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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. 

Scissor and Sellotape

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. 

Elementary Classroom

Resources for subject areas

Recommended Reading for Advanced Readers - Resources by HEROES

Books with Gifted Characters - Pintrest 

Primary Student Math Homepage - NRICH

Depth & Complexity in Math - Envision Gifted

Hour of Code - Code

Brain Bashers - Brain Bashers 

Games - Mensa for Kids 

Teach Engineering - University of Colorado Boulder

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

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