Blog Post 1 - Excellence Gap
It was very evident to me a long time ago that my peers and I retained information and learned in completely different ways and at completely different speeds. The articles discussed give insight into why this phenomena occurs through the use of aptitude tests and ultimately revealing excellence gaps. In "An Aptitude Perspective on Talent: Implications for Identification of Academically Gifted Minority Students," it talks about the four different aspects of academic success in aptitude tests which are: prior achievement in the domain, the ability to reason in the symbol systems used to communicate new knowledge in that domain, interest in the domain, and persistence in the type of learning environments offered for the attainment of expertise in the domain. This is a very wordy definition of what academic success consists through the use of aptitude tests. Before getting into the depths of who underrepresented learners are, breaking down the definition of academic success ...