Chapter 13: Gifted and Talented

describe some ways enriching the content of instruction can help general education teachers differentiate curriculum for gifted and talented students.

allow students to help define the area of interest and inter-dependently access a variety of info- facilitates develop of competencies and skills.

Identify the term that refers to tailoring teaching environments, curricula, and instructional practices to create appropriately varied learning experiences for students with different needs, interests, readiness, and learning profiles.

curriculum differentiation

define acceleration. what are some of the most commonly used grade acceleration practices?

general term for a variety of methods for increasing the speed with which a student progresses through school. (ex: early admin., grade shipping, self-paced instruction, telescoping curriculum)

what group is most likely to be identified as gifted and talented? what is primarily to blame for the under-representation of students from culturally diverse groups in gifted and talented programs?

low expectations from educators and use of culturally biased tests.

what approach is gaining popularity among educators for its ability to identify gifted and talented students from a variety of sources and in a variety of ways?

multi-dimensionsal

how can tiered lessons be used to modify instructional activities for gifted and talented students?

provides different extensions of same basic lesson students can work on, follow up task at basic middle r high difficulty levels.

what are some different types of qualitative assessment tools used for gifted and talented identification? what assessment tool would be considered quantitative?

qualitative assessment types include: portfolios, interviews, and observations. The IQ test would be quantitative.

teachers most often ask questions at which level of bloom's taxonomy?

remember/ understand. 6 types of cognitive understanding: -knowledge-> remember, comprehension-> understand, application-> apply, analysis-> analyze, synthesis-> create, evaluation-> evaluate.

what does twice exceptional mean?

students with disability is also gifted.