Gifted/Talented Students

Draw collaboration between 2 students

Approximately how many students are considered gifted?

• 6%-10%

• 5%-12%

• 4%-10%

• 20%-25%

Gifted students are naturally creative and rarely need encouragement.

• myth

• fact

Characteristics of gifted/ talented students:

• role model, curious, high achievers, bossy

• role model, curious, high achievers, bossy, understanding

• role model, curious, controlling, bossy, curious

• high achievers

What are some of the best teaching strategies for students

• Develop open ended questions, use interactive content

• Sitting and doing nothing

• Develop open ended questions, not using interactive content

• going out to lunch instead of helping the student

What would be the most challenging teaching methodology to employ when teaching science to students who are gifted and talented?

• Inquiry

• Expository

• Discovery

• Guided Inquiry

Strategies are needed to address the gifted students uniqueness.

• Myth

• Truth

People have special intellectual gifts if they score above certain levels on intelligent test.

• Fact

• Myth

It's estimated 75% of an individual's academic achievement can be attributed to...

• Genetics

• The home environment

• Socioeconomic status