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List Of Characteristics Of A Teacher

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A list of characteristics should be included in some of the instruments used in the identification process. The reason that this should occur is to be more consistent with the identification process thus allowing it to be more valid. In order to become valid, it is “can be documented to be measuring what it claims to measure” (Callahan et al 89). If there are no characteristics that a teacher is guided by it becomes much more biased and less objective. Also, you have a wide range of teachers from novice to veteran that are analyzing these students and in order to help out some of the new teachers it would give them a guide as to what they are looking for in the student identification process. On the other end, a veteran teacher sometimes because complacent and does not necessarily see everything that could be indicators of a gifted student, again allowing the teacher have a guide. Another reason, is from a training standpoint the teachers should be trained in looking at specific traits that are “typical” of a gifted student. This makes it easier for the district to train by using the characteristic checklist as a guide for identifying gifted students. In many of the readings and definitions that have been discussed throughout the class so far it is that part of a definition of defining gifted is “teacher training requirements” (Clarenbach & Eckert 32). These characteristics can be broad enough that a teacher is not biased but it helps guide them to as to what services

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