Gifted & Talented
Instructional strategies
When planning on which strategies and best instructional practices to use with your gifted students, remember to take into account that every child's learning style is different. Not every gifted student will have the same high0-level abilities and it is your job as an educator to figure out how to best help them succeed in and out of the classroom.
Differentiating instruction
Differentiating is when the instruction is changed to meet individual needs.
Curriculum
compacting
Curriculum Compacting is a way for educators to engage high-level students. It allows them to streamline the curriculum, master basic skills, and allows times for challenging enrichment or accelerated activities.
Curriculum Compacting - Joseph Renzulli & Sally Reis
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Most Difficult First - Ulrich
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Type III In Depth Study/Product
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Resources for subject areas
Recommended Reading for Advanced Readers - Resources by HEROES
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Books with Gifted Characters - Pintrest
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Primary Student Math Homepage - NRICH
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Depth & Complexity in Math - Envision Gifted
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Hour of Code - Code
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Brain Bashers - Brain Bashers
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Games - Mensa for Kids
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Teach Engineering - University of Colorado Boulder
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Development of gifted behavior
In this video, Joseph Renzulli argues that giftedness is not a fact of nature but, instead, a social construction. He discusses how we can apply gifted education strategies to further develop creativity and giftedness in all children. I