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Peer reviewedSarouphim, Ketty M. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2001
A study involving 257 Navajo Indians and Mexican American elementary students, used the Raven Progressive Matrices to examined the concurrent validity of the DISCOVER assessment. Results provided some evidence for concurrent validity and showed that, through the use of the DISCOVER assessment, 22.9 percent were identified as gifted. (Contains…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, American Indians, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedSarouphim, Ketty M. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1999
A relatively new performance-based assessment, the DISCOVER process, is presented in this review. The theoretical framework of the assessment is explained, followed by a delineation of the assessment process, checklist characteristics and development, and the tasks in the five different activities. Findings on assessment validity and reliability…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Gifted
Peer reviewedSarouphim, Ketty M. – Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, 2002
A study of 303 predominately Hispanic and Native American ninth graders investigated the validity of the DISCOVER assessment. Results provided evidence for an alignment of the assessment with the theory of multiple intelligences. No overall gender or ethnic differences were found in the numbers of students identified as gifted. (Contains…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, American Indians, Evaluation Methods, Gifted
Peer reviewedSarouphim, Ketty M. – Exceptional Children, 1999
A comparison between performance-based DISCOVER (Discovering Intellectual Strengths and Capabilities through Observation while allowing for Varied Ethnic Responses) assessment reports and two independent ratings in appraising 24 kindergartners' multiple intelligences through specific activities found that when intelligences were assessed through…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Activities, Classroom Observation Techniques, Cultural Background
