| Summary: | A RESEARCH PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF
EDUCATION - DIVISION OF SPECIALISED EDUCATION -
UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND, JOHANNESBURG -
TOWARDS THE DL'GREE OF MASTER OF EDUCATION
(EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY).
JOHANNESBURG, 1990. === The aim of this study was to investigate the validity
of teacher nomination of pupils for inclusion in a
giftei programme in "Indian" schools. Correlations
between teacher nominations and the Renzulli Satin*
Scale (FRS) were used to test the validity of teacher
nomination and highly significant correlations were
found .
The RRS was adopted because it covered * broader,
interactive, multiple criteria definition
than the more traditional, narrow,
measures of intelligence< As the RRS hi
reliability and validity only in respect of an American
context a pilot study was undertaken to validate the
RRS as a test of intelligence for South African
children. The pilot study correlated the intellectual
category of RRS scores with scores on the Junior South
African Individual Scale (JSAIS) the latter being a
unidimensional measure of intelligence. Correlations
obtained were highly significant suggesting that the
RRS was valid as a measure o' intelligence. At the
same time it had the added advantage of considering
other dimensions of giftedness (namely, task commitment
and creativity).
The results of the correlations between the RRS and
teacher nomination suggest that teacher nomination is a
valid, cost effective and reliable method of
of giftedness
standardised
id established
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