Category: academic research
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Entrepreneurship as a Tool for Gifted Students
Challenging high-ability students in an entrepreneurial context increases gifted students’ potential to impact their communities positively.
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Empowering Administrators for Gifted Education Success
“ …Leaders serve as a keystone in the provision of gifted education services in schools and districts” (pp. 26-27). Knowledge is power, and in this case knowledge leads to powerful programs for students. Research published in the Journal of Organizational and Educational Leadership gathers perspectives from administrators to investigate gaps…
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Creative Is As Creative Does
Creative thinking is valued as a gifted characteristic – can it be taught?
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Key Flagstones Towards a Twice-Exceptional District Pathway (Part 3 in a 2e series)
Three key factors to support twice-exceptional students including acceptance and teamwork.
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Gifted Learning Outside the Comfort Zone
HIghly able students can become too comfortable because of their academic abilities. Providing challenging new material or topics can open up new levels of learning for gifted students.
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Not-So-Lazy Days of Summer
If we work with our students to build on their interests, a few structured summer activities can help them grow rather than founder.
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Differentiation in Gifted Ed: Remember These 4 Approaches? (Part 3)
Exposure to the concepts behind differentiation is common, but the practical application can be unclear or forgotten amid other teaching demands. How many of these are regularly integrated into our lessons?
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Unlocking Universal Testing: Broad Criteria for Implementation
Questions continue circulating among gifted program teachers and administrators regarding the most accurate, fair, and cost-effective system. While universal screening is advocated as a means to enhance the gifted identification process (and rightly so!), practical guidance on its implementation remains limited.
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Differentiation – Various Approaches (Part 2)
Last week we considered the most common methods employed by teachers to support and develop ability in students, as noted in the meta-analysis conducted by Nicholas et al. This week, we consider the next three methods: open-ended, problem-based inquiry; resourcing that goes beyond; and inviting choice.
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Overreliance on IQ Testing Leads to Unsupported Students
Assessments of the gifted should provide objectivity and a data point which can be consistent across a range of abilities. However, in some cases the test used to evaluate the level of ability in students is both inaccurate and limiting.
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