Deck 13: Gifted and Talented

Question 1

Appropriate curricular approaches for educating students who are gifted and talented include all of the following except _____.

A)acceleration
B)progressive filtering
C)differentiation
D)enrichment

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Twice exceptional means _____.

A)being gifted academically and also talented
B)being gifted and talented and having a disability
C)being in the top 1% on the bell curve of IQ and achievement test scores
D)being gifted and talented but unidentified because of gender

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which best characterizes the 1993 federal definition of gifted and talented presented in the "National Excellence" report?

A)Its primary criterion is intellectual ability.
B)It added psychomotor talent as a criterion for eligibility.
C)It required demonstrated high performance capability.
D)It eliminated the term creative as it did not indicate developing ability.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which is the best example of enrichment?

A)Jewel is 14 years old, but is allowed to enroll in college courses.
B)With a teacher's guidance, Dale researches, designs, and builds a robot.
C)Tosha is given extra reading and math problems because she always finishes early.
D)Since Lynn already knows the algebra content covered in the first 8 weeks in class, she is allowed to begin with content usually introduced later.

Question 5

Renzulli's (2003)definition of giftedness is based on the interaction among which three basic clusters of human traits?

A)High intellect, creativity, and task commitment
B)Creativity, academic aptitude, and athletic aptitude
C)High intellect, task commitment, and academic aptitude
D)Situated problem-solving ability, academic aptitude, and leadership

Question 6

Which of the following is not true regarding the problems that boys, who are gifted and talented, encounter?

A)Many boys intentionally underachieve
B)Creative behavior in boys, and careers in the arts, is encouraged.
C)Many boys act in inappropriate ways to avoid bullying.
D)Many boys feign interest in sports letting their desires go unfulfilled.

Question 7

An approach toward identification of children who are gifted and talented that is recommended by equity minded educators in gifted education is best described as _____.

A)a nomination system
B)group analysis
C)progressive filtering approach
D)standardized test administration

Question 8

What are the primary emphases of Piirto's concept of talent development?

A)Creativity, cultural identity, motivation
B)Genetics, personality, environmental influences
C)Superior productivity, home/school collaboration, intelligence
D)Superior memory, observational powers, curiosity, creativity and rapid learning

Question 9

What is primarily to blame for the underrepresentation of students from culturally diverse groups in programs for the gifted and talented?

A)Biases inherent in the identification process
B)The increasing numbers of culturally diverse students in the school population
C)Reduced numbers of minority students entering fields requiring math and science skills
D)Students in culturally diverse groups lack the qualities of students who are gifted and talented

Question 10

Identification and placement of children who are gifted and talented from diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural groups _____.

A)is a persistent and pervasive problem in education
B)is addressed in the federal legislation for the gifted
C)is addressed in local and state mandates
D)was an issue resolved in the last decade, as these groups are served in proportion similar to that of other population groups

Question 11

Which of the following is a variable, identified by the authors of the textbook, as a concern for girls who are gifted and talented?

A)Lack of female geniuses as role models
B)Lack of parental and community role models
C)Poor academic choices and poor self-concept
D)General encouragement for careers in math and science curriculum

Question 12

Which is not a type of qualitative assessment tool used for identification of students who are gifted and talented?

A)IQ test
B)Interview
C)Observation
D)Portfolio

Question 13

For students who are twice exceptional, which of the following is NOT recommended for supporting their social and emotional needs?

A)Encourage students to succeed
B)Teach strategies for coping with frustrations
C)Provide support in establishing and maintaining friendships
D)Use conventional or nontraditional measurement tools as well as nonverbal measurement

Question 14

Which best describes early federal attempts to define giftedness?

A)The focus was exclusively on academic aptitude.
B)Multiple forms of giftedness were included in the definition.
C)Multiple talents and creativity were included in the definition.
D)The focus was exclusively on students who scored in the top 2% on standardized intelligence tests.

Question 15

All of the following are characteristics that may be exhibited by students who are gifted except _____.

A)early moral and existential concerns
B)perfectionism and the need for precision
C)fascination with basic words and simple ideas
D)resistance to multiple or opposing points of view

Question 16

Which is not descriptive of Maker's (2005)DISCOVER assessment procedure?

