ED 542 - Identification, Diagnosis, and Evaluation of the Gifted

3 Credit(s)

This course provides an opportunity to analyze some of the past and present definitions of giftedness, review studies that deal with characteristics of gifted students, and formulate definitions of giftedness that correlate with the practical needs of school personnel and are defensible in terms of what research has suggested is true of gifted students. Students are provided with an opportunity to design an instructional framework that facilitates a comprehensive course of action for the assessment and evaluation of gifted students and their educational performance.