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- The 10 most commonly asked questions about
highly gifted children
by Kathi Kearney
- Who are the highly gifted? How many are there? How do I know??
These and many other questions answered...
- Ability
Grouping
a Position Paper of the National Association
for Gifted Children, in Grouping Gifted Children
- NAGC wishes to reaffirm the
importance of grouping for instruction of gifted students. Grouping allows
for more appropriate, rapid, and advanced instruction, which matches the
rapidly developing skills and capabilities of gifted students...
- Acceleration
a Position Statement of the National
Association for Gifted Children, in
Academic Acceleration
- Educational acceleration is one of the cornerstones of exemplary gifted
education practices, with more research supporting this intervention than
any other in the literature on gifted individuals...
- Acceleration
by David Elkind
- The author of "The Hurried Child" speaks out in favor of academic
acceleration for intellectually gifted children!
- Achievement
Trap: How America Is Failing Millions of High-Achieving Students from
Lower-Income Families
by Joshua S. Wyner, John M. Bridgeland, John J. DiIulio, Jr., A Report by the
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation & Civic Enterprises with original research by
Westat, in Gifted Students At Risk
- There are far fewer lower-income students achieving at the highest levels
than there should be, they disproportionately fall out of the high-achieving
group during elementary and high school, they rarely rise into the
ranks of high achievers during those periods, and, perhaps most
disturbingly, far too few ever graduate from college or go on to graduate
school. [It] is not that high-achieving students from lower-income
backgrounds are suffering more than other lower-income students, but that
their talents are similarly under-nurtured... (requires Adobe Reader)
- Acronyms, Terms, and other things we need to
know...
collected by Carolyn K.
- My hg ds is si and v/s... Translation, please?
-
Are you
Quick Smart or Multiple Thought Impaired? (The Positives of having ADD)
,
in Attention Deficit (AD/HD)
- I’m tall, I’m right-handed, and I have a short attention span. None of
these traits need to be fixed. Let’s take a look at some people whose
biographies or life history indicate strong ADD or ADHD behaviors.
[list of great achievers] It sounds to me that if someone says that
you have ADD you should consider it a compliment. Scroll a little
further, and be sure to read Carolyn's story! And don't miss
The Results Project bumper
sticker: Your honor roll student will be working for my Quick Smart Kid
- Assessing Gifted Children
by Julia B. Osborn
- Testing versus assessment. These two activities are frequently discussed
together and criticized together, when, in fact, they are quite different
- Attention Deficit Disorder Resources
,
in Attention Deficit (AD/HD)
- Non-profit organization (based in Puget Sound WA, but membership
world-wide) dedicated to sharing ADD resources. Particularly good
collection of adult ADD resources - read
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in Adults. Don't
miss their great article collection, starting with
From
Assessment to Treatment: Developing a Comprehensive Plan to Help Your Child
with ADHD (both articles by Sam Goldstein)...
- Before referring a gifted child for
ADD/ADHD evaluation
by Sharon Lind, in Attention Deficit (AD/HD)
- Parents and gifted educators are asked with increased frequency to
instruct gifted children to conform to a set of societal standards of
acceptable behavior and achievement -- to smooth the edges of the square peg
in order to fit into a "normal" hole. An extension of this trend is
reflected in an increase in referrals for medical evaluation of gifted
children as ADD/ADHD. To avoid mislabeling gifted children, parents and
educators may want to complete the following check list to help them decide
to refer for medical or psychological evaluation...
-
Beyond Ritalin: Facts About Medication and Other Strategies for Helping
Children, Adolescents, and Adults With Attention Deficit Disorders
by Garber, Garber and Spizman, in Attention Deficit (AD/HD)
- For everyone concerned with ADHD, for those wary of medication, for those
who want to know more about Ritalin...
- Caring
for Your Introvert: The habits and needs of a little-understood group
by Jonathan Rauch, The Atlantic, in
Personality Type
- Science has learned a good deal in recent years about the habits and
requirements of introverts. It has even learned, by means of brain scans,
that introverts process information differently from other people (I am not
making this up). If you are behind the curve on this important matter, be
reassured that you are not alone...
- College
Results Online
by The Education Trust, in
(Early) College Planning and Success Stories
- Compare college statistics, including graduation rates, record of diverse
graduates, size, SAT scores, costs, and more...
