Pub Date : 2023-02-24DOI: 10.1177/10762175221149442
Javetta Jones Roberson
As gifted and advanced level leaders move to increasing efforts of inclusivity in their programs, there is a need to use evaluative measures focusing on equity for systemic change and growth. Equity Audits can provide leaders with a holistic perspective of their programming and how they can use the data to shift the culture, identify inequities and and address those inequities through intentional goal setting and problem solving for support. This article focuses on how gifted and advanced level leaders develop Equity Audits for their programs as a way to understand program data holistically, facilitate change and promote an overall sense of goal setting based on the well-being of students, teachers, and stakeholders who support their programs.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-01Epub Date: 2023-03-31DOI: 10.26502/jppch.74050145
Mei-Wei Chang, Jonathan Schaffir, Alai Tan, Duane T Wegener, Katherine Strafford, Brett Worly, Cassandra Sampsell, Maggie Rosen, Loriana Soma
Background: Dietary intake of micronutrients and essential fatty acids in overweight or obese pregnant women during early pregnancy is unknown. We investigated the proportion of pregnant women meeting recommendations for dietary intake of micronutrients and essential fatty acids and compared stress and depressive symptoms between those meeting and below recommendations.
Methods: Participants (N = 70) were overweight or obese pregnant women ≤16 weeks gestation. They completed two 24-hour dietary recalls and online surveys measuring stress and depressive symptoms. Micronutrients of interest included B vitamins, choline, and trace minerals (calcium, magnesium, selenium, and zinc). Essential fatty acids were docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA).
Results: Low proportions of participants met recommendations for choline (21.4%) and folate (24.3%). Yet, the proportion of women meeting recommendations for other B vitamins and trace minerals were much better. Less than 9.0% of participants met recommendations for essential fatty acids. Compared with those below recommendations for B3 and selenium, participants meeting recommendations had significantly fewer depressive symptoms.
Conclusions: Low proportions of overweight or obese pregnant participants met dietary intake recommendations for micronutrients and essential fatty acids.
背景:超重或肥胖孕妇在孕早期的微量营养素和必需脂肪酸的膳食摄入量尚不清楚。我们调查了符合微量营养素和必需脂肪酸膳食摄入建议的孕妇比例,并比较了符合和低于建议的孕妇的压力和抑郁症状:参与者(N = 70)为妊娠不足 16 周的超重或肥胖孕妇。她们完成了两次 24 小时膳食回顾以及压力和抑郁症状在线调查。微量营养素包括 B 族维生素、胆碱和微量元素(钙、镁、硒和锌)。必需脂肪酸为二十二碳六烯酸(DHA)和二十碳五烯酸(EPA):结果:符合胆碱(21.4%)和叶酸(24.3%)推荐值的参与者比例较低。然而,符合其他 B 族维生素和微量元素推荐值的妇女比例要高得多。只有不到 9.0% 的参与者符合必需脂肪酸的推荐值。与 B3 和硒含量低于建议值的妇女相比,符合建议值的妇女抑郁症状明显较少:超重或肥胖孕妇中符合微量营养素和必需脂肪酸膳食摄入建议的比例较低。
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Pub Date : 2022-11-27DOI: 10.1177/10762175221131057
Kenneth J. Smith
For all students, cognitive and social and emotional needs go hand in hand. Teachers of academically advanced students should address these intertwining needs in ways that are sensitive to what is unique about how these students think and feel. Over the years, my students have taught me several lessons about how to do just that. These lessons have prepared me to respond better to students’ perfectionist tendencies and their belief that school should be easy, to keep students engaged, to support the particular learning styles of my female students, and to help students be comfortable with their abilities. In this article, I explain how each of these lessons relates to students’ cognitive, social, and emotional needs and offer suggestions for helping students deal with each issue. In each explanation, I draw heavily on what many of my former students have shared with me.
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Pub Date : 2022-11-27DOI: 10.1177/10762175221131055
Donna B. Hulsey, Titus R. Moten, Maryann R. Hebda, Tracey Sulak, Janet H. Bagby
Using the ECLS-K:2011, a nationally representative dataset, we compared measures of behavioral engagement among students with four different learning profiles: students identified with learning disabilities, students identified as gifted, students identified as both gifted and having a learning disability (twice-exceptional; 2e), and general education students. Behavioral engagement focuses on conduct in class, participation in school-related activities, and interest in academic tasks. We detected differences in engagement among the four learner profiles, specifically when comparing students with disabilities to other profiles. When comparing students with disabilities and general education students to gifted and 2e students, the effect size was medium to large. The effect size between the gifted and 2e profiles was small, suggesting similar behavioral engagement. Because disabilities and giftedness can often “mask” each other, these findings suggest that recognizing how behavioral engagement manifests in each category can lead to more accurate identification of special-needs students for GT assessment.
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Pub Date : 2022-11-27DOI: 10.1177/10762175221131909
S. Kaplan
The classroom can become the primary source to introduce students to the processes that promote opportunities for self-differentiation or personal intellectual challenges. A missing component in some differentiated experiences is the need to provide gifted students with opportunities to gain the independence that fosters their abilities to assume the responsibility to challenge themselves. The examples in this column depict a process that can be introduced and practiced in order to develop gifted students’ abilities to comprehend the range of possible options that stimulate self-challenges
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Pub Date : 2022-11-27DOI: 10.1177/10762175221131066
Del Siegle
COVID-19 caused widespread changes in how people worked. The education community was dramatically impacted. Teachers were forced to quickly pivot from teaching students in person on-campus to virtually online. Among the challenges educators faced were the inequity of technology access and unreliable internet options. The move to virtual instruction necessitated creative use of educators’ existing technology skills and development of new skills to teach with technology. Among the technologies that teachers continued to use once they returned to the in-person classroom were video conferencing, incorporating student interactions and feedback into visual presentations, and continuing to explore virtual learning experiences outside the classroom. Some educators’ experimentation during the pandemic with different technology options to guide self-directed student learning shows promise for developing gifted students’ talents and interests.
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Pub Date : 2022-11-27DOI: 10.1177/10762175221131063
D. Ford, Tanya J. Middleton, Erik M. Hines, E. Fletcher, James L. Moore
This article focuses on what school-based mental health counselors need to know to be anti-racist and culturally responsive for Black students, while recognizing that many of the presented theories and frameworks have implications for other minoritized gifted and talented (GATE) students/clients. The authors provide an overview of the most promising works for guiding counselors (and all educators) in their efforts to effect meaningful, equity-driven changes, to disrupt prejudice and discrimination, and to be advocates and allies for Black clients/students.
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Pub Date : 2022-11-27DOI: 10.1177/10762175221131068
Stefanie McKoy, Krystle E Merry
With the growth of online, virtual, and blended learning, there has been an increase in the demand for access to differentiated, quality online resources that are both student- and teacher-friendly for advanced or gifted and talented learners. The included resources have one or more combinations of exploratory, meaningful, and relevant content, various critical thinking-related activities, opportunities to expand creativity, integration of game-based knowledge, collaboration with peers, and educational opportunities to communicate and interact with peers from multiple backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities. To support advanced learners, the article highlights specific online programs and applications that focus on the 21st-century skills of communication, collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking. These technology sources assist teachers in differentiating their instruction to meet all students’ needs including those who are advanced.
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