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Keys to Unlock Twice-Exceptional Students’ Abilities with Interest-Driven Projects (Part 1 in a 2e Series)
Where can we begin as gifted specialists and parents to create a context for 2e students to thrive inside and outside of school academically, emotionally, and socially?
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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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Differentiation As a Tool to Unlock Potential (Part 1)
In their analysis of 38 studies published from 2000-2022, Nicholas et al. note that traditional notions of giftedness are changing, with a focus shifting from performance alone to recognizing its complex and context-dependent nature. This includes acknowledging socio-emotional factors and societal influences that may impact identification, which links to Grant’s…
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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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Academic References of Gifted Weekly
Unless otherwise cited in the entry’s SOURCES Adams, M., & Bell, L.A. (Eds.). (2016). Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice (3rd ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203940822 Adelman, C. (1993) Kurt Lewin and the origins of action research, Educational Action Research, 1:1, 7-24, https://doi.org/10.1080/0965079930010102 Agee, J. (2009) Developing qualitative research questions: A reflective…
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Stay on the Move with Gifted Students
Human intellectual feats rise to their highest levels when accompanied by physical movement. We can model the importance of moving combined with thinking for our students. How?
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