-
Competing with myths about the social and emotional development of gifted
students
by Tracy Cross, in Social / Emotional Aspects
of Giftedness
- As a wise person (Lao Tsu) once said, "Nothing is more difficult than
competing with a myth." Doing so, however, can create tremendous
opportunities for people. Myth 1. Gifted students should be with students
their own age...
- The
Concept of Grouping in Gifted Education In Search of Reality: Unraveling the
Myths about Tracking, Ability Grouping and the Gifted
by Ellen D. Fiedler, Richard E. LAnge and Susan Winebrenner, in
Roeper Review
(available from Highbeam.com, by
subscription, or free trial), in Grouping Gifted
Children
- Research offers answers to many common myths. Myth #2: Ability
grouping is elitist. Myth #3: Ability grouping inevitably
discriminates against racial and ethnic minority students. Myth #4:
Gifted students will make it on their own; grouping them by ability does not
result in improved learning or achievement for them. Myth #6: Assuring
that there are some gifted students in all classrooms will provide positive
role models for others and will automatically improve the classroom
climate...
- Davidson
Institute Guidebooks ,
in Gifted Advocacy
- Davidson Institute offers free guidebooks for parents and other gifted
education advocates, to improve their advocacy efforts. Don't miss
these great resources! Currently available guidebooks include
,
-
Dear
Colleague Letter: Access by Students with Disabilities to Accelerated
Programs
by Stephanie Monroe, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Office of Civil
Rights (OCR), in Twice Exceptional
- Recognizing the different levels and kinds of giftedness, Lovecky provides
insight into the challenges and benefits specific to gifted children with
various learning difficulties. Guides parents and professionals through
diagnosis and advises on how best to nurture individual needs, positive
behavior and relationships at home and at school...
or
Amazon.co.uk
- Differentiation:
Asset or Liability for Gifted Education?
by Sandra L. Kaplan, in
Gifted Child Today, in Curriculum Modifications
- The proliferation of definitions and practices related to differentiation
has resulted in the overpopularization and subsequent diffusion of the term.
The question is whether the idea of differentiation is at the point when it
has lost its vitality for gifted students. But even now, educators of
the gifted can use the popularity of the concept of differentiation as an
important catalyst to support the education of gifted students as long as
they are clear about the intent of differentiation and the elements that
must be included in defining the concept in order for it to be an asset to
gifted students...
-
Distinguishing Myths From Realities: NRC/GT Research
Marcia Gentry and Karen Kettle, in Identification
of Gifted Children and Arguments and Red
Herrings
- This quick summary dispels, with research citations, many of the major
myths about educating gifted children!
- Do
Grades or Standardized Test Scores Make the Student? ,
in Gifted Education
-
If you have a very bright student, home-school him. My son was reading a
college-level book in third grade. Academically, we figured he'd learn and
grow regardless of the environment. We believed childhood should include
high school sports teams and clubs... We decided to leave him in public
school. To minimize frustration, we focused my son on learning, not
grades. If he could get a 100 on an exam without doing the homework, we
believed his time was better spent doing another activity in which he
actually learned something...
-
Don’t let
20/20 hindsight happen to you
University of Michigan Health Minute update, in
Depression and Suicide
- Everyone needs to be on the lookout for warning signs of teen suicide, say
grieving parents and a U-M psychologist. The warning signs of
suicidal thoughts in young people are often confused with the “normal”
experiences of the teen years. But it is possible to learn to identify the
signs of risk...
- The Edge
Annual Question — 2008:
When thinking changes
your mind, that's philosophy. When God changes your mind, that's
faith. When facts change your mind, that's science. What
have you changed your mind about? Why? Science is based on
evidence. What happens when the data change? How have scientific findings or
arguments changed your mind?
,
in Readings on Gifted Children
- From The
Times: "Science has second thoughts about life. Even the world’s best
brains have to admit to being wrong sometimes: here, leading scientists
respond to a new year challenge" Read the changes, including those of
Howard Gardner
Wrestling with Piaget, my Paragon, and many other great thinkers of
our time...
- The
effects of acceleration on the social and emotional development of gifted
students
by Lynn Pollins, in Social / Emotional Aspects
of Giftedness
- The potential effects of acceleration on the social and emotional
development of gifted students were examined from two perspectives. No
study, regardless of its orientation on these dimensions, has demonstrated
any permanent or significant negative effects of acceleration on social and
emotional development. There is no validity to the argument that
acceleration is harmful to the social and emotional development of gifted
youths...
