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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]22:32, what are you saying?    gbrs reflects what your dc demonstrates in school.  if they show nothing they have low gbrs regardless of their precious brilliance scores
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How is it possible that a child, who (based on various test scores) appears to be highly intelligent (and has no other learning or behavioral problems), demonstrates nothing in class, yet get 4s in their report card and great DRA2 and MRA scores? Can someone explain this to me? What are these kids doing in class? If they do nothing, they should be getting 2s in their report cards. And yes, I get it, 4s do not mean much, but at least they mean that the kid is doing something right at school. So how come and these kids never show any signs of intelligence (according to their GBRS) yet they do well enough to get 4s? Remember, these are seven and eight years old kids, they are impulsive and spontaneous, and let's face it, intelligence is not something that is difficult to spot... So how come and their teachers never notice anything in them?[/quote]

How low of a GBRS are you talking about? Consider the four GBRS categories (Exceptional Ability to Learn, Exceptional Application of Knowledge, Exceptional Creative/Productive Thinking, Exceptional Motivation to Succeed). And then consider the ratings scale: 1=Rarely, 2=Occasionally, 3=Frequently, 4=Consistently. If the teacher picked a combination of 2s and 3s -- say two 2s and two 3s -- the teacher [i]would[/i] be noticing some gifted behaviors in the child, not seeing nothing. The teacher would be documenting that the child showed some gifted behaviors at least occasionally, other gifted behaviors even frequently. But still the GBRS score would be 10 (2+2+3+3), which is considered below par and typically not good enough for AAP acceptance.

It seems that the selection committee is looking for a pretty exceptional GBRS, consistent with the 99% test scores typically needed. If a child scored 90% on the WISC, it would not mean that the child wasn't bright at all. The child would be shown to be quite bright, with a lot of ability and far above average, but just not at the level of AAP. It may be the same with GBRS. A child could be showing a decent number of gifted behaviors, just not be head and shoulders above the rest. A typical GBRS for admittance is said to be 12. That would mean that on average a child is frequently showing all of the gifted behaviors (3+3+3+3). Or if deficient in one then consistently showing gifted behaviors in some other realm (3+3+4+2, 4+2+4+2).

Maybe the ratings scale needs to be reworked such that the strength of instances of gifted behavior could be considered, not just the frequency (and how frequent is Frequently, anyway?). If one day a child independently worked out the theory of relativity but did nothing else that half of the year, shouldn't that still be good enough for a high GBRS, or would it be Occasionally shows gifted behaviors, total of 8? [/quote]

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