GIFTED Flashcards
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Define Gifted
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Define Gifted.
A student who demonstrates a high degree of intellectual and/or creative ability(ies), exhibit a high degree of “motivation”.
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What are the four criteria to be labeled GIFTED?
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What are the four criteria to be labeled GIFTED?
- Mental ability—K-2nd-99th percentile, 3rd-12th-96th percentile
- Achievement—K-12-90th percentile by age or grade on total reading, total math or total battery
- Creativity—90th percentile on total batter on standardized test of creativity
- Motivation—90th percentile on standardized characteristics rating scale1. What are the four criteria to be labeled GIFTED?
My Ass Can March
M. A. C. M
MY (mental ability) ASS (achievement) CAN (creativity) MARCH (motivation)
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WHAT ARE 7 WAYS THAT gifted STUDENTS LEARN DIFFERENTLY?
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WHAT ARE 7 WAYS THAT gifted STUDENTS LEARN DIFFERENTLY?
- DIVERGENT LEARNERS (as opposed to Convergent Learners).
- Keen power of observation
- Verbal proficiency. moreso than manual.
- Questioning attitude
- Power of critical thinking. want to analyse everything.
- Independence in work and family. If they are interested in it they will investigate it on their own. They dont wait for assignment.
- Ability to learn quickly and retain information.
GL DOVQCIL
The gigantic leaning tree was a GENTLEMAN covered in HERBS that weighed a TON and could KNIT a pigpen THAT yearned to be FREE.
The gigantic leaning tree (Gifted Learner) was a GENTLEMAN (diverGENT learner) covered in HERBS (VERBAL proficiency) that weighed a TON (questioning attitude) and could KNIT (CRITical thinking) a pigpen (independent in work etc.) that YEARNed (LEARN quickly and retain easily) to be free.
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What is a DIVERGENT LEARNER?
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What is a DIVERGENT LEARNER?
- In contrast to a “convergent learner” who learns from a “small fact/idea” and builds on it until he gets to the “big results”, a DIVERGENT LEARNER takes a central fact and moves creatively beyond the facts basic meaning.
- Moves way beyond what the teacher is trying to teacher. Think out the box. Like popcorn popping.
- He asks “what if?” instead of “what is?”. He uses his imagination to try to see what could happen to an idea in different types of enviroinments and circumstances.
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What do most teachers look at first when trying to find a GIFTED child? Is this criteria valid?
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What do most teachers look at first when trying to find a GIFTED child? Is this criteria valid?
- Grades
- Behavior
No. They have nothing to do with being GIFTED.
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What is the first thing to look at when Identifying GIFTED kids?
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What is the first thing to look at when Identifying GIFTED kids?
Achievement scores. What they know, not what they do in class.
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What type of “Motivation” does a GIFTED kid have?
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What type of “Motivation” does a GIFTED kid have?
They ar motivated to study something the are already very interested in rather than what they are assigned. Not motivate to be a “teacher pleaser”.
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ARE ALL HIGH ACHIEVERS GIFTED?
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ARE ALL HIGH ACHIEVERS GIFTED?
NO.
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What is the best program for a gifted kid?
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What is the best program for a gifted kid?
A longitudinal study curricula.
GIFTEDNESS CUTS ACROSS ALL SUBJECTS. CUTS across all disciplines.
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WHAT ARE SOME DIFFERENCES BETWEEN A BRIGHT CHILD AND A GIFTED KID?
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WHAT ARE SOME DIFFERENCES BETWEEN A BRIGHT CHILD AND A GIFTED KID?
- Knows answer……… Asks questions
- Is interested…………… Highly curious
- Has good ideas……….. Has wild silly ideas
- 6-8 repetitions for mastery………..1-2 repetitions for mastery
- Enjoys peers…………….. Prefers adults
- Copies accurately………….. Creates new designs
- Enjoys information…………. Manipulates information
- Technician…………. Inventor
- ## Good memory………….. Good guesser5 EXAMPLES:
plato/gym/cougar/Einstein/jerry lucas
- Answer/question
- 8 reps/2 reps
- peers/adults
- tech/invent
- memory/guess
