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Direct linkScot, Tammy Pandina; Callahan, Carolyn M.; Urquhart, Jill – Roeper Review, 2009
During the year 2007, national education policy emphasizes the evaluation of students, teachers and schools based on students' test scores. While education professionals at all levels are charged with raising test scores, they are also expected to keep pace with current educational practices. The research presented in this article examines the…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Academically Gifted, Testing, Standardized Tests
Foust, Regan Clark; Hertberg-Davis, Holly; Callahan, Carolyn M. – Roeper Review, 2008
The gifted can suffer from too many demands on their time and attention. This qualitative study tested the theory that advanced placement (AP) and international baccalaureate (IB) participants may feel forced to choose between academic success and social acceptance. The results, however, did not support the theory. Not only did gifted students not…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Academically Gifted, Advanced Placement Programs, Academic Achievement
Peer reviewedMoon, Tonya R.; Brighton, Catherine M.; Callahan, Carolyn M. – Roeper Review, 2002
A national survey of 1,289 elementary teachers and focus groups examined effects of state testing programs on instructional practices and implications for gifted students' motivation. Results suggest that testing programs are likely to discourage effective classroom practices and instead lead to teachers engaging in one-size-fits-all practices.…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers
Peer reviewedCallahan, Carolyn M. – Roeper Review, 1980
The article reviews the literature on sex differences among the gifted and talented. Studies have shown that there do not appear to be any differences in how the sexes learn, and that before age 10 or 11 girls and boys do equally well in verbal performance tests, quantitative tests, and spatial ability measures. (PHR)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Females, Gifted, Literature Reviews
Peer reviewedTomlinson, Carol A.; Callahan, Carolyn M. – Roeper Review, 1994
This article presents a framework for conducting effective evaluations of programs for gifted students, reflecting current best practice. The evaluation framework proceeds through four stages: preparing for the evaluation, designing data collection and analysis, conducting the evaluation, and reporting findings and follow-up. A planning matrix is…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedCallahan, Carolyn M.; And Others – Roeper Review, 1994
This study of five gifted female adolescents examined their male-female relationships, independence, perceptions of ability and expectations for success, overreliance on social manipulation, motivation, ethic of caring, superwoman syndrome, and familial influences. The study found positive examples of the use of problem-solving strategies; it also…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Emotional Adjustment, Emotional Development, Females
