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SUMMARY:Psychometric versus Dynamic Assessment for identification of dual 
 exceptional learners - Dr Anies Al-Hroub\, Assistant Professor of Educatio
 nal Psychology and Special Education\, American University of Beirut (AUB)
 \, Lebanon
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CONTACT:Nichola Daily
DESCRIPTION:* *ABSTRACT:* Traditionally\, psychometric tests have been fou
 nd to underestimate the intellectual potential of exceptional learners (e.
 g. gifted and talented children\, pupils with specific learning difficulti
 es [LDs]). Consequently\, dynamic measures have been extensively used to i
 dentify the untapped learning potential of pupils with LDs\, and yet only 
 recently entered the identification procedures in gifted education. The pu
 rpose of this talk is to investigate the efficacy of psychometric and dyna
 mic assessment (DA) in identifying a group of dual exceptional students wh
 o exhibited mathematical giftedness and specific learning difficulties. Th
 e study involved 30 pupils aged between 10 years and 11 years 11 months fr
 om three primary schools in Amman\, Jordan. A multi-dimensional evaluation
  involving a combination of psychometric and dynamic mathematics assessmen
 t was used.\n* *BIOGRAPHY:* Anies Al-Hroub is an Assistant Professor of Ed
 ucational Psychology and Special Education. He completed his BA and MA fro
 m the University of Jordan\, and his MPhil and PhD from the University of 
 Cambridge. As Visiting Scholar (Jan-Sep 2010)\, hosted by the EED and PNE 
 academic groups\, Anies will be working on two independent research projec
 ts with Dr. David Whitebread and Dr. Pam Bernard. He is the author of _The
 ories and Programmes of Education for the Gifted and Talented_\, and a con
 sulting editor on the Journal of the International Association of Special 
 Education (JIASE). He has published papers in the  British Journal of Spec
 ial Education\, the British Journal of Educational Psychology\, Roeper Rev
 iew\, Journal of Education for the Gifted\, Psychology of Education Review
 \, and La Nouvelle revue de l’adaptation et de la scolarisation. His res
 earch interests focus on gifted and talented education\, the inclusive sch
 ooling for children with special educational needs\, dyslexia and dyscalcu
 lia\, creative thinking\, dual-exceptionality\, and psychometric and dynam
 ic assessment.
LOCATION:Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ\, (ro
 om 2S8)
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