- The
elephant in the classroom
by Ellis Page and Timothy Keith, in
Grouping Gifted Children and
Gifted Students At Risk
- Schooling in a homogeneous group of students appears to have a positive
effect on high-ability students' achievements, and even stronger effects on
the achievements of high-ability minority youth. Grouping does not seem to
affect negatively the achievements of low-ability youth. Indeed, ability
grouping seems to have no consistent negative effects on any group or any
outcome we studied. We assert that ability grouping may have positive
effects on gifted students' learning, the most important educational
outcome, and that these effects seem particularly powerful on gifted
minority youth...
-
ERIC
Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education
- Now available directly on Hoagies' Gifted Education Page...
- Education Research Information Clearinghouse (ERIC EC) provides digests
(research summaries) on a wide variety of topics related to the education of
disabled gifted children, plus FAQ's, bibliographies, and more
-
Exceptionally and Profoundly Gifted Students: An
Underserved Population
by Miraca Gross
- Our task as educators is to place the extremely, gifted child in the
environment that will least restrict her opportunities for socialization.
Research suggests that the inclusion classroom, with age peers, may not be
the most appropriate environment.
 Exposure
Does the Media Exploit Highly Gifted Children?
by Elizabeth Meckstroth and Kathi Kearney - Whether the media exposure is accidental, or by
choice, families of highly gifted children must be careful, and aware of
their actions and responsibilities when dealing with the media and their
highly gifted children. Handy advice for all parents...
- Factors in the
Social Adjustment and Social Acceptability of Extremely Gifted Children
by Miraca Gross, in Social / Emotional Aspects
of Giftedness
- Whereas ability grouping with age-peers, or a
moderate degree of acceleration, may be an appropriate response to the
academic and social needs of moderately gifted students, they are not
adequate to the needs of the exceptionally and profoundly gifted. Extremely
gifted students require a carefully designed and monitored program of
radical acceleration, linked to ability grouping and individualized
instruction...
-
First-Year College Performance: A Study of Home School Graduates and
Traditional School Graduates
by Paul Jones and Gene Gloeckner, in Home
Schooling Gifted Children
- Families who home school their children should not feel that the education
they are providing is inferior to the traditional K-12 education of their
neighborhood peers. Although not statistically significant, the average
first-year GPAs, credits earned in the first year, ACT Composite test
scores, and ACT English, Mathematics, Reading, and Science and Reasoning
subtests for home school graduates were all higher than traditional high
school graduates... (requires
Adobe Reader)
- Fitting In and Speaking Out
by Martin
- A boy's speech to his 5th grade class, about his Asperger's Syndrome...
- From "the saddest sound" to the D Major chord:
The gift of accelerated progression
by Miraca Gross
- Although the academic acceleration of gifted and talented students is
probably the most comprehensively studied and evaluated of all educational
interventions, many teachers are reluctant to accelerate gifted students for
fear they will suffer social or emotional damage. Yet research suggests that
"the bird that's tethered to the ground" is at much greater risk of social
isolation and emotional maladjustment through inappropriate grade placement
with age-peers
- Free Online High School Courses
- Originally compiled for high schooling victims of Hurricane Katrina, these
free resources offer high school courses for schooled, and homeschooled
students alike
-
Frequently Asked Questions About Testing and Assessing Giftedness
by Kathi Kearney, in Testing and Assessment
- Why do you want to have your child tested? Why should a child who is
demonstrating signs of giftedness be tested? What are the differences
between testing and a full evaluation or a full assessment? These and
many more valuable questions and answers!
-
 Gifted
Education Left Behind
The School Administrator, February 2007 feature issue, in
Gifted Education
- This complete issue of The School Administrator, journal of the
American Association of School Administrators
on Gifted Education includes articles by administrators, gifted researchers,
and gifted education advocates. There are a variety of successful ways
to serve gifted students. Administrators, you can make the difference
between serving and failing the gifted...
-
Gifted Education Professional Development Package
by Miraca U.M. Gross, Caroline Merrick, Ruth Targett, Graham Chaffey,
Bronwyn MacLeod, Stan Bailey, in
Professional Development
- Essential information a teacher needs to understand the nature of
giftedness and talent; what the terms mean; levels and types of giftedness;
subjective and objective identification procedures; social and emotional
characteristics and needs of gifted students; underachievement;
teaching strategies and methods of curriculum differentiation to enhance the
learning of gifted students in the mainstream classroom; practical
strategies for the establishment and monitoring of ability, achievement or
interest grouping in classes, and the many forms of accelerated progression
through schooling...