A)It "levels the playing field" for students from culturally diverse grounds.
B)It involves increasingly more complex problem-solving tasks.
C)It includes tasks which require both convergent and divergent thinking.
D)It has been found to be inequitable when used with girls.

Question 17

Using intelligence test scores and including students regarded as highly talented as well as those with the potential for superior performance, the prevalence for giftedness is estimated as high as _____.

A)l%
B)3-5%
C)25%
D)10-15%

Question 18

Which is an example of intraindividual differences?

A)Belle has higher scores in math than Tony, but Tony has higher writing and reading scores.
B)Brenna and Deanna take the same analytical abilities test and have vastly different scores.
C)Mia has grade level scores in math, but after receiving tutoring is scoring well above grade level.
D)Jamie has grade level scores in reading and in mathematics scores typical of children four years older.

Question 19

Disparate rates of social, emotional, intellectual, and physical growth and development experienced by some children who are gifted is called _____.

A)acceleration
B)asynchrony
C)developmental lag
D)precocity

Question 20

Maker characterizes a person who is gifted as _____.

A)highly talented
B)a problem solver
C)extremely creative
D)an individual with an IQ score two standard deviations above the mean

Question 21

Which step in curriculum compacting is usually the most difficult for teachers?

A)Assessing the target content areas
B)Substituting more appropriate content
C)Determining the content to be eliminated
D)Determining which students qualify for compacting

Question 22

All of the following are advantages to using the DISCOVER model to identify giftedness in culturally diverse children except _____.

A)the process is equally effective for boys and girls
B)equitable percentages of children from all cultures are identified
C)the children identified closely resemble the cultural characteristics of the dominant culture
D)children identified make gains that are the same as or greater than those children identified using traditional tests

Question 23

Which best exemplifies acceleration?

A)Rose, a six-year-old, is in a third grade class because she has mastered first and second grade subject content.
B)Carter is given more difficult reading material than her classmates in fourth grade.
C)Coralee, who has mastered the third grade science curriculum, teaches it to others in her class who have not.
D)Desmond studies subject areas not offered at his school, such as comparative religion and quantum physics.

Question 24

Which of the following activities would be at the highest level of Bloom's taxonomy?

A)Designing a new chair for Baby Bear that is unbreakable.
B)Acting out what happened when the bears found Goldilocks.
C)Discussing what happened to Goldilocks at the Bears' house.
D)Evaluating Goldilocks's decision to enter a house without permission.

Question 25

Which best characterizes the position of the National Association for Gifted and Talented Children on ability grouping for students who are gifted?

A)It is undemocratic and racist.
B)It is necessary to achieve the least restrictive environment.
C)It damages the self-esteem of struggling students.
D)It creates an elitist group of students with inflated egos.

Question 26

Teachers most often ask questions at which level of Bloom's taxonomy?

A)Remember and create
B)Understand and create
C)Remember and apply
D)Remember and understand

Question 27

List and describe each of the different types of grouping options for students who are gifted and talented.

Question 28

Mrs. Stewart provides a basic lesson on figurative language. All students are expected to identify examples of similes and metaphors. Some students are expected to generate examples of similes and metaphors and others are expected to identify and generate more complex examples of figurative language. This approach to differentiation is known as _____.

A)advanced placement
B)curriculum compacting
C)response to intervention
D)tiered lessons

Question 29

Mrs. Sawyer is a general education teacher with a class of 26 students. Six of those students have been identified as gifted and talented. Mr. Lucas, a teacher who is certified in teaching students who are gifted and talented, spends one fourth of his time providing differentiated instruction to these students in the general education classroom. This arrangement is known as _____.

A)cluster ability grouping
B)cluster performance grouping
C)dual differentiation
D)like ability cooperative learning groups

Question 30

Which of the following is the most recent type of special school, in some states, for students who are gifted and talented?

A)High schools for gifted girls
B)Magnet schools in urban areas
C)Charter schools for the gifted and talented
D)High schools for the visual and performing arts

Question 31

Danielle is not identified as a student who is gifted or talented but has opportunities to participate in some challenging activities for which she shows serious interest. Which model is being used?

A)Ability grouping
B)Active problem solving
C)Problem-based learning
D)Schoolwide enrichment

Question 32

Explain differentiation. Be sure to include its guiding premise, why it's used, what a teacher's role is in a differentiated curriculum, and some examples within the general education classroom.