Early Identification of the Pre-School Child: a Study of Parent and Teacher Effectiveness

Abstract

A pre-school behavioral checklist is provided which is the result of a research study at Arizona State University. Main issues from literature on behavioral characteristics are reviewed and discussed and suggestions for the provision of an enriching environment for young children are made.

Gifted preschoolers:Parent and teacher views on identification, early admission and programming

“…Characterizations of the preschool gifted by teachers, however, has not "Young" Researcher(s) Abraham & Hartwell (1985) Bagnato & Neisworth (1981) Benbow(1986) Burke (1989) Burns & Tunnard (1991) Ehrlich(1980) Fatouros (1986 Gottfried, Gottfried, Bathurst, & Guerin (1994) Johnson & Lewman (1990 Karnes(1983) Kitano(1989) Kitano(1990 Webb, Meckstroth, & Tolan (1982) Wexler-Sherman, Gardner, & Feldman (1988) Wexler-Sherman, Gardner, & Feldman (1988) Wolf (1989 Wolfe (1989) Wright (1990) (adapted from Sankar-DeLeeuw, 1997) Gifted: Age variance in research Reference Term "gifted children", "preschool child" "early intervention" "identified early" "young gifted" "gifted preschoolers" "giftedness in the early years" "giftedness in very young children" "early developmental aspects" "young gifted boys and girls" "young gifted children" "young gifted children" "young children" "young intellectually-gifted children" "younger gifted children" "gifted preschoolers" "preschool gifted child" "young gifted children" "gifted young children" "preschool gifted children" "young gifted children" "preschool gifted children" "gifted child" "gifted preschooler" "gifted child" "early assessment" "young children" "young gifted children" "gifted preschooler" "precocious preschoolers" 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 X 1 1 1 1 X X X X XXX X 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 X 1 1 1 1…”

Promotion of very Able Children of Preschool Age

“…Here the development of a positive binding behaviour is of eminent importance; it is the foundation for being able to act safely and to develop competence, not only in cognitive, but in social respect, too. Relying on the literature the following cognitive or cognitively bound traits or behavioural patterns may be seen as characteristic for gifted pre-school children (Abraham & Hartwell, 1985;Casey & Quisenberry, 1982;Ehrlich, 1978;Roedell et al, 1980;Stapf, 1992;Tarshis & Shore, 1991;Urban, 1990a):…”

Can the BRIGANCE® screens detect children who are gifted and academically talented?∗

“…However, early intervention is predicated on early detection, and identifying young gifted children is difficult. Research has explored a range of approaches including traditional standardized testing of various types (Schneider & Gervais, 1991;Pearce, 1983), dynamic assessment (Borland & Wright (1994), behavioral checklists (Abraham, Hartwell & Marston, 1985), longitudinal evaluations via portfolios of student work (Hadaway & MarekSchroer, 1992), parental appraisal (Silverman, Chitwood, & Waters, 1986), and teacher nominations (Ashman & Vukelich, 1983). Despite the diversity of detection methods, all are criticized for underdetection, particularly of minority children (Ehrlich, 1986).…”