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Predictors of Performance of Disadvantaged Adolescents in a Gifted Program

Mervyn Skuy

Division of Specialized Education University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

Vanessa Gaydon

Division of Specialized Education University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

Sharon Hoffenberg

Division of Specialized Education University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

Peter Fridjhon

Division of Specialized Education University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

This study investigated the relative value of different measures in selecting disadvantaged South Africans for an enrichment program. Results on the measures for 99 13-18-year-old students were intercorrelated with achievement in the Soweto Gifted Child Program (SGCP). Regression analyses indicated that 50-58% of the variance in performance in the SGCP was accounted for by several significant predictors; namely, two subtests (the Verbal Analogies Test and the Organiser) of the Learning Potential Assessment Device, school performance, and the combined Similarities subtests of the WAIS-R and WISC-R. For all measures which emerged as predictors, assessment of performance followed an opportunity for learning.

Gifted Child Quarterly, Vol. 34, No. 3, 97-101 (1990)
DOI: 10.1177/001698629003400302
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