Leadership
Research & Evaluation Committees
If you interested in serving on one of the following committees, please contact the chair.
Awards Committee: Alicia Cotabish, Chair; Angela Housand, Co-Chair
Communications Committee: Karen Rambo, Chair
Finance Committee: Jill Adelson, Chair
Grad Student Committee: Jen Foreman, Chair
Membership Committee: Scott Peters, Chair
Policy Committee: Cheryll Adams, Chair
Program Committee: Megan Foley-Nicpon, Chair
Publications Committee: Catherine Little, Chair
Mission
The Research & Evaluation Network's primary mission is to ensure a spirit of inquiry among NAGC members by informing the membership about research needs and methodologies and by encouraging and supporting them in their research efforts. Further, the mission is to develop and promote forums for coordinating research and disseminating it to educators and policy-makers that can make the important difference for all gifted children. Specifically, the Network undertakes activities that will: 1) determine and encourage needed research, methodology, and program evaluation on key topics; 2) determine and encourage presentation of relevant research topics and evaluation and methods in gifted education; 3) determine resources to support research and evaluation in gifted education; 4) establish networks with other relevant professional organizations and NAGC Networks; 5) encourage the use of ethical standards for conducting and reporting research and evaluation in gifted education; and 6) develop guidelines for graduate training that specify research and evaluation skills.
Join Now!
If you like what you've read and want to be a member of the Research & Evaluation Network, we'd love to have you! You must be a member of NAGC before you can become a network member, so click here to find out how.
Newsletter Archive
Some of our recent "SIREN" newsletters sent to network members:
Fall 2011
Spring 2011
Fall 2010
Spring 2010
Fall 2009
Spring 2009
2012 Research and Evaluation Dissertation Award
The Research and Evaluation Network will be running the third annual Dissertation Award competition this year. The winner of the award will receive a plaque, a special session to present his or her research at NAGC 2012, and conference registration for NAGC 2012 (valued at $360). To be eligible for the dissertation award, the applicant must: 1) be a member of the Research and Evaluation Network of NAGC, and 2) have defended his or her dissertation during the 2011 calendar year. Applicants should submit an article length manuscript (no longer than 25 pages) based on the dissertation. Any manuscripts longer than 25 pages, exclusive of tables, figures, and references, will be immediately disqualified. In addition, each applicant should submit a cover letter which includes his/her name, address, email address, phone number, current occupation and institution, and the date that he/she defended his/her dissertation. Application packages must be received by March 5, 2012.
Please submit application packages electronically to: Alicia Cotabish, axcotabish@ualr.edu
Papers should be submitted as either pdf or word files.
NAGC Annual Convention
Graduate Student Research Gala
Graduate students are invited to participate in the National Association for Gifted Children, Research and Evaluation Network’s annual Graduate Student Research Gala. This event provides an opportunity for graduate students to network with experts in the field of gifted education and to showcase their research. Participants will: 1) submit a 20-page research paper by July 1st, and 2) create a poster for presentation at the gala event at the NAGC convention. While participation in the research gala is not a requirement, it is highly encouraged among participants. The requirements for the papers are listed here.
Winners will be chosen in the following categories: Doctoral-level-Completed Research (completed dissertation research excluded), Doctoral-level-In-progress Research, Non-doctoral-level- Completed Research, and Non-doctoral-level-In-progress Research. Winners will be announced at the Gala. See specific guidelines for paper submissions and the review forms for the criteria for judging.
Please note that the Doctoral-level Completed Research category no longer includes completed dissertation research; however, doctoral students may want to consider submitting their completed dissertation research for the Research and Evaluation Network Dissertation Award. You may contact Dr. Bess Wilson at wilsonhe2@sfasu.edu for further information about the Dissertation Award.
If you have any questions about the Gala, please contact the Graduate Student Research Gala Chair, Dr. Alicia Cotabish, at axcotabish@ualr.edu.
NEW benefit for members of the NAGC Research & Evaluation Network
Members of the Research and Evaluation Network will now receive access to selected articles biannually from the American Educational Research Association (AERA) publications. The articles will give you a chance to check out research related to gifted education that is being published in general education journals. New articles will be be available soon. If you have a suggestion for a 2010 or 2011 article in an AERA journal that you would like to see us offer in the fall, please email Scott Peters, Research and Evaluation Membership Chair, at peterss@uww.edu.
Did You Know?
The R&E Membership Committee presents the first annual R&E Did You Know? series. These documents include facts from recent research related to research and evaluation of gifted children in GCQ as well as AERA, APA, and other journals. This year, we bring you facts organized into the following topics:
- Assessment
- Homework
- Identification
- Pedagogy & Curriculum
- Qualitative Research
- Quantitative Methodology
- Social & Emotional Issues
- Special Populations
- Underrepresentation
Please feel free to distribute these to your colleagues - spread the word to faculty, graduate students, researchers, scholars, administrators, parents, and teachers about research related to gifted education being conducted and about the R&E network! Each document includes a membership form, so please invite others to join us in the Network or use it to join if you are not already a member!