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Online
learning — which allows students to move through courses at their own pace, access a vast array
of courses, and receive individualized instruction — is becoming an increasingly popular choice for
gifted students, especially as
gifted and talented
programs are being fiscally squeezed.
CAMBRIDGE, MA — Studies
of two middle - school
programs for high - achieving students — known as
gifted and talented (G&T)
programs — show that being placed in
programs with academically strong peers does not boost students» achievement over and above what is
learned in a regular classroom from the start
of 6th grade to mid-way through 7th grade.
You will
learn so much from just talking with colleagues about what projects and lessons they are using with their students.I teach at a summer
program for
gifted and advanced students, where I work with other teachers
of gifted in the school district, and I always pick up new ideas and methods from hanging around them.
If your child receives special services (
gifted programs, special education, English classes, speech or occupational therapy, or support for a
learning disability), ask about the frequency
of these services and about your child's progress with them.
In addition, ED shall annually award competitive grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to eligible entities for the purposes
of enriching students» academic experience by promoting: (1) arts education for disadvantaged and disabled students, (2) school readiness through the development and dissemination
of accessible instructional programing for preschool and elementary school children and their families, and (3) support for high - ability learners and high - ability
learning through the Jacob K. Javits
Gifted and Talented Students Education
Program.
Part E
of Title IV would also include funding for «education innovation,» Promise Neighborhoods (funding to nonprofit and other entities to benefit children in distressed communities), full - service community schools, arts education, Ready to
Learn television, and
gifted and talented education
programs.
The Schoolwide Enrichment Model (SEM)(Renzulli, 1977; Renzulli & Reis, 1985, 1997) is widely implemented as an enrichment
program used with academically
gifted and talented students and a magnet theme / enrichment approach for all schools interested in high - end
learning and developing the strengths and talents
of all students.
These academic
programs, some for use in - school, some after - school, and some in place
of school subjects, are often life - savers for our
gifted children - something they can really dig into, and
learn the thinking and reasoning skills so valuable later in their school careers and lives...
This
program is designed for educators interested in
learning more about the unique characteristics and needs
of learners who display
gifts, talents, and creativity in a variety
of ways.
Second, few educators
of the
gifted would argue with the core tenets set forth in Turning Points (Carnegie Task Force on the Education
of Young Adolescents, 1989) that middle school
programs should: (1) create small communities
of learning within larger school settings, (2) teach a solid academic core, (3) ensure success for all students, (4) enable educators closest to students to make important decisions about teaching and
learning, (5) staff middle schools with teachers trained to work effectively with early adolescents, (6) promote health and fitness, (7) involve families in the education
of learners, and (8) connect schools with communities.
How can we challenge the provision
of deeper
learning - like projects primarily for students in
Gifted and Talented
programs, but not for other students?
Uniquely
Gifted This site is devoted to providing resources and meeting the needs
of twice - exceptional students — those with special needs such as
learning disabilities, ADHD, Asperger Syndrome, etc. http://www.uniquelygifted.org National Center for Learning Disabilities NCLD provides essential information to parents, professionals and individuals with learning disabilities, promotes research and programs to foster effective learning, and advocates for policies to protect and strengthen educational rights and opport
learning disabilities, ADHD, Asperger Syndrome, etc. http://www.uniquelygifted.org National Center for
Learning Disabilities NCLD provides essential information to parents, professionals and individuals with learning disabilities, promotes research and programs to foster effective learning, and advocates for policies to protect and strengthen educational rights and opport
Learning Disabilities NCLD provides essential information to parents, professionals and individuals with
learning disabilities, promotes research and programs to foster effective learning, and advocates for policies to protect and strengthen educational rights and opport
learning disabilities, promotes research and
programs to foster effective
learning, and advocates for policies to protect and strengthen educational rights and opport
learning, and advocates for policies to protect and strengthen educational rights and opportunities.