-
Gifted Kids at Risk: Who's Listening?
by Pat Schuler, Creative Insights, in
Social / Emotional Aspects of Giftedness and
Gifted Adolescents
- It is time to say clearly: bright kids are not better, yet they are
different; and because they are, they face different issues
-
Gifted LD: Just the FAQs
by LDinfo, in Twice Exceptional
- What is a gifted LD student? Are there many gifted LD students? How and
when are gifted LD students identified? Is it easy to assess LD in a gifted
student? Are special education services necessary for gifted LD students?
Are there any services available other than special education? How does a
learning disability affect a gifted student outside of school? Do gifted LD
students tend to have any special emotional or behavioral issues? What
should a parent do?
-
Giftedness: The View from Within
by Martha Morelock, in Identification of Gifted
Children and Social / Emotional Aspects
of Giftedness
- Martha Morelock introduces the Columbus Group's definition of giftedness
as asynchronous development, along with a developmental picture of
giftedness that extends beyond achievement
- Gifted Readers and Reading Instruction
by David Levande, in Differentiation of
Instruction
- The greater the ability in reading, the greater the need for a special
program commensurate with that ability
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The number one resource for all kinds of information about
exceptionally and profoundly gifted children, from development to
education, identification to programs, special Interests, organizations,
and more... By the Davidson
Institute for Talent Development |
-
A Guidebook for Twice Exceptional Students: Supporting the Achievement of
Gifted Students with Special Needs
from Montgomery County Public School Department of Curriculum and
Instruction, in Twice Exceptional
- To assist staff, parents, and the students in understanding the
identification process and in accessing appropriate instruction.
Covers identification, framework for success, interventions, and more...
(requires
Adobe Reader)
-
Harcourt
Assessment WISC-IV Technical Report #7 WISC–IV Extended Norms
,
in Inventory of Tests
Also read
Harcourt
Assessment WISC-IV Technical Report #4 General Ability Index
-
Extended norms are useful when a child’s score is the
maximum (ceiling) on two or more subtests (e.g., obtains scaled scores of 18
or 19 points)... (requires
Adobe Reader)
-
High-Achieving
Studnets in the Era of NCLB
the Fordham Institute on results of NAEP studies, by Tom Loveless, Steve
Farkas and Ann Duffett with forward by Chester Finn and Michael Petrill, in
Gifted Education
- While the nation’s lowest-achieving youngsters made rapid gains from 2000
to 2007, the performance of top students was languid. This pattern—big
gains for low achievers and lesser ones for high achievers—is associated
with the introduction of accountability systems in general, not just NCLB.
In spite of teachers' own personal beliefs, low-achieving students receive
dramatically more attention from teachers. Low-income, black, and
Hispanic high achievers were more likely than low achievers to be taught by
experienced teachers... (requires
Adobe Reader) Also read Laura Vanderkam's blog on the report
Did NCLB hurt gifted students?
-
The Highly Gifted
by Kathi Kearney
-
Understanding Our Gifted columns, from 1988 to 1990. Topics
include School Placement,
The Early College Option,
Highly Gifted Children In Isolated Rural Areas,
Advocating for Highly Gifted Children, and many more...
- High Potential Learners
in Low Income Settings
a monograph co-sponsored by
NAGC with the Center
for Gifted Education at the College of William and Mary, and funded by
the Jack
Kent Cooke Foundation, in Gifted Students At Risk
- This monograph provides the field of gifted education with a blueprint for
working in schools with children of poverty, for activating community-based
opportunities for them, and for forging new partnerships and collaboratives
with universities and other agencies to deliver relevant services...
-
Homeschooling
with Profoundly Gifted Kids
by Kathryn Finn,
in Home Schooling Gifted Children
- At the very least, parents of profoundly gifted children will need to
enrich the educational experiences their children receive from standard
schools. At the most, they assume responsibility for the whole learning
process... An excerpt from
High
IQ Kids: Collected Insights, Information, and Personal Stories from the Experts
-
How Can I Prepare My Child for Testing?
by Aimee Yermish, in Testing and Assessment
- There are some important things that kids should know about the tests
before they take them... Here are some ideas to prepare your child for
the experience of taking an individualized IQ or achievement test...
