EDU 548: IDENTIFICATION & ASSESS GIFTED STUD

The responsibilities of teachers of the gifted include the identification of students for this program. Course content will include helping teachers to identify gifted behaviors and academic performance most often exhibited by gifted students, as well as behaviors and characteristics that might be exhibited by students from diverse backgrounds. Course participants will also learn how to formally identify gifted students through testing. This also involves selection, administration and interpretation of assessment instruments that meet the requirements specified by the Georgia State Board of Education Rule 160-04-02-38.