Giftness

Giftedness PD

By Anamar Levine

Multiple Choice

It is fairly easy to identify gifted children.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

A gifted child’s superior mental abilities are frequently offset by below-average physical and social development.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Intelligence can be defined accurately with an IQ score.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Teachers are usually better at identifying gifted children than parents are.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Creativity is a skill that can be increased.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Acceleration in school is usually the best method for meeting a gifted child’s educational needs.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The maturity level of gifted children usually matches their intellectual level.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Gifted children excel without extra assistance from teachers or parents.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Self-criticism is a common trait of the gifted.

• True

• False

Open Ended

What is your personal definition and /or description of “gifted” and “talented”?

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Gifted Students....

• Overwhelming curiosity

• Ability to ask deep, probing questions

• Excellent memory

• Independence in thought and action

• Creative ideas, thoughts, and humor

• Intense interests in specific areas

• Highly developed sense of fairness

• Perfectionism

• Asynchronous development

Multiple Choice

Asynchronous Development is defined as a mismatch between the _____ development of gifted individuals.

• cognitive, emotional, and physical

• intellectual, emotional, and musical

• academic, social, and emotional

• cognitive, emotional, and mental

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Multiple Choice

Can a student with a disability also be gifted?

• true

• false

Open Ended

Why is all this information important to me as a teacher, even if I don't teach gifted students?

Philosophy of Gifted Education

​Gifted children have exceptional needs

1. Academic

2. Social/Emotional

3. Appropriately challenging curriculum

4. More time on higher-level thinking skills

5. Deeper and more intense content

6. Not more of the same, but different

7. Acceleration as a form of differentiation

1. Gifted education within RTI

2. Common core standards and GT

3. Assessment & value-added21st Century Skills

4. STEM initiatives

5. Personalized learning

New Trends in Programming and Services

1. Enrichment Opportunities: e.g.

   1. Differentiation in the regular classroom

   2. Magnet schools

2. Acceleration Practices: e.g.

   1. Early entry to kindergarten

   2. Youth Options, another early college

Typical Past Programming and Services

SERVICES

The Teacher’s Role

As a facilitator or guide to the students, the teacher:

• assesses student readiness in different ways

• knows students’ interests

• creates a variety of ways for students to collect information

• knows that students differ in learning needs allows students to explore their own ideas

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The Teacher’s Role

As a facilitator or guide to the students, the teacher:

• allows students to exhibit what they have learned in a variety of ways.

• develops a community of learners

• develops an atmosphere of collaboration

• teaches for success through scaffolding

• plans with flexible grouping in mind

• believes that a classroom of active learners is better than oneof the passive learners

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