Complexity
1. Enrichment
2. Extension
3. Enhancement
Pace
Depth
Go deeper NOT wider......
Imagine going to an all day staff meeting and taking all day to learn something that you understood in the first five minutes - that is what it is like being a gifted student in a regular classroom setting.
Translation, Interpretation and Extrapolation
Challenge them now! The worst thing we can do for these kids is make their academic life easier.
Develop Unit Projects
1. Projects should have a problem
to solve.
2. They should be real-world
problems.
3. Make it something that students can do on their own.
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Let's Help them Grow...
- Increase the pace, depth and complexity.
- Stop making them repeat practice.
Feed them so they can grow: Challenging our advanced students.
Never give more work.
Always give different work.
A little about Gifted Students..
Asking for Help
"I feel so fortunate to work in a school where teachers are good enough to know when they are not good enough."
The emotional
areas of the
brain tend to
be
underdeveloped.
The cerebral cortex
has better integration
between the regions.
The posterior parietal Cortex is more active and efficient (working memory)
How do I justify my time for 5% or less of my students?
Dr. Jonathan Plucker
Excellence Gaps
NAEP Reading Grade 4 and 8