If the actual gifted program is full of visual analysis, I might not push the issue, but that would be very unusual for a GT program.
Good one MON!!!! Snort. I have this picture of kids playing where's Waldo variants. Then moving on to plant identification.
The recomendation is for gifted programs to do screenings with instruments that are good for detecting the strengths that the program is trying to develop, but in real life, there is a tendency to use non-verbal tests in hopes of discovering children from language-poor environments or who are ESL.
If only that worked.
There is a myth that to be gifted in one area means that the child will be gifted in all areas. If this were true, then it wouldn't matter what kind of IQ test was delivered, because any test would discover all the children with special educational needs.
Wouldn't it be great to be able to recognise, and then accomidate children with a variety of profiles? A child could get extra help in their weak areas and extra challenge in their strength areas.
Smiles,
Grinity