Executing a
gifted program that encompasses
learning outside
of the
gifted classroom, including school - wide and community projects
Within - classroom accommodations that respond to the varying needs
of gifted students include curriculum compacting, self - instructional
programs,
learning packets or
learning contracts and advanced materials (Kulik, 1993; Parke, 1989).
I realize you're not a supporter
of gifted programs but to fault today's
gifted programs because 30 years ago they missed students they hadn't yet
learned to recognize is not realistic.
When all staff within a school share a belief that the
learning needs
of all students should be respected, then it will be possible for modifications, such as those needed for
gifted students, to be made to the traditional
program (Malorni, 1996; NAGC, 2005).
The entire school
program must accommodate the specialized
learning and cognition needs
of gifted students over time.
The GRC contains an abundance
of resources and information regarding advocacy,
gifted programs and organizations, schools, scholarships, supplemental
learning opportunities, testing and counseling professionals, and the twice - exceptional (2e) learner.
We support the unique needs
of gifted students through an intentional
program of social and emotional
learning.
Instead
of relying on intelligence and achievement test scores solely for identification, multiple criteria would be used, including more non-traditional measures such as observing students interacting with a variety
of learning opportunities (Passow & Frasier, 1996) it is a belief
of many in the field
of gifted education that new conceptions
of giftedness and a new paradigm for identifying and selecting students will help minority and disadvantaged students become more represented in
gifted programs (VanTassel - Baska, Patton, & Prillaman, 1991; Ford, 1996).
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Programs To Assist in the Untracking
of American Schools» (Howard D. Hill); «Providing Equity for All: Meeting the Needs
of High - Ability Students» (Sally M. Reis); «Promoting
Gifted Behavior in an Untracked Middle School Setting» (Thomas O. Erb et al.); «Untracking Your Middle School: Nine Tentative Steps toward Long - Term Success» (Paul S. George); «In the Meantime: Using a Dialectical Approach To Raise Levels
of Intellectual Stimulation and Inquiry in Low - Track Classes» (Barbara G. Blackwell); «Synthesis
of Research on Cooperative
Learning» (Robert E. Slavin); «Incorporating Cooperation: Its Effects on Instruction» (Harbison Pool et al.); «Improving All Students» Achievement: Teaching Cognitive and Metacognitive Thinking Strategies» (Robert W. Warkentin and Dorothy A. Battle); «Integrating Diverse
Learning Styles» (Dan W. Rea); «Reintegrating Schools for Success: Untracking across the United States» (Anne Wheelock); «Creatinga Nontraditional School in a Traditional Community» (Nancy B. Norton and Charlotte A. Jones); «Ungrouping Our Way: A Teacher's Story» (Daphrene Kathryn Sheppard); «Educating All Our Students: Success in Serving At - Risk Youth» (Edward B. Strauser and John J. Hobe); «Technology Education: A New Application
of the Principles
of Untracking at the Secondary Level» (N. Creighton Alexander); «Tracking and Research - Based Decisions: A Georgia School System's Dilemma» (Jane A. Page and Fred M. Page, Jr.); and «A Call to Action: The Time Has Come To Move beyond Tracking» (Harbison Pool and Jane A. Page).
Among 12 questions considered are the following: (1) Aren't some
of the principles
of middle level education, cooperative
learning and whole class instruction in reading harmful from the standpoint
of providing appropriate
programs to
gifted students?
For truly equal opportunity, a variety
of learning experiences must be available at many levels, even within a
gifted program, so that all students can develop those skills and abilities they choose and for what they are ready.
Features
of programs that successfully blended the middle school (MS) model or cooperative
learning (CL) model with
gifted education were assessed.
When other elements
of gifted programs are combined with differentiation in the regular classroom, as described here,
gifted kids can experience consistent opportunities to enjoy
learning and to be as productive as possible.
It's foundation is built off
of the Nueva Institute for Social - Emotional
Learning curriculum, with additional «emerging» curricula curated from a variety
of resources such as Teaching Tolerance, Common Sense Media, Stanford
Program for
Gifted Youth and Byrdseed.
