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How many students are usually placed together in cluster grouping?Read the answer and worked solution →In cluster grouping, the teachers are specially trained in what?Read the answer and worked solution →How does compacting decide which lessons a gifted student can skip?Read the answer and worked solution →What is a benefit of compacting for a gifted student?Read the answer and worked solution →What is a pull-out programme?Read the answer and worked solution →When do pull-out programmes advance learning?Read the answer and worked solution →What does telescoping mean in acceleration?Read the answer and worked solution →What is subject acceleration also called?Read the answer and worked solution →Subject acceleration is usually based on which kind of testing?Read the answer and worked solution →Why is acceleration seen as low cost for a school?Read the answer and worked solution →Whole grade skipping is considered which kind of acceleration?Read the answer and worked solution →What do early entrance programmes offer gifted younger students?Read the answer and worked solution →Who can benefit from self-pacing?Read the answer and worked solution →Which approach teaches gifted students apart all day?Read the answer and worked solution →Why do separate gifted classes or schools tend to cost more?Read the answer and worked solution →Most boards define gifted as scoring in the top how many percentiles?Read the answer and worked solution →Who should administer norm-referenced tests for gifted assessment?Read the answer and worked solution →Which two tests are most popular for identifying giftedness in school-age children?Read the answer and worked solution →What should be added to test scores when identifying gifted children?Read the answer and worked solution →Whose work on early intelligence tests led to the Stanford-Binet test?Read the answer and worked solution →Which popular view did Terman's long-term studies test?Read the answer and worked solution →According to Terman, IQ compared which two things?Read the answer and worked solution →How did Terman define intelligence?Read the answer and worked solution →Terman's Genetic Studies of Genius followed children with what IQ?Read the answer and worked solution →What are the subjects of Terman's gifted-children study nicknamed?Read the answer and worked solution →

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How many students are usually placed together in cluster grouping?

  1. Two to three
  2. Ten to twelve
  3. Fifteen to twenty
  4. Four to six
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Correct answer: D. Four to six

1. Cluster grouping gathers a small set of gifted or high-achieving students. 2. They sit in one regular classroom for the whole school day. 3. The group size is four to six, so larger numbers are wrong. _Source: Wikipedia, Gifted education, Cluster grouping_

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In cluster grouping, the teachers are specially trained in what?

  1. Running contests only
  2. Teaching one subject only
  3. Grading by rank alone
  4. Differentiating instruction
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Correct answer: D. Differentiating instruction

1. Cluster grouping places a few gifted learners in one class. 2. The cluster teachers are trained in differentiating instruction for gifted learners. 3. Ranking or competition work alone is not the training described. _Source: Wikipedia, Gifted education, Cluster grouping_

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How does compacting decide which lessons a gifted student can skip?

  1. By the student's age
  2. By pretesting mastered skills
  3. By a parent's written request
  4. By a teacher's quick guess
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Correct answer: B. By pretesting mastered skills

1. Compacting shortens regular material for a student. 2. It uses a pretest to find out which skills and content are already mastered. 3. Age, requests or guesses are not the basis used. _Source: Wikipedia, Gifted education, Compacting_

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