List: Ability Grouping | Curated by Deborah Ruf, PhD

Mar 24, 2024
30 stories
Ability GroupingThere are many different ways to find a "good fit" for a child or adult. Articles that have this label cover those ways and what a good fit means for mental and emotional health, self-esteem, and academic, work place, and social sense of belonging.
Deborah Ruf, PhD
If You Have a Reason to Assess a Young Child for Giftedness …Here are some good reasons and how to go about it.
Mar 23, 2024
Mar 23, 2024
Deborah Ruf, PhD
Post-High School Education Outcomes for Level One Gifted (Moderately Gifted)Level One people are in the moderately to gifted range of advanced learners
Mar 6, 2024
Mar 6, 2024
Deborah Ruf, PhD
What Is School Choice?… and what do I think of it?
Mar 1, 2024
Mar 1, 2024
Deborah Ruf, PhD
What the Heck is Neurodiversity?… and how does it fit into the picture of giftedness?
Feb 26, 2024
Feb 26, 2024
Deborah Ruf, PhD
Are Schools Set Up for Gifted Children? (Highly to Exceptionally Gifted, Level Three)Level Three (Highly to Exceptionally Gifted) children and their parents generally had considerable difficulty finding a good school fit.
Jan 30, 2024
Jan 30, 2024
Deborah Ruf, PhD
Are Schools Set Up for Gifted Children? (Exceptionally to Profoundly Gifted, Level Four)No. Not generally, and virtually never for the Exceptionally and Profoundly Gifted.
Feb 2, 2024
Feb 2, 2024
Deborah Ruf, PhD
Are Schools Set Up for Gifted Children? (Profoundly Gifted, Level Five)No. Not generally, and virtually never for the Profoundly Gifted.
Feb 9, 2024
Feb 9, 2024
Deborah Ruf, PhD
Development in Gifted Children: Different in Many WaysScatterplots to illustrate some of the ways!
Feb 7, 2024
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Feb 7, 2024
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Deborah Ruf, PhD
Suicide Rates at Elite UniversitiesAnother Example of Relativity?
Dec 18, 2023
Dec 18, 2023
Deborah Ruf, PhD
What is “Good Fit” and Why Does It Matter?“Good fit” in the context of school and social life means that people feel as though they belong.
Dec 27, 2023
Dec 27, 2023
Deborah Ruf, PhD
Do We Need to Know How Smart Someone Is?Evaluating and Assessing Giftedness Why?
Jan 2, 2024
Jan 2, 2024
Deborah Ruf, PhD
What Do Schools Usually Do for Their Gifted Students?And gifted services vary by state and by district because few states have gifted requirements.
Jan 5, 2024
Jan 5, 2024
Deborah Ruf, PhD
Are Schools Set Up for Gifted Children? (Moderately Gifted, Level One)No. Very little happens before High School.
Jan 10, 2024
Jan 10, 2024
Deborah Ruf, PhD
Are Schools Set Up for Gifted Children? (Highly Gifted, Level Two)Level Two children and their parents had even more difficulty finding a good school fit. Level Two children and adults are highly gifted…
Jan 16, 2024
Jan 16, 2024
Deborah Ruf, PhD
How State Supported Public Schools for the Gifted Can Have DifficultiesWhy the difficulties in gifted education programs exist and what can be done about it.
Dec 12, 2023
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Dec 12, 2023
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Deborah Ruf, PhD
Dr. Ruf Responds to a Gifted Underachievement QuestionHow a child who scored in the profoundly gifted range can underachieve in school.
Oct 11, 2023
Oct 11, 2023
Deborah Ruf, PhD
Giftedness is Relative… and Most Gifted People Don’t Even Know They’re Gifted!
Oct 18, 2023
Oct 18, 2023
Deborah Ruf, PhD
How Author Background Affects What They WriteThe picture here is of me when I was five years old. This is part of my background story.
Nov 10, 2023
Nov 10, 2023
Deborah Ruf, PhD
After 6th Grade, Things Got More Interesting!Partly Hormonal and Another Part Ability Grouping — Yay!!!
Nov 21, 2023
Nov 21, 2023
Deborah Ruf, PhD
Why I’m Using my 70s to Write to You About All of UsAnd what we can do to make a better future.
Nov 22, 2023
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Nov 22, 2023
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