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gifted and talented education  

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  • Gifted education refers to the theories and practices of instruction for students who have been identified as high-ability learners. Efforts to identify gifted students and to develop the most effective teaching methods for this population have undergone many changes since gifted education began in the United States in the 1920s. [Source: Encyclopedia of Educational Reform and Dissent; Gifted Education]

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