ABSTRACT
A pull-out program is a part-time service delivery option that provides unique opportunities for gifted students who spend the majority of their time in a regular heterogeneous classroom. Other than within-classroom services, pull-out programs have historically been the most common service delivery model used in K-5 gifted education. One of the difficulties in examining the research on the effectiveness of the pull-out program model is the wide variation in implementation – in terms of the students who are served, the time allocated for instruction, and the quality of curriculum and instruction provided. Delcourt and Evans studied a different type of gifted student in pull-out programs and measured different outcomes. In the Gifted Mathematics Center (GMC), AIM and the SEM model, the resource teachers have completed coursework toward gifted certification or advanced degrees in gifted education, but the classroom teachers who work with AIM students have not had preparation in teaching gifted students specifically.
