Research Methods -A24/A26

Linda Fischer Comment by Reviewer: Dr.

July 2018

Annotated Bibliography

Par to the assignment instructions are as follows: Following the Prospectus description for the Purpose of the Study in the Doctoral Project Manual, use the criteria and information from previous activities to draft your Purpose of the Study. Use your Research Question as your focus for the discussion. Follow with the 6 studies in the annotated bibliography format. You are missing the Purpose of the Study discussion for this assignment.

You should have an intro for what follows. Provide some discussion for why these were chosen etc.

Smith, P. (2015). Understanding children's development. John Wiley & Sons. This is not a complete reference. There are two authors for the book and title not formatted correctly. Comment by Reviewer: This should be in alphabetical order. You do not provide another discussion for your annotated bibliography.

Smith, P. K., Cowie, H., & Blades, M. (2015). Understanding children's development. John Wiley & Sons.

This articleAuthor name put emphasis on the practical and the applied implications of the development research. The author He or sheof the article is introducing the methods through which the psychologists are studying the developmental processes as well as looking at the significant aspects of the development from the time of conception to the adolescence. In the understanding of the development of the child, the part three of this textbook is based on the social world of the child whereby the development of the emotional intelligence and the social awareness and the social dominance, aggression, and the bullying is looked into by the author.

The findings of this study are revealing that the social, as well as the emotional aspects of the children, are important in their learning. It is therefore important for the educators and the parents to consider these two aspects towards developing the gifted students in terms of their education. The social and the emotional aspects are important because it enables children to explore their world thus learning from experience. The author of this article used Piaget's theory and the biological and cultural theories of development. According to the Piaget's theory, the approaches of the children to live is with an underdeveloped thinking apparatus and will often misinterpret the world as well as the adults surrounding them.

There are some important elements which must be put into consideration by the teachers and the parents towards the development of kids. As the caregivers of the children, parents can help their kids towards exploring their world since this offers them with the opportunity of experiencing what is around them. This also changes their perception with regard to how people view them. This study is important to the development of the chose topic as well as tackling the issue of the gifted children. It explains the reason why it is necessary to understand the developmental stages of the children in changing their learning process.

Jillian, G. (2014). Children with gifts and talents: looking beyond traditional labels. Roeper Review, 32 (3), 200-206.

The author of this article explored the effects of the labeling which has become a trend in the schools. This piece of work was based on the use of literature work on the issue of labeling on the learning of the gifted children in schools. According to the authors, the perception of the gifted students regarding the views of people has been adversely and positively affected. The article is considering labeling as one of the factors which lead to the challenges being faced by the gifted kids. The author of this article has utilized the triad model to give an explanation concerning the efficiency of having a change in the labeling behavior of the gifted children. The author of this article has relied on the labeling theory which puts forward that a label of the deviant which is ascribed to an individual result into an increased in the deviance which is exhibited by the person. Having such behaviors leads to the label of the deviant which show a symbolic link between the label itself and the environment linked with the individual who receives the label. Other theories explored are the control, Pygmalion, and the stigma theories which showed that labeling is greatly affecting the belief of the children about their abilities as well as the perception that other people are having on them. The findings of this study indicate that the issue of labeling is still major concern thus requiring the educators to interact with the students directly concerning the labels so that they can be provided with the opportunity to explore themselves beyond the label of the giftedness. The similarity of this work with other studies is that the author has exhaustively addressed the issue at hand i.e. the labeling of the gifted students thus meeting the goal of this work. In relation to my study, it is true that learning of the gifted students is affected by a number of factors including the labeling behaviors.

Azano, P. (2017). Book Review of serving gifted students in rural settings. Journal of Research in Rural Education, 32 (2), 1-3.

This was a book review with regard to the issues of serving the gifted students in the rural areas. This article was aimed at looking at the serving of the gifted children within the rural settings. The book is divided into 26 chapters which are divided into the rural life, recognition, curriculum, and the teaching for rural gifted students, as well as the transfrom for the gifted students in the rural communities. Based on the argument provided by the author, learning of the gifted students in the rural settings is affected by the political and the philosophical battles which are connected to the elitism as well as the lack of the sufficient resources for education.

The conceptual framework in this particular work is the rural settings as independent while the issues of serving the gifted children as a dependent. Factors in the rural settings influence the education outcome of the gifted students. According to the findings of this piece of work, the major factors affecting the learning of the gifted students in the rural areas are the lack of attention to the education sector of the rural areas; the complexities of the infrastructures; poverty; and the impacts of the education policies. In comparison to other studies, the author has provided some of the factors which are affecting the education of the gifted student. The objective of every article is to look at the problem of education of the gifted students including the factors that are interfering with the process. The author of this article has greatly exhausted the factors which cause education disparity to the gifted education of the children in the rural settings. These factors include inadequate access to learning material among other factors. This piece of work is important towards looking at the aspects of the education of the gifted children in the rural setting because it clearly illustrates some of the disparities as well as the lack of some resources towards the education of these children.

