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ERIC Number: EJ626357
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0261-4294
The Limits of Traditional Assessment and Identification of Gifted Children in a Brazilian "Favela."
Cupertino, Christina
Gifted Education International, v15 n1 p71-79 2000
This article analyzes some of the difficulties that occurred during the process of extending the activities of a successful program for middle-class Brazilian gifted students to a low-income population. It presents some preliminary results of a study that highlights the problems related to the use of traditional evaluation procedures. (Contains seven references.) (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Children, Disadvantaged Youth, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Gifted, Low Income, Low Income Groups
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Brazil