[Ohiogift] separate classes for gifted students boost all kids

[Gifted and Talented in Ohio Discussion List]

Friends:

Below is a link to and excerpt from a story that appeared in the Indianapolis Star this week.  It discusses Marcia Gentry's research on cluster grouping for gifted students.  

It looks as if she has received one of the newly-reinstated and newly-announced Javits grants to extend her research to other locations around the country.  

You can find her original study at this link:

http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/nrcgt/reports/rm99138/rm99138.pdf

Margaret


Why separate classes for gifted students boost all kids
Stephanie Wang, stephanie.wang at indystar.com 

Separate classes for gifted students help elementary students across the board grow academically, Purdue University research has found.

“When the high-achieving students are clustered together in one class, students in the other classes grow academically — gaining confidence, receiving more teacher attention and participating more frequently in class,” Marcia Gentry, professor of educational studies and director of Purdue’s Gifted Education Resource Institute, said in a news release.

The result: More students from underrepresented populations — such as students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, or students from low-income families — may be identified as gifted, Gentry’s research says....

http://www.indystar.com/story/news/education/2014/10/06/separate-classes-gifted-students-boost-kids/16820255/