Teacher tools: Identification
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Additional material about Identification of gifted and talented students is available from the Gifted and Talented Curriculum Support web site.
Identification tools for teachers
| Tool | Description | How to use the tool |
| Checklist for underachievers (pdf 28kb) | Jane Whitmore’s (1980) checklist is a useful checklist for students suspected of underachieving. According to Davis and Rimm (2002) underachievement has been defined as 'a discrepancy between the child’s school performance and some index of his or her actual ability, such as intelligence, achievement, or creativity scores or observational data'. | Teacher checklist that if 10 characteristics are checked then further consideration should be given to the possibility of the child being gifted. It should be remembered that a checklist is an objective assessment and only one aspect of assessing students. It should be used in conjunction with objective assessments as part of the identification program. |
| Harslett peer group nomination (doc46kb) | Peer group nomination inventory for the identification of intellectually gifted Aboriginal students. | Useful inventory for students to identify gifted Aboriginal peers. |
| Harslett rating scale for teachers (doc 46kb) | Rating scale of behavioural characteristics for the identification of intellectually gifted Aboriginal students by teachers. | Useful inventory for teachers to identify and rate gifted Aboriginal students in their classes. |
Academically gifted Aboriginal students (doc 41kb) | Scales for rating behavioural characteristics of academically and intellectually gifted Aboriginal students. | Useful inventory for teachers to identify and rate gifted Aboriginal students in their classes. |
| Things this child has done (pdf 81kb) | Sayler’s checklist for teaches of gifted young children. | Primary school parents can be given this checklist to identify aspects their child that assist schools in identifying gifted students. |
| Vignettes (ppt 368kb) | Short profile descriptions of primary and secondary age students. | Useful to use when considering the different attributes that might indicate that a student may be gifted. |
| Characteristics of Gifted Students (pdf 36kb) | A matrix produced by GERRIC showing learning characteristics of gifted students and how those behaviours might manifest in the classroom. | A valuable reference for teachers who need to identify gifted students and provide successful strategies to support both positive and negative behaviours in the classroom. |
| Identification (ppt 1.15mb) | A professional development PowerPoint covering the topic of identification of gifted students. | A useful PowerPoint about identification of gifted students to use for staff development. |
| Identification PMI (doc 39kb) | A Plus, Minus, Interesting (PMI) pro forma. | A useful framework to use when school staff are evaluating any gifted and talented identification program. |
| CDAM checklist (pdf 93kb) | Identification of Students from Culturally Diverse Backgrounds: Coolabah Dynamic Assessment Model (CDAM). | A useful tool to used in identifying gifted students from culturally diverse backgrounds. |
| Reflection identification scaffold (doc 44kb) | A one page pro forma for school staff to evaluate their current provision for gifted students. | Useful pro forma for schools to reflect on their current practices for identification of gifted students and to write down their practical ideas about how to improve their procedures. |
| Teaching strategies for dual exceptional (pdf 404kb) | Easily read paper highlighting the complexities surrounding students whose dramatic learning strengths in some areas are frustrated by dramatic learning weaknesses in others. | Tips for classroom teachers addressing student’s learning challenges. |
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