Identifying Talent – Developing a More Effective and Inclusive Screening Process

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Presenter: David Lohman, Ph.D., University of Iowa
Core Area: Identification & Assessment
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary
Hours: 1

Most school districts screen students for possible inclusion in their talent-development programs. How effective are these screening methods at truly identifying talent? Delve into the world of identification to discover more effective and inclusive methods of recognizing gifted and talented students.

Visit the TAGT website to learn more about the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.

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Students who score well on the screening test are considered for special educational programming and their needs, interests, and abilities are matched with the services that the school offers. But what about talented students who slip through the cracks of current screening methods. In this 1-hour course David Lohman, Ph.D., shares tools to design a screening program that avoids the twin pitfalls of failing to identify students who should be included or wrongly including students who do not need special services.

Dr. Lohman provides:

  • Examples of exemplary practices
  • The difference between identification and selection
  • Distinctions between “gifted” and “talented”
  • The elements of screening
  • Common pitfalls illustrated using the CogAT Form 7 Screening Form

Visit the TAGT website to learn more about the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.

This course is aligned with 2016 ODE Teacher Competencies e, f, g, and NAGC Teacher Preparation Standards 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3.

Presenter Bio

Dr. David Lohman is Professor Emeritus in the College of Education at The University of Iowa. Prior to his career in academia, he worked as a chemist and as a teacher at the Montana School for the Deaf and Blind. Much of Dr. Lohman’s research focused on the general construct of academic intelligence – particularly its measurement and the use of ability profiles in adapting instruction to the needs of learners. He is the lead author of the Cognitive Abilities Test™ (CogAT®). He has been internationally recognized for his research on assessing cognitive abilities and helping teachers use this information to improve student learning.. 

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448 reviews for Identifying Talent – Developing a More Effective and Inclusive Screening Process

  1. Norma – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –

    cThe content was challenging based on the measurements used to identify students who may be considered gifted and talented and students who have ‘the potential’ to succeed. The concept is based on subjective reasoning.

  2. Sylvia – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –

    It was very insighful

  3. Terry – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –

    This presentation is geared toward gifted and talented coordinators and testing supervisors. NONE of this information is really useful to a line teacher because it discusses policies and practices that are decided not by teachers but by administrators. The presenter spoke quickly, thus taking notes as he spoke was very difficult. Why this is in a 6-hour annual GT certification update, I have no clue. No instructional strategies were mentioned and covered with any depth. This presenter was selling his test, the cogAT test.

  4. Victoria – FRONTIER LOCAL (verified owner) –

    This was too complicated for the average classroom teacher.

  5. Luis – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –

    This is very helpful training.

  6. Heather – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –

    to long

  7. Wendy – VAN WERT CITY (verified owner) –

    Not useful information

  8. Angela – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –

    Very involved data

  9. Erika – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –

    Good

  10. Dana – HALLETTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –

    As a teacher, I will not be the one writing the GT screening test. This was not helpful to me at all

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