted Screener. Universal Talented and Gifted Screener (UTAGS) features up-to-date national norms, is effective with twice-exceptional learners, includes bias-free items, and provides a fair assessment regardless of student demographic characteristics. The UTAGS offers schools a time-saving screener for identifying gifted and advanced learners. Designed to be culturally and linguistically fair, the UTAGS is ideal for schools seeking a nationally normed, statistically sound identification screener. Additionally, the UTAGS includes specific considerations for identifying twice-exceptional learners. UTAGS is designed to screen potentially gifted students in six important areas of school success: cognition, creativity, leadership, literacy, math, and science. This theoretically sound instrument provides easily interpretable scores in the IQ metric (i.e., Mean = 100; SD = 15) and identifies student strengths/weaknesses in a quick, accurate, and cost-efficient format. UTAGS provides interpretation norms based on a standardization sample of 2,492 participants from 22 states; student demographics closely reflect the United States population. The authors also provide a guide for local norming. Assessment fairness was a strong consideration during the UTAGS development, and teacher raters are requested to focus on effective examinee communication strategies rather than addressing the particular language/communication mode employed by the student. Consequently, examinees from other cultures, those who have speech limitations, or those who use nonstandard English are not unfairly penalized. Ages 5 years 0 months-17 years 11 months

Author : M. Steve McCallum
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : EDUCATION
ISBN : 1003419313

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UTAGS Administration Manual by M. Steve McCallum Pdf

This is the technical manual for the Universal Talented and Gifted Screener.Universal Talented and Gifted Screener (UTAGS) features up-to-date national norms, is effective with twice-exceptional learners, includes bias-free items, and provides a fair assessment regardless of student demographic characteristics. The UTAGS offers schools a time-saving screener for identifying gifted and advanced learners. Designed to be culturally and linguistically fair, the UTAGS is ideal for schools seeking a nationally normed, statistically sound identification screener. Additionally, the UTAGS includes specific considerations for identifying twice-exceptional learners. UTAGS is designed to screen potentially gifted students in six important areas of school success: cognition,creativity,leadership,literacy,math, andscience.This theoretically sound instrument provides easily interpretable scores in the IQ metric (i.e., Mean = 100; SD = 15) and identifies student strengths/weaknesses in a quick, accurate, and cost-efficient format. UTAGS provides interpretation norms based on a standardization sample of 2,492 participants from 22 states; student demographics closely reflect the United States population. The authors also provide a guide for local norming. Assessment fairness was a strong consideration during the UTAGS development, and teacher raters are requested to focus on effective examinee communication strategies rather than addressing the particular language/communication mode employed by the student. Consequently, examinees from other cultures, those who have speech limitations, or those who use nonstandard English are not unfairly penalized. Ages 5 years 0 months-17 years 11 months

Author : Marcia Gentry,Nielsen Pereira,Scott J. Peters,Jason S. McIntosh,C. Matthew Fugate
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000493405

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HOPE Teacher Rating Scale by Marcia Gentry,Nielsen Pereira,Scott J. Peters,Jason S. McIntosh,C. Matthew Fugate Pdf

The HOPE Teacher Rating Scale is designed to help guide teachers in identifying gifted students for programming. It is unique in several ways. First, it is short, with only 11 items that measure academic and social/affective components of giftedness, making it easy to use. Second, it is invariant when used to identify students from low-income and culturally diverse families. Third, it can be used across grade levels, K-12. Finally, local norms ensure that the data are relevant to the specific school populations. With multiple measures and multiple pathways crucial for reversing the inequities in identifying culturally, economically, and linguistically diverse students, a teacher-nomination instrument like the HOPE Teacher Rating Scale is an important component of identification systems. The HOPE Teacher Rating Scale items have been well-developed and subjected to research using more than 12,000 diverse students in five validity studies to date. This manual is useful in understanding and interpreting the electronic scores generated from teachers' ratings of their students. This instrument is a must-have for any administrator or gifted-program coordinator involved in student identification. To explore the full collection of HOPE print and online resources, please visit: https://www.routledge.com/go/hope-teacher-rating-scales.

Author : Gail R. Ryser,Kathleen McConnell,Laila Y. Sanguras,Todd Kettler
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000495898

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Scales for Identifying Gifted Students (SIGS-2) by Gail R. Ryser,Kathleen McConnell,Laila Y. Sanguras,Todd Kettler Pdf

Scales for Identifying Gifted Students–Second Edition (SIGS-2) offers the most comprehensive observational instrument available for identifying gifted students grades K–12. Used as part of a comprehensive process for identifying gifted children, SIGS-2 offers schools an instrument with extensive statistical and research support. This Examiner's Manual includes the information the examiner needs to administer, score, and interpret the SIGS-2. Information relating to the standardization, reliability, and validity of the SIGS-2 is also found in the manual. To explore the full collection of SIGS-2 print and online resources, please visit: https://www.routledge.com/go/scales-for-identifying-gifted-students-sigs.

