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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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G/T Identification and Sci-Fi Matchmaking: More Similar than They Should Be.
Bartek, Mary M. – Understanding Our Gifted, 2003
Using a sci-fi matchmaking scenario to illustrate the fallibility of technology, this article discusses the practice of reducing a student to a series of test scores for gifted identification. The limits of testing are addressed, and student performance and behavior are urged as additional categories for identifying aptitude and achievement.…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Classroom Observation Techniques, Data Collection
Paving the Road to Critical Thinking.
Bartek, Mary M. – Understanding Our Gifted, 2002
This article discusses ways that educators can encourage critical thinking in their students, including gifted children. Strategies include: questioning students to encourage critical thinking; developing and prizing creative thinking as a partner to critical thinking; and realizing that if students can learn critical thinking skills, so can they.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, Discussion (Teaching Technique)