-
How
legitimate is the Flynn effect for the gifted?
by John D. Wasserman, George Mason University, in
Testing and Assessment
- Flynn effect has not yet been adequately demonstrated for all levels of
ability; there is some support for its validity with low ability individuals
(e.g., those with intellectual disabilities or learning disabilities) but
there is no substantive evidence for its validity with high ability
individuals (particularly those who are intellectually gifted)...
- I never wanted to be one of THOSE moms
by Barbara Cooper, in On A Lighter Note...
- I don’t want to sound like one of those horrible stage mothers – frankly,
I was in denial about all this. But my oldest daughter is a pretty special
child. I mean, ALL children are special but she’s special in a quantifiable
way. But...
-
- And then there is The
Apology. Why do we feel we have to apologize for what our children
are, for what we are?
-
Institute
for Research and Policy on Acceleration (IRPA) ,
in Academic Acceleration
- A new Templeton Foundation grant creates this clearinghouse for new and
continuing research on gifted acceleration...
- Internet
Investigations
- Free full curriculum libraries and units available right on the Internet,
including units in Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Science, the Arts,
and lots more!
-
 Is
It A Cheetah? ,
in Analogy Anthology - Stephanie Tolan's classic essay on the characteristics of a gifted child
in a regular classroom (Running cheetah graphic courtesy of
Diane Scanlon)
- It
Isn't Easy Being a Genius
by Jim Collins, New York Times, in Social /
Emotional Aspects of Giftedness
- LET me begin by making something very clear: I'm not a genius. Tomorrow,
25 people are going to find themselves making similar protestations - at
least most of them are ... here's a little insight into what the new fellows
experienced over the last few days and what they're going to have to deal
with...
- Learning and
Understanding: Improving Advanced Study of Mathematics and Science in U.S.
High Schools
Center for Education, in Mathematically Gifted
- Results of a 2-year effort by a National Research Council (NRC) committee
to examine programs for advanced study of mathematics and science in U.S.
high schools. The committee focused on the two most widely recognized
programs in the United States, and the only two of national scope: Advanced
Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB). The committee also
identified alternatives to IB and AP and addressed specific questions about
advanced study...
-
-
Leave No Gifted Child Behind
by Susan Goodkin, Washington Post, in Gifted
Education
- Conspicuously missing from the debate over the No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
Act is a discussion of how it has hurt many of our most capable children. By
forcing schools to focus their time and funding almost entirely on bringing
low-achieving students up to proficiency, NCLB sacrifices the education of
the gifted students who will become our future biomedical researchers,
computer engineers and other scientific leaders...
- Legend of the Pink Monkey
retold by Cici Clovis, in On A Lighter Note...
- Us Pink Monkeys have a tough time finding one another...
- Math Curricula: How Do They Work for Gifted
Kids?
- The question is often asked: How does my district's math curriculum work
for gifted kids? Here are some of the answers...
-
- Mayhem in
the Middle: How Middle Schools Have Failed America - and how to make them
work
by Cheri Pierson Yecke, The Thomas B. Fordham Institute, in
Gifted in Middle School
- Those [middle schools] that embraced middle schoolism have lost their way.
Middle schoolism is partially based on the now-discredited theory... that
teaching complex material during that period will have damaging effects. It
is time for a thorough reform of middle grade education, including a new
focus on high standards, discipline, and accountability for student
achievement... (requires Adobe Reader)
-
The "me" behind the mask: Intellectually gifted students and the search for
identity
by Miraca Gross, in Social / Emotional Aspects
of Giftedness
- To be valued within a peer culture which values conformity, gifted young
people may mask their giftedness and develop alternative identities which
are perceived as more socially acceptable. The weaving of this protective
mask requires the gifted child to conceal her love of learning, her
interests which differ from those of age-peers, and her advanced moral
development. If this assumed identity does indeed bring her the social
acceptance she seeks, the gifted child may become afraid to take off her
mask...
