Testing for Giftedness: The Pros, Cons and Concerns.

Shaughnessy, Michael F.; Fickling, Kris L.

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ERIC Number: EJ479439

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1993

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ISSN: ISSN-0261-4294

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Testing for Giftedness: The Pros, Cons and Concerns.

Shaughnessy, Michael F.; Fickling, Kris L.

Gifted Education International, v9 n2 p82-84 1993

This paper reviews the advantages and disadvantages of testing for giftedness, the repercussions of testing and not testing, issues concerning intelligence quotients, and the effects of labeling children. (JDD)

Descriptors: Ability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility, Gifted, Intelligence Quotient, Intelligence Tests, Labeling (of Persons), Student Evaluation, Student Placement

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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