My parents were given a choice: because I had a disability, I could be treated as a
gifted student, eligible for the «mini-schools» at two
of the twenty or so schools in the district, or be treated as a disabled student, eligible for «special
learning» in «the trailers» at my high school; I was the only student to that point who was thrown out
of the special
learning program for reading books at a far - too - advanced level; When I was dismissed, I was reading John Locke's Second Treatise on Government, a book about medieval castle battlement defenses, and (all at the same time) a book called «You can trust a communist — to be a communist».
District Five Schools
of Spartanburg County, SC, has a formal
program for
gifted and talented students providing
programs and services which match their unique characteristics and
learning needs.
The NJDOE will provide guidance support to help districts use ESSA funds to better meet student and educator needs, which may include supporting or expanding
gifted and talented
programs or providing professional
learning opportunities to teachers
of students identified as
gifted and talented.
There are a variety
of resources that can assist university personnel, administrators, and coordinators
of gifted programs at state and local levels in implementing the new CCSS for
gifted learners, including assessments that measure the depth and breadth
of a student's knowledge within a domain
of talent development; curriculum units
of study that are already differentiated and research - based; instructional strategies that employ the use
of higher - order thinking skills; and
programming options that include acceleration, enrichment, and extended
learning beyond the classroom.
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Involving students in a competition is more than just having them participate in a
program in order to compete with others; it is a provision that can be made for
gifted students to thoroughly follow a theme, go deeper into the content
of a topic
of interest, and
learn valuable presentation skills that can be used over a lifetime.
Our emphasis on broad cognitive and metacognitive skills instead
of rote
learning was instrumental in lighting up our students» imaginations, which drove their
learning achievement,» said Valorie Hargett, the State Consultant for the Academically or Intellectually
Gifted Programs in North Carolina and a principal designer
of the
program.
In a study
of the distance
learning programs offered through Johns Hopkins University's Center for Talented Youth, outcomes
of the
program for
gifted students ages 5 - 17 were examined by looking at both student and parent evaluations and final grades for the courses.
Gifted programming can be provided in a combination
of ways, including pull - out
programs; special classes in a subject or interest area; special state schools (e.g., Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities) or local magnet schools; afterschool, Saturday, or summer
programs; Advanced Placement, International Baccaleaureate, or other dual - enrollment courses; distance
learning; and other similar services.
This
gifted and talented
program is designed for educators interested in
learning more about the unique characteristics and needs
of learners who display
gifts, talents, and creativity in a variety
of ways.
It is still difficult for many people to not only accept the existence
of the
gifted learning disabled child, but to also understand the need for special
programming.
A
program for
gifted learning disabled students may take one
of several forms:
As a matter
of fact, this resource person is being called a «Schoolwide Enrichment Specialist» in many schools instead
of a «
Gifted Program Coordinator» in recognition
of the fact that so many students can benefit from «enriching»
learning opportunities.
Gifted E525: Blending
Gifted Education and School Reform (1994) E492: Career Planning for
Gifted and Talented Youth (1990) E359: Developing Individualized Education
Programs (IEPs) for the
Gifted and Talented (1985) E485: Developing Leadership in
Gifted Youth (1990) E514: Developing Learner Outcomes for
Gifted Students (1992) E510: Differentiating Curriculum for
Gifted Students (1991) E484: Fostering Academic Creativity in
Gifted Students (1990) E493: Fostering the Post Secondary Aspirations
of Gifted Urban Minority Students (1990) E427: Giftedness and
Learning Disabilities (1985) E464: Meeting the Needs
of Able Learners through Flexible Pacing (1989) E486: Mentor Relationships and
Gifted Learners (1990) E483: Personal Computers Help
Gifted Students Work Smart (1990) E494: Supporting
Gifted Education Through Advocacy (1990) E478: Underachieving
Gifted Students (1990)
Over the last 6 years, the state
of Connecticut has funded a variety
of special
programs for
gifted students who have
learning disabilities.
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