Author : Joseph S. Renzulli,Linda H. Smith,Alan J. White,Carolyn M. Callahan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Education
ISBN : UVA:X001974207

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Scales for Rating the Behavioral Characteristics of Superior Students by Joseph S. Renzulli,Linda H. Smith,Alan J. White,Carolyn M. Callahan Pdf

Author : Tracy L. Cross,Jennifer Riedl Cross
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 721 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000493238

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Handbook for Counselors Serving Students With Gifts and Talents by Tracy L. Cross,Jennifer Riedl Cross Pdf

The second edition of Handbook for Counselors Serving Students With Gifts and Talents provides the definitive overview of research on the general knowledge that has been amassed regarding the psychology of gifted students. This book: Introduces the reader to the varied conceptions of giftedness. Covers issues specific to gifted children and various intervention methods. Describes programs designed to fulfill the need these children have for challenge. Is updated and expanded, addressing contemporary issues. Reflects the latest research on giftedness. With chapters authored by leading experts in the field, Handbook for Counselors Serving Students With Gifts and Talents is a resource professionals can turn to for answers to a wide variety of questions about gifted children.

Author : Dawn P. Flanagan,Samuel O. Ortiz,Vincent C. Alfonso
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 483 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781118234563

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Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment by Dawn P. Flanagan,Samuel O. Ortiz,Vincent C. Alfonso Pdf

The most up-to-date resource of comprehensive information for conducting cross-battery assessments The Cross-Battery assessment approach—also referred to as the XBA approach—is a time-efficient assessment method grounded solidly in contemporary theory and research. The XBA approach systematically integrates data across cognitive, achievement, and neuropsychological batteries, enabling practitioners to expand their traditional assessments to more comprehensively address referral concerns. This approach also includes guidelines for identification of specific learning disabilities and assessment of cognitive strengths and weaknesses in individuals from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Like all the volumes in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series, Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment, Third Edition is designed to help busy practitioners quickly acquire the knowledge and skills they need to make optimal use of psychological assessment instruments. Each concise chapter features numerous callout boxes highlighting key concepts, bulleted points, and extensive illustrative material, as well as test questions that help you to gauge and reinforce your grasp of the information covered. Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment, Third Edition is updated to include the latest editions of cognitive ability test batteries , such as the WISC-IV, WAIS-IV, and WJ III COG, and special purpose cognitive tests including the WMS-IV and TOMAL-II. This book now also overs many neuropsychological batteries such as the NEPSY-II and D-KEFS and provides extensive coverage of achievement batteries and special purpose tests, including the WIAT-III, KM-3, WRMT-3 and TOWL-4. In all, this book includes over 100 psychological batteries and 750 subtests, all of which are classified according to CHC (and many according to neuropsychlogical theory. This useful guide includes a timesaving CD-ROM, Essential Tools for Cross-Battery Assessment (XBA) Applications and Interpretation, which allows users to enter data and review results and interpretive statements that may be included in psychological reports. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Author : Marcus Kracht
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3110176203

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The Mathematics of Language by Marcus Kracht Pdf

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Author : JOSEPH. RENZULLI
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 161821098X

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Scales for Rating the Behavioral Characteristics of Superior Students--Print Version by JOSEPH. RENZULLI Pdf

Based on a multiple talent approach to the identification of gifted students, fourteen scales help identify student strengths in the following areas: learning, motivation, creativity, leadership, art, music, dramatics, planning, communication (precision and expression), mathematics, reading, science, and technology. 100 Booklets

Author : Bruce Thompson,Rena Faye Subotnik
Publisher : American Psychological Association (APA)
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Ability
ISBN : PSU:000067846672

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Methodologies for Conducting Research on Giftedness by Bruce Thompson,Rena Faye Subotnik Pdf

