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Gifted & TalentedGifted & Talented
Exceptional ChildExceptional Child
Spring 2002Spring 2002
Group MembersGroup Members
What does it mean to be What does it mean to be “gifted and talented”?“gifted and talented”?
Formal Definition:Formal Definition:
Children, and whenever applicable, youth who are Children, and whenever applicable, youth who are identified at the preschool, elementary, or identified at the preschool, elementary, or secondary level as possessing demonstrated or secondary level as possessing demonstrated or potential abilities that give evidence of high potential abilities that give evidence of high performance capability in areas such asperformance capability in areas such as
IntellectualIntellectual
CreativeCreative
Specific academic or leadership abilitySpecific academic or leadership ability
Performing/visual artsPerforming/visual arts
Common Definition:Common Definition:
children who have outstanding intellectual children who have outstanding intellectual ability or creative talentability or creative talent
Giftedness Explained…Giftedness Explained…
Specific Types of Giftedness:Specific Types of Giftedness:o Schoolhouse giftednessSchoolhouse giftednesso Creative-productive giftednessCreative-productive giftednesso Gifted vs. potentially giftedGifted vs. potentially gifted
Three-ring GiftednessThree-ring Giftednesso Above-average abilityAbove-average abilityo CreativityCreativityo Task commitmentTask commitment
Argh!Argh!
Hard to determine “giftedness”Hard to determine “giftedness”
Frustrations in schoolFrustrations in school
The Purpose of Education for the The Purpose of Education for the GiftedGifted
Provide opportunity for self-fulfillmentProvide opportunity for self-fulfillment
Help societyHelp society
I know my child is gifted I know my child is gifted when…when…
Identification: TestingIdentification: Testing
Intelligence TestsIntelligence Tests
Creativity TestsCreativity Tests
Achievement TestsAchievement Tests
In-School TestingIn-School Testing
Identification: NominationIdentification: Nomination
Teacher NominationTeacher Nomination
Students’ WorkStudents’ Work
Peer NominationPeer Nomination
Self- NominationSelf- Nomination
Parent NominationParent Nomination
Educating Gifted StudentsEducating Gifted Students
The Options:The Options:Acceleration:Acceleration: Smarter does not always mean more Smarter does not always mean more maturemature
Ability Grouping:Ability Grouping: Not beneficial for all studentsNot beneficial for all students
Segregation:Segregation: Only beneficial on a partial basisOnly beneficial on a partial basis
Integration:Integration: Benefits all involved, including teachersBenefits all involved, including teachers
Partial Pullout:Partial Pullout: “Best of both worlds”“Best of both worlds”
Teaching TipsTeaching TipsMixed Ability Middle SchoolMixed Ability Middle SchoolTeachers differentiate curriculum through:Teachers differentiate curriculum through:
ContentContentProcessProcessProductProduct
Tips for making differentiation doable and for meeting Tips for making differentiation doable and for meeting the needs of gifting and talented students are:the needs of gifting and talented students are:1.1. Take Baby StepsTake Baby Steps2.2. Make activities differentMake activities different3.3. Raise the bar for everyoneRaise the bar for everyone4.4. Find your students passions. Find your students passions.
Meeting the Enrichment Needs Meeting the Enrichment Needs of Middle School Studentsof Middle School Students
National Research Center on Gifted and National Research Center on Gifted and Talented’s Schoolwide Enrichment Model(SEM) Talented’s Schoolwide Enrichment Model(SEM)
Major goal: To promote challenging and Major goal: To promote challenging and enjoyable “high-end learning” across a range enjoyable “high-end learning” across a range of school types, levels, and demographic of school types, levels, and demographic differences. differences.
Three major components that make up the Three major components that make up the SEM:SEM: Total Talent PortfolioTotal Talent Portfolio Curriculum modificationCurriculum modification Enrichment clustersEnrichment clusters
What’s it like to be gifted?What’s it like to be gifted?
Meadowlane Elementary SchoolOdyssey of the Mind (OM)Invent America
McNair Magnet SchoolScience fairSpecial ClassesOdyssey of the Mind (OM)Science Olympiad
Kennedy High SchoolMeetings every couple of monthsAP Classes
Works ConsultedWorks Consulted
Bos, Candace S., Schumm, Jean Shay, & Vaughn, Sharon. (2000). Teaching Exceptional, Diverse, and At-Risk Students in the General Education Classroom (2nd ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
Carolyn, K. (1998-2002). You Know You’re The Parent of a Gifted Child When…
<http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/parent_of.htm>
McCluskey, Ken W., & Walker, Keith D. (1988). The Doubtful Gift. Kingston: Ronald P. Frye & Company.
Renzulli, Joseph S, Ed. D. (1998). Nurturing the gifts and talents of primary grade students. Creative Learning Press.
Renzulli, Joseph S. & Richards, Susannah. (2000, March). Meeting the enrichment needs of middle school students. Principal, 62-63.
Works ConsultedWorks ConsultedSouthern, Thomas W., & Jones, Eric D. (1991). The Academic Acceleration of Gifted Children. New York: Teachers College.
Stephens, Kristen R. State Definitions for the Gifted and Talented Revisited. "Exceptional Children”, p. 219-38. (2000-2002).
Teno, Kevin M. (2000). Cluster grouping elementary gifted students in the regular classroom: A teacher’s perspective. Gifted Child Today, 23(1). 44-49, 53.
Wehrmann, Kari Sue. (2000, Sept.). Baby Steps: a beginner’s guide. Educational Leadership, 58(1). 20-23.
Educational Shoes…Educational Shoes…