1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910460199603321

Autore

Pfeiffer Steven I.

Titolo

Essentials of gifted assessment / / Steven I. Pfeiffer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-118-87316-5

1-118-70564-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (189 p.)

Collana

Essentials of Psychological Assessment Series

Disciplina

371.952

Soggetti

Gifted children

Gifted children - Education

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Essentials of Gifted Assessment; Contents; Series Preface; Acknowledgments; One: Introduction to Gifted Assessment; Who Are the Gifted?; Brief History of Gifted Education; Giftedness As a Social Construction; Tripartite Model; Should We Identify Gifted Students?; Purposes of Gifted Assessment; Two: Conceptions of Giftedness Guide Gifted Assessment; Traditional Psychometric View; Talent Development Models; Differentiated Model of Giftedness and Talent; Subotnik's Developmental Transitions in Giftedness and Talent; Stanley's Talent Search Model; Renzulli's Three-Ring Conception of Giftedness

Expert Performance PerspectiveMultiple Intelligences Model; Theory of Successful Intelligence: WICS; Synthesis of Divergent Views of Giftedness; Conclusion; Three: Gifted Assessment: Guiding Principles and Fundamental Beliefs; Fundamental Beliefs of Gifted Assessment; Key Principles in Gifted Assessment; How We Define Gifted Is Important; Assessment Should Consider Types of Available Gifted Programs; Psychometrics Count; People, Not Test Scores, Should Make Diagnostic Decisions; Multiple Measures Are an Advantage; Local Norms and Recurring Assessment Are Advantages

Beliefs and Principles ConclusionDecision-Making or Selection Models; Four: Measuring Intellectual and Academic Ability; Why and When to



Use Tests of Cognitive and Academic Ability; Where Does Abstract Reasoning Fit In?; What Tests of Cognitive Ability Measure; General and Specific Abilities; Hierarchical Models: Cattell-Horn-Carroll; Abstract Reasoning; General Intelligence (g); Clinical Insights; General Ability Index; Clinical Considerations and Adaptations for High-Ability Students; Tests with High Ceilings; Testing the Limits; Extended Norms; Levels of Intellectual Giftedness

Some Popular Iq Tests Used in Gifted AssessmentWechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fifth Edition; Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence-Fourth Edition; Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales, Fifth Edition; Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Cognitive Abilities; Differential Ability Scales, Second Edition; Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children, Second Edition; Cognitive Assessment System, Second Edition; Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scales; A Few Illustrative Academic Measures; Conclusion and Recommendations; Five: Identifying and Assessing Creativity; Defining Creativity

Measuring CreativityDivergent Thinking: Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking; Divergent Thinking: Profile of Creative Abilities; Self-Report: Abedi Test of Creativity; Teacher Checklist: Gifted Rating Scales-Creativity Scale; Consensual Assessment Technique; Creativity, Intelligence, and Talent Development; Unanswered Questions; Six: Alternative Gifted Assessment Methods; Teacher and Parent Nominations; Portfolio Assessment; Nonverbal Measures; Teacher Ratings; The GRS As a Measure of Change; Assessing Readiness for Grade Acceleration; Types of Acceleration; Iowa Acceleration Scale

Seven: Frequently Asked Questions About Gifted Assessment

Sommario/riassunto

An Up-to-Date Overview of the Theory and Practice Underlying Gifted Assessment   Essentials of Gifted Assessment introduces readers to the theory and practice underlying gifted assessment. Steven Pfeiffer, a leading expert in the field of gifted assessment, discusses what it means to be gifted, why we should identify gifted students, and the purposes of gifted assessment.   Well-organized and engaging, the book examines key principles of gifted assessment and provides an up-to-date overview of gifted assessment measures. Topics include the use of local norms, measuring creativity and motivatio



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790345803321

Titolo

Law and development and the global discourses of legal transfers / / edited by John Gillespie and Pip Nicholson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012

ISBN

9781139093576

1139093576

9781107379527

1107379520

9781107230996

1107230993

9781139411615

1139411616

9781139415767

113941576X

9781139417921

1139417924

9781139424059

113942405X

1139422014

1280773766

9786613684530

9781139422987

1139422987

113941996X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 391 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge studies in law and society

Classificazione

LAW016000

Disciplina

340/.3091724

Soggetti

Law and economic development

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Interpreting legal transfers seriously : the challenge for law and development / John Gillespie and Pip Nicholson -- ; Pt I. Theorising



legal transfers towards an interpretative analysis -- Relocating global legal scripts in local networks of meaning / John Gillespie -- International and domestic selective adaptation: the case of Charter 08 / Pitman B. Potter -- Rights and regulation as a framework for exploring reverse legal transfers : hegemony and counter-hegemony in the Bolivian water sector / Bronwen Morgan -- ; pt. II. Re-interpreting universalised standards of practice : TRIPS and human rights norms -- The transfer of pharmaceutical patent laws : the case of India's Paragraph 3(d) / Christopher Arup -- Between rhetoric and reality : the use of international human rights norms in law reform debates in China / Sarah Biddulph -- ; pt. III. Re-interpreting the rule of law as transfer -- Between global norms and domestic realities : judicial reforms in China / Randall Peerenboom -- Official discourses and court-oriented legal reform in Vietnam / Pip Nicholson and Simon Pitt -- Constructing law from development : cause lawyers, generational narratives, and the rule of law in Thailand / Frank Munger -- ; pt. IV. Re-interpreting global family and religious norms -- Family law transfers from Europe to Africa : lessons for the methodology of comparative legal research / Mark Van Hoecke -- Resistible force meets malleable object : the story of the 'introduction' of norms of gender equality into Japanese employment practice / Frank Upham -- Discordant voices on the status of Islam under the Malaysian constitution / Elsa Satkunasingam -- 'Unpacking' a global norm in a local context : an historical overview of the epistemic communities that are shaping zakat practice in Malaysia / Kerstin Steiner.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume of essays contributes to the understanding of global law reform by questioning the assumption in law and development theory that laws fail to transfer because of shortcomings in project design and implementation. It brings together leading scholars who demonstrate that a synthesis of law and development, comparative law and regulatory perspectives (disciplines which to date have remained intellectually isolated from each other) can produce a more nuanced understanding about development failures. Arguing for a refocusing of the analysis onto the social demand for legal transfers, and drawing on empirically rich case studies, contributors explore what recipients in developing countries think about global legal reforms. This analytical focus generates insights into how key actors in developing countries understand global law reforms and how to better predict how legal reforms are likely to play out in recipient countries.