Exploring Fidelity and Modifications of a Language Arts Curricular Intervention

• In Event: Poster Session 7
  In Poster Session: Curricular and Programmatic Efforts in Gifted Education

Abstract

Fidelity of implementation (FOI) describes how well the delivery of an intervention follows a protocol or program model as it was intended. FOI is an emerging area of focus in gifted education, where the primary interventions studied are curriculum units for use in both gifted and general education classrooms. Researchers have identified problems with teachers’ ability to implement units with fidelity that need to be addressed in order for the use of gifted curriculum to become more widespread. This study aims to provide a better understanding of the adaptations that teachers make to evidence-based gifted education curriculum by exploring the relationship between teachers’ level of fidelity and the modifications they make to a language arts curricular intervention.

Authors

• Melanie Caughey, University of Virginia

• Annalissa V. Brodersen, University of Virginia

• Carolyn M. Callahan, University of Virginia

• Amy Price Azano, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University