-
Meeting the Needs of High
Ability and High Potential Learners in the Middle Grades: A Joint Position
Statement of the National Middle School Association and the National
Association for Gifted Children
,
in Gifted in Middle School
- Curriculum and Instruction: Advanced middle grade learners thus require
consistent opportunities to work at degrees of challenge somewhat beyond
their particular readiness levels, with support necessary to achieve at the
new levels of proficiency... (requires Adobe Reader)
-
Motivational Paralysis
by Anna Caveney, in Gifted Underachievement
- Poor motivational health - an acquired form of self-sabotage that
mystifies observers and humiliates suffers... [handouts from Anna's
presentation]
-
 A
Nation Deceived: How Schools Hold Back America’s Brightest Students
The Templeton National Report on Acceleration (Free, download from this
link!), Curriculum Modifications,
Gifted Education and
Academic Acceleration
- Acceleration is a powerful educational ally, but it’s a strategy that
requires participation of parents as well as sensitivity to individual needs
and circumstances. For that reason, this report is designed not only to
persuade readers of the value of acceleration, but also to help schools
administer acceleration programs effectively...
Also read the National Association of Gifted Children (NAGC)
reply
Acceleration in Schools: A Call to Action
-
Nonverbal Learning Disorders
by Sue Thompson, in Nonverbal Learning
Disorder
- We are all familiar with "non-verbal communication," but few
professionals have been specifically trained to look for deficits in this
area. Although intelligence measures are designed to evaluate both the
verbal and nonverbal aspects of intelligence, educators tend to ignore
evidence of nonverbal deficiencies in students. Or worse, they brand
students with nonverbal learning disabilities as "problem" children...
- Optimum Intelligence: My Experience as
a Too Gifted Adult...
by Carolyn K., in Gifted Adults
- I know too much. I remember too much. I learn too quickly. I make people
uncomfortable. And it's hard to hide these things. I try. But it's hard to
spend your life hiding...
- OSEP Policy
Letter Re: Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) ,
in Twice Exceptional
- For a child to be eligible for services under Part B under the specific
learning disability category, there must be a severe discrepancy between the
child's achievement and intellectual ability in one or more of the following
areas: oral expression, listening comprehension, written expression, basic
reading skill, reading comprehension, mathematics calculation, or
mathematics reasoning. No mention is made in the regulations of any
exclusions solely on the basis of intelligence. All children, except those
specifically excluded in the regulations, regardless of I.Q., are eligible
to be considered as having a specific learning disability, if they meet the
eligibility requirements...
-
Parents' Perspectives of Early College Entrance For Profoundly Gifted
Children: Readiness Issues and 1st College Class Options and Testing for
Admittance and Choosing Enrollment Options
by Beth Wright, in (Early) College Planning and Success
Stories
- A comprehensive look at early college, from soup to nuts!
-
Parallel
Play
by Tim Page, in The New Yorker, in Asperger's
Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism
- We are informally referred to as “Aspies,” and if we are not very, very
good at something we tend to do it very poorly. Little in life comes
naturally—except for our random, inexplicable, and often uncontrollable
gifts—and, even more than most children, we assemble our personalities
unevenly, piece by piece, almost robotically, from models we admire. (I
remember the deliberate decision to appropriate one teacher’s mischievous
grin and darting eyes, which I found so charming that I thought they might
work for me, too.)
- Plateauing
by Draper Kaufman, in Frequently Answered Questions (FAQs)
- They tell me that my child has "hit a plateau" and his learning pace has
leveled off, and the other kids will now "catch up." What does this really
mean?
-
"Play Partner" or "Sure Shelter"? Why gifted
children prefer older friends..
by Miraca Gross, in Social / Emotional Aspects
of Giftedness
- A recent Australian study compared conceptions of friendship held by
average ability students, moderately gifted and highly gifted primary school
students. Average ability display age-appropriate development, associating
friendship with sharing of material goods, reciprocal assistance with common
play interests. Gifted children, however, display friendship expectations
which usually characterise children some years older, associating friendship
with trust, intimacy and the sharing of deep confidences. Highly gifted
children particularly seek fidelity, and friends who will accept them as
they are - the "sure shelter"
-
Radical
acceleration and early entry to college: A review of the research
by Miraca U.M. Gross, in Gifted
Child Quarterly, in Academic Acceleration
and (Early) College Planning and Success Stories
- Research provides strong support for the use of thoughtfully planned and
monitored radical acceleration as a process allowing educators to respond to
the academic and affective needs of a significant subgroup of the gifted
population. These students earn higher GPAs, and they are more likely to
complete college on time or early, earn general and departmental honors,
make the dean's list, enter graduate school, engage in research, and embark
on prestigious careers. Research also documents positive outcomes for social
and emotional development...
