The article I chose is called “Gifted Ethnic Minority Students and Academic Achievement: A Meta-Analysis”. It is a study conducted to explore the prevalence of minority students in gifted programs and the lack of equal representation and valuable learning. Gifted minority students are often overlooked for excelerated programs and teachers have trouble identifying students that qualify for the programs. In an effort to not single out each student or provide different variations of the curriculum they propose a teaching method that is adequate for all students. When minority students are placed in predominately white areas they are less likely to succeed and are behind when they enter college courses. This study proposes conducting a meta analysis that will test the effectiveness of the gifted programs and the students activeness/ ability. Their academic achievement after participating in the programs is recorded and compared to those not given the same opportunities and are behind in their studies. The study was created and carried out by 3 PhD professors who study identity and inclusion within minority students.
https://journals-sagepub-com.libezproxy2.syr.edu/doi/full/10.1177/0016986216674556?utm_source=summon&utm_medium=discovery-provider
Off to a good start, Mikayla. A few comments as you continue:
1) make sure to name the publication in your summary (the url for a subscription database will often not take users to the article if they’re logged into a different network, so we’ll need the journal title).
2) help your readers to understand what a meta-analysis is (a study of studies)–how many texts did they review? how large was their sample? (At one point you suggest that they’re proposing a meta-analysis; is that their conclusion? or is that what they’re actually doing here? If the latter, we need to see some of the results)
3) is this US-focused? or international?