Despite the fact that our society prizes gifted children, research on their special talents is underfunded compared with other areas of education and suffers from a number of methodological challenges. These challenges include (but are not limited to) the fact that definitions of giftedness are not standardized; that test ceilings are often too low to measure progress or growth; that comparison groups for exceptional individuals are often difficult to find; and that participant attrition in longitudinal studies involving special populations can compromise the validity of findings more severely than in studies with more general populations. Fortunately, the editors of this book make a strong case that these methodological issues can be overcome. Bruce Thompson and Rena F. Subotnik have gathered a distinguished group of pioneers in measurement and statistics to offer creative solutions to these problems and more. Chapters in Parts I and II describe the use of methods such as factor analysis, Q-technique factor analysis, reliability generalization methods, and hierarchical linear modeling in the study of giftedness; debates over statistical significance and the utility of p values and confidence intervals are covered as well. Chapters in the final part of the book include contributions by leading journal editors in the field of gifted education who examine the implications of the various insights in earlier chapters upon their work as researchers and leaders in the field. This book is a must-have for all researchers who seek to elevate the scholarship on giftedness and talent development to a new level of rigor.

Author : Susan K. Johnsen
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000500516

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Identifying Gifted Students by Susan K. Johnsen Pdf

This revision of Identifying Gifted Students: A Practical Guide is aligned with both the updated National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) Pre-K-Grade 12 Gifted Programming Standards and the NAGC and The Association for the Gifted, Council for Exceptional Children (CEC-TAG) professional development standards. This book is relevant in any state or setting that intends to meet these national standards and uses multiple assessments to identify gifted students within an increasingly diverse population. Designed for practicing professionals, such as teachers, counselors, psychologists, and administrators, Identifying Gifted Students addresses definitions, models, and characteristics of gifted students; qualitative and quantitative approaches to assessment; culturally fair and nonbiased assessment; and how to evaluate the effectiveness of identification procedures. In addition, the book provides an updated summary of all major assessment instruments, including scoring information, reliability, and validity.

Author : Selim Ben Said,Lawrence Jun Zhang
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134466924

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Language Teachers and Teaching by Selim Ben Said,Lawrence Jun Zhang Pdf

This volume gathers contributions from a range of global experts in teacher education to address the topic of language teacher education. It shows how teacher education involves the agency of teachers, which forms part of their identity, and which they take on when integrating into the teaching community of practice. In addition, the volume explores the teachers’ situated practice--the dynamic negotiation of classroom situations, socialization into the professional teaching culture, and "on the ground experimentation" with pedagogical skills/techniques.

Author : Joseph S. Renzulli,Sally M. Reis, Series Editor
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2004-03-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781483361086

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Identification of Students for Gifted and Talented Programs by Joseph S. Renzulli,Sally M. Reis, Series Editor Pdf

Focuses on one of the most widely debated topics in the field, addressing the challenges educators face in attempting to accurately identify gifted and talented students.

Author : Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia,Gabriel Wittum,Andreas Dengel
Publisher : Springer
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783658195670

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Positive Learning in the Age of Information by Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia,Gabriel Wittum,Andreas Dengel Pdf

While information and communication technology has a vast influence on our lives, little is understood about its effects on the way we learn. In the Age of Information, students – consciously or not – are learning in diverse formal and informal environments from a broad variety of sources, with scientific knowledge competing against unfounded assertions, and misinformation and biased data spreading through social and mass media. The Positive Learning in the Age of Information (PLATO) program illustrated by the contributions in this book unites outstanding and highly innovative expertise on the fundamentals of information processing and human learning to investigate a new paradigm of positive learning as a vital, morally and ethically oriented approach, which is of existential importance to maintaining the civilization standards of a modern society in the digital age.

Author : John Hattie,Kyle Hattie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000574166

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10 Steps to Develop Great Learners by John Hattie,Kyle Hattie Pdf

What can concerned parents and carers do to ensure their children, of all ages, develop great learning habits which will help them achieve their maximum at school and in life? This is probably one of the most important questions any parent can ask and now John Hattie, one of the most respected and renowned Education researchers in the world draws on his globally famous Visible Learning research to provide some answers. Writing this book with his own son Kyle, himself a respected teacher, the Hatties offer a 10-step plan to nurturing curiosity and intellectual ambition and providing a home environment that encourages and values learning. These simple steps based on the strongest of research evidence and packed full of practical advice can be followed by any parent or carer to support and enhance learning and maximize the potential of their children. Areas covered include: Communicating effectively with teachers Being the ‘first learner’ and demonstrating openness to new ideas and thinking Choosing the right school for your child Promoting the ‘language of learning’ Having appropriately high expectations and understanding the power of feedback Anyone concerned about the education and development of our children should read this book. For parents it is an essential guide that could make a vital difference to your child's life. For schools, school leaders and education authorities this is a book you should be encouraging every parent to read to support learning and maximize opportunities for all.