-
Radical Acceleration of Highly Gifted Children: An Annotated Bibliography of
International Research
by Miraca U.M. Gross and Helen E. vanVliet, a Templeton Foundation grant
project, in Academic Acceleration
- The first-ever annotated bibliography of international research on highly
gifted children who graduate from high school three or more years early.
Tidbits include "Educators who most actively supported acceleration were
those individuals who had received some training in gifted education. Those
who were most vocal in their opposition admitted to having no such
training," "In all studies the attitudes of students towards acceleration
were positive both in terms of their academic needs and their social and
emotional needs. Students in all three studies reported high levels of
satisfaction, academically and emotionally, when the curriculum was
challenging and provided them with options, and when they were allowed a
voice in its design and execution," and "The percentage of individuals
married was about the same for men in all groups, with a slightly higher
rate of marriage for highly accelerated men. Women who were members of the
highly accelerated group were less likely to marry. Separations and divorces
occurred less often among the highly accelerated subjects." (requires
Adobe Reader)
- Reading Levels of
Children's Books: How Can You Tell?
by Carolyn K., in Frequently Answered Questions (FAQs)
and Curriculum Modifications
- What is the reading level of this book my child is reading? The answers
may confuse you...
-
Research
Synthesis on Gifted Provisions
by Karen Rogers, in Grouping Gifted Children and
Curriculum Modifications
- Dr. Karen Rogers updates (1999) her earlier synthesis of what the research
says about gifted educational provisions. Essential gifted education
provisions are listed, along with their effect on students when comparing to
other gifted students...
-
A
Response to the "All Children are Gifted" Comment
A speech delivered at the Indiana Association for the Gifted 1998 Annual
Conference, by Michael C. Thompson, in Gifted
Education
- These are the times that try gifted educators’ souls. These are the
times when gifted education is under attack as never before. It is not
unusual for gifted education to come under attack. Gifted education has
frequently been the target of opposition and misunderstanding, such as the
confounded idea that equity is threatened by the excellence of gifted
education, when everyone knows that historically, excellent minds have
always been in the vanguard of the demand for equity.
-
- What is unusual, what tries our souls at this moment in the history of
gifted education, is that gifted education is under intellectual attack, an
intellectual attack aimed at its very foundation. For perhaps the
first time in many of our careers, we are hearing scholars and educators
question whether gifted education is even valid, whether gifted children
even exist... Also read All Children Are Gifted
also by Michael C. Thompson
-
Role Models...
collected by Carolyn K.
-
 | Grade Skipped and Successful
Individuals who skipped one or more grades, and are successful in their
fields... from scientist to actress to Nobel Prize winners... |
| Notable Homeschoolers So many children
throughout modern history have been home schooled, and then become
highly successful members of our society... |
| 2e = Exceptional Squared!
Successful people who have capitalized on their exceptional learning
styles! |
Scholastic
BookWizard BookAlike
,
in Reading Lists
Find books at a similar level to books your child is already reading... a
handy tool!
Seeking
Teachers for Gifted Children
by Tamara Fisher, in
Unwrapping
the Gifted
If you are a teacher, chances are extremely slim that you learned any
extensive information about or strategies for gifted students when you were
in your teacher-prep classes. Of our thousands of higher education
institutions in America, only seventy-seven of them offer
coursework in gifted education... Then read
Seeking
Teachers for Gifted Children Part 2
Selection of Candidates for Early Admission to Kindergarten and First Grade
by Nancy Robinson & L. Weimer, in Early (or
Late) Kindergarten
Achieving an optimal match between child and challenge is a test of its
own for parents and teachers... There is plenty of evidence, as we
shall see, that bright children carefully selected for early entrance tend
to do very well indeed, both academically and socially. Why, then, is
this option utilized so infrequently?
The Silent Epidemic
A report by John M. Bridgeland, John J. DiIulio and Karen Burke Morison of
Civic Enterprises (requires
Adobe Reader), in Gifted Students
At Risk
Dropouts say their schools expected too little of them by Greg Tuppo,
USA Today
Most
Dropouts Leave School Due to Boredom, Lack of Encouragement, Report Finds
Commissioned by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the report, The
Silent Epidemic: Perspectives of High School Dropouts, found that nearly
50 percent of 470 dropouts surveyed said they left school because their
classes were boring and not relevant to their lives or career aspirations...
