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ERIC Number: EJ1237741
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Jan
Pages: 16
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: EISSN-1934-9041
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Cognitive and Achievement Characteristics of Students from a National Sample Identified as Potentially Twice Exceptional (Gifted with a Learning Disability)
Maddocks, Danika L. S.
Gifted Child Quarterly, v64 n1 p3-18 Jan 2020
It is important to identify cognitive and achievement characteristics that differentiate students who are twice exceptional because they are gifted and have a learning disability (2e-LD) from gifted and average ability peers because this information informs empirically-based identification and support systems for this population. In this study, I classified school-age participants (N = 3,865) in the nationally representative standardization sample for the Woodcock-Johnson IV (WJ IV) Tests of Cognitive Abilities and Achievement as potentially gifted, 2e-LD, or of average ability based on their WJ IV performance. I compared mean levels of performance, strengths and weaknesses, and intraindividual heterogeneity across 2e-LD, gifted, and average-ability groups. The 2e-LD group demonstrated greater heterogeneity in performance, and their strengths and weaknesses were largely consistent with past research and writing on 2e-LD characteristics. Results support some 2e-LD identification recommendations from the literature and highlight the potential benefits of individualized assessment, dual differentiation, and a de-emphasis of speeded academic tasks.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Woodcock Johnson Tests of Achievement; Woodcock Johnson Tests of Cognitive Ability; Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children
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