Kyle, W., Dianne, F. V., & Mary, C. (2011). Active advocacy: working together for appropriate services for the gifted learners. Spring, 34 (2), 20-25.

The authors of this article aimed at searching for some essential aspects of the advocacy to the education of the gifted children. The authors performed literature work which reveals that the federal lawmakers have failed to effectively locate resources such as money needed to help in the improvement of the education of the gifted students. However, the implementation of the Javits Gifted and Talented Students Act has somehow recently been restored through the lobbying process which has led to the increase of funding. The advocacy process has been involving people who believe in specific causes and lending their support in a number of ways. Those who are supporting the existence of the suitable services to the gifted students are serving as the innate advocates for this special population.

The independent variable, in this case, is the active advocacy through collaboration for suitable services for the gifted students (dependent variable). Effective advocacy can either positively or negatively affects the learning outcome of the gifted students. Based on the outcome of this work by the authors, it is evident that there are a number of challenges being faced by the gifted children towards their learning process. Some of the identified challenges included the existence of unclear goals, absent of the delivery models, and the poor assessment of the education system of these children. Just like other articles in this discussion paper, this paper is also addressing the issue of gifted students by meeting its main objective of looking at the aspects of the advocacy process in place. The authors of the articles are calling suggesting for a collaborative work to help in building support to the education of the gifted students. This is crucial while shifting attention to the dynamic nature of the advocacy. This is important to the topic of focus of issues affecting the gifted students in terms of their education. The authors suggest that it is important to include all the parties involved in the advocacy of the gifted students' education. These parties include teachers, parents, and the board members if the school in addition to the policymakers of the education.

Callahan, C. M. (2015). What works in gifted education: documenting the effects of an integrated curricular/instructional model for gifted students. American Educational Research Journal, 52 (1), 137-167.

The goal of the authors in writing this particular article was to look at what works for the gifted education in terms of the curricula. This was a multilevel appraisal of the collected data from over 200 classrooms documents statistically greater variation favor the treatment group over the contrast on the standards referenced evaluation. There was random assignment of the gifted classrooms to treatment as well as the comparisons conditions. The classes were pre-assessed by the use of e Iowa Test Basic Skills to have a control for the prior achievement. This was essential since schools differ in terms of the methods of identifying the gifted students.

According to this article, the suitable program for the gifted students is basically on the incorporation of the curricula with successful instructional approaches to creating learning activities that are important in improving the outcome of the learning students. In this article, assessments of the impact of the differentiated English language arts units on the gifted third graders are made. According to this study, it is evident that there is a variation of the learners on their readiness level, interest, and the preference of the learning profile. The findings of this study show that there was a significant increase which favored the treatment group for every cohort combination. This study is important because it explains how the curricular in the learning can both positively and negatively affect the learning processes of the gifted children. The positive impacts can only be realized through having differentiated curricula as well as instructions in gifted classrooms and the paucity of the empirical proof to help in supporting the effectiveness for the learners. It is therefore upon the education policymakers to investigate the degree to which the model-based curricula units are responsible for the observable as well as measurement of the outcomes in the gifted classrooms through the utilization of the experimental paradigm.

Stambaugh, T., & Wood, S. (Eds.) (2015). Serving Gifted Students in Rural Settings. Waco, TX: Prufrock Press.

The authors of this article look at some of the challenges being faced in the promotion of the education of the gifted students in the rural areas. This books looks at the rural life and viewing what it means to live in the rural area as well as the challenges faced. It also looks at the instruction for the rural gifted children and identifying the development programs in place which are necessary towards meeting the needs of these children. There is also discussion on the uniqueness being faced by the rural educators with the gifted learners as well as their families. Policy developments are also discussed so that teachers can be assisted to create their personal talents towards serving the rural gifted students.

The results of this study reveal that the rural population has been left without qualified professionals to help in supporting the community. Some of the professionals are the teachers, doctors, and the law enforcement officers. There is also a belief system and the geographical isolation which might be affecting the rural students towards gaining success in enriching activities like museums, zoos, and the libraries. This piece of work is important towards the development of the issue under discussion i.e. the education of the gifted children. It explains some of the disparities faced by the gifted students in the rural areas in terms of their education.

How do these articles align with the theory you have chosen? How do they align with your research focus? No discussion provided.