The writer explores the causes contributing to the under-representation of minority groups in gifted programmes and discusses the goals and implementation of PROJECT STEP-UP which seeks to address these issues. PROJECT STEP-UP demonstrates that by focussing on the strengths of “at risk” children, providing practice in higher order thinking skills and providing parent assistance, dramatic changes can be made in pupils level of performance.
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