Course Description

The nature of giftedness is complex and multifaceted. Students with gifts and talents have the capacity to perform at levels exceeding those of their peers of the same age, experience levels, and educational environments in at least one domain. Such students may demonstrate uneven development, requiring enrichment and acceleration in areas of exceptional strength and accommodations or interventions in underdeveloped domains. To effectively serve students with gifts and talents, teachers must modify educational experiences to ensure gifted students fully realize their personal, social, and academic potential.

This course provides proven methods for classroom teachers to meet the unique needs of gifted students. You will learn how giftedness is defined and identified, strategies for enriching student learning using complex, compelling instruction, and techniques to partner with families of gifted students. You will explore influences on the performance of gifted students and learn about the characteristics of twice-exceptional gifted students. The course includes instructional strategies such as inquiry learning, metacognition, technology integration, curriculum compacting, tiered lesson planning, and problem-based learning that stimulate and challenge gifted learners and twice-exceptional learners to meet their educational needs.

Completing this course will help your gifted students become capable, independent thinkers and communicators.

Essential Questions

• How are gifted students identified, and what are their characteristics?
• What are effective instructional practices for gifted students?
• What are twice-exceptional students, and how can I support them?
• How can I partner with the families of gifted and twice-exceptional students

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