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Home Identification Gifted Program Models Curriculum Gifted Minorities Gifted Underachievers Twice Exceptional Perfectionism GIEPs Legislation Workshops and Conferences Tech Resources //This page is reserved for research on gifted minorities.//

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Recommended Books
Torrance, Goff, and Satterfield, __Multicultural Mentoring of the Gifted and Talented__, (1998) Prufrock Press. Donna Y. Ford and J. John Harris III, __Multicultural Gifted Education,__ (1999) Teacher's College Press.

Research [|Multural Gifted Education, Infusing Multicultural Content into the Curriculum for Gifted Students -][|Eric Digest], by Donna Ford

[|Using Multicultural Literature in Gifted Education Classrooms] by Donna Y. Ford, Tyrone C. Howard, and J. John Harris III

You will find links to a Gifted Tech E-Board, videos, research, and more related to the under representation of minorities in gifted education. [|AAAchievement - A page on the Challenge Tech E-Board designed for resources on gifted minorities] 1. This video features a 1969 performance by Nina Simone singing "Young, Gifted and Black" media type="youtube" key="jDNAz2HrI_o" width="425" height="350" To be young, gifted and Black, oh what a feeling... after viewing this video, find and post some poetry which evokes its feeling and thoughts. Be sure to include the title, author, source, and your name.

2. This video recreates an historical experiment and provokes some serious thought about the experience of today's Black children. media type="google" key="1091431409617440489" width="400" height="326" Respond to this video by participating in the discussion board with your thoughts,feelings and experiences about this topic.

RELATED ISSUES AND TOPICS 1. Staff Development - Cultural Proficiency 2, Student Experiences - Racial Identity, Isolation 3, Curriculum - Black History/Multiculturalism 4. Teaching strategies designed to accommodate cultural learning styles and preferences. Field Independent/Dependent Learning Styles http://www.eltnewsletter.com/back/June2002/art1022002.htm

Gifted Education
[|Young,Gifted, and Black]Lynne Partridge's E-Board for Gifted Minority Project

[|Gist The Essence Video Young, Gifted, and Black]

Research
The ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education (ERIC EC) The Council for Exceptional Children, Underachievement Among Gifted Minority Students: Problems and Promises, - http://ericec.org/digests/e544.html

www.riverpub.com/pdfs/CS_vol3_winter05.pdf

Recognizing gifted minority students: a research-based identification approach Author: Kay L Gibson (University of Southern Queensland) http://www.nexus.edu.au/teachstud/gat/gibson.htm

Marcia Strong Scott & Christine F. Delgado, Identifying Cognitively Gifted Minority Students in Preschool, http://www.nagc.org/index.aspx?id=1012

How to Identify Academically Gifted Minority Students by Dr. David F. Lohman - http://www.beyond-the-book.com/strategies/strategies_061505.html

Underachievement among Gifted Minority Students: Problems and Promises. ERIC Digest E544 - http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pric/is_199707/ai_3417333783

A Review of Assessment Issues in Gifted Education and Their Implications for Identifying Gifted Minority Students Mary M. Frasier, Jamie H. García, A. Harry Passow - http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/nrcgt/frasgarc.html

The Learning Environment: Meeting the Needs of Gifted Students - http://www.nwrel.org/msec/just_good/9/ch5.html

A challenge for culturally diverse families of gifted children: forced choices between achievement or affiliation - http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-119850603.html

Creating culturally responsive gifted education classrooms understanding "culture" is the first step.- http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-124076936.html

Critical Issues in the Identification and Nurturance of Promising Students from Low Income Backgrounds Joyce VanTassel-Baska, The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA - http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/nrcgt/newsletter/fall03/fall033.html

Forgotten pioneers in the study of gifted African Americans Author(s): Kearney, K. & LeBlanc, J. Source: Roeper Review, The Roeper School May/June 1993 Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 192-199 - http://www.gt-cybersource.org/Record.aspx?NavID=2_0=11373 

Joseph Rensuli, Gifted dropouts - [|http://www.nagc.org/uploadedFiles/PDF/Advocacy_PDFs/dropout%20(GCQ%2044(4)).pdf]

Karen Adler, Express-News Staff Writer Minority gifted kids left behind, Web Posted: 05/27/2006 12:00 AM CDT http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA052706.01A.gt_minority.3550208.html

Underachievement among gifted students of color: implications for educators - http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0NQM/is_2_44/ai_n13783933

Underrepresentation of minority students in gifted and talented education - http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3935/is_200310/ai_n9322277

An Untold Story of Resistance: African-American Educators and IQ Testing in the 1920,s and '30's By Alan Stoskopf - http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/14_01/iq141.shtml

Valuing, Identifying, Cultivating, and Rewarding Talents of Students From Special Populations ,David St. Jean University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT - [|http://www.sp.uconn.edu/~nrcgt/news/spring96/sprng965.html]

Extraordinary Gifts Often Come in Plain Brown Wrappers, Fred A. Bonner, II, Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH - [|http://www.sp.uconn.edu/~nrcgt/news/fall99/fall995.html]

Helping Gifted Children and Their Families Prepare for College: A Handbook Designed to Assist Economically Disadvantaged and First-Generation College Attendees - [|http://www.sp.uconn.edu/~nrcgt/nrcgt/m93201/wok93201.html]

Talent Loss Why So Many of the Country's Top-Achieving Low-Income Students Never Go to College - http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home99/mar99/talent.html

Thinking and Writing Skills in High Ability, Ethnic Minority, High School Students - [|http://www.sp.uconn.edu/~nrcgt/news/spring00/sprng003.html]

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