Small poppies: Highly gifted children in the early years
by Miraca Gross, in Highly, Exceptionally, and
Profoundly Gifted
Highly gifted children are frequently placed at risk in the early years of
school through misidentification, inappropriate grade-placement and a
seriously inadequate curriculum. Additional factors are their own early
awareness, that they differ from their age-peers, and their consequent
attempts to conceal their ability for peer acceptance...
Smart as We Can Get?: Gains on certain tests of intelligence are ending in
some places
David Schneider, American
Scientist, in Testing and Assessment
Psychometricians have long been aware of a phenomenon called the Flynn
effect—a widespread and long-standing tendency for scores on certain tests
of intelligence to rise over time. And now they have another curiosity to
ponder: The tendency for intelligence scores to rise appears to have ended
in some places. Indeed, it seems that some countries are experiencing a
Flynn effect with a reversed sign...
Still!
Unacceptable Trends in Kindergarten Entry and Placement
A position statement developed by National Association of Early Childhood
Specialists in State Departments of Education, in
Early (or Late) Kindergarten
Delaying children's entry into school and/or segregating them into
extra-year classes actually labels children as failures at the outset of
their school experience. These practices are simply subtle forms of
retention. Not only is there a preponderance of evidence that there is no
academic benefit from retention in its many forms, but there also appear to
be threats to the social-emotional development of the child subjected to
such practices...
Stories
of Acceleration
Belin-Blank Center, in Academic Acceleration
Read many stories, both positive and negative, of acceleration of gifted
students, and follow the links to even more stories, case studies, and
comments about the
effects of A
Nation Deceived: How Schools Hold Back America’s Brightest Students...
Struggle, Challenge and Meaning: The Education of a
Gifted Child
by Valerie Bock, in Frequently Answered Questions (FAQs)
What do we want from the education of our gifted children? An eloquent
answer...
Surviving
or Thriving? Gifted middle school boys with learning disabilities
by Mary Ruth Coleman, in
Gifted Child Today, in Twice Exceptional
and Gifted in Middle School
Teachers often view gifted students as outstanding performers and see
these students as top picks for their classes. Yet, not all gifted-students
thrive in school. For gifted students with learning disabilities, school is
not always the most comfortable place. What have we have learned in the last
30 years? Terrific strategies to help gifted / learning disabled
children cope, in academics, testing, and in life!
Texas Education Agency Released Tests, Answer Keys, and Scoring Guides ,
in Proficiency Testing and
Testing and Assessment
TAKS tests, scored right on the 'net, for grades 3-11 in reading,
mathematics, writing, writing prompt, and science, plus exit level / end of
course tests in many subjects. Use these tests to show your child's
above-level mastery...
Top
Kid
1985 Australian TV drama for children (YouTube, in 5 parts), in
Movies Featuring Gifted Kids (and Adults!)
This movie has helped more than a few gifted children self-identify and
begin the path to self-understanding...
Underachievement
from the Inside Out
by Josh Shaine, in Gifted Underachievement
Perhaps the most upsetting part of being an underachiever with a lot of
potential is the accusation, first from your parents and then from yourself,
that you are somehow doing "it" intentionally...
Use
of the WISC-IV for Gifted Identification
Position Statement from the National
Association for Gifted Children, in Testing and
Assessment
It is recommended practice to derive the General Ability Index (GAI) when
there are large disparities among the Composite/Index scores. Flanagan and
Kaufman (2004), in
Essentials of WISC-IV Assessment, deem the FSIQ “not interpretable” if
Composite scores vary by 23 points (1.5 standard deviations) or more...
Using Current Research to Make Good Decisions About Grouping
by Karen B. Rogers, in NASSP Bulletin - no longer available free, but
available for a fee from Sage Publications, in
Grouping Gifted Children
High-ability and gifted students tend to benefit most from like-ability
grouping, because the strategy provides them with the opportunity to access
more advanced knowledge and skills and to practice deeper processing.
Guidelines include:
- • Group gifted students by their ability or achievement levels for the
majority of their school day in all academic core areas.
- • Provide enrichment opportunities, carefully differentiated learning
experiences, and acceleration opportunities to gifted students; Grouping
alone does not produce a substantial achievement effect
- • Use whole group and mixed-ability group methods (such as
cooperative learning) sparingly and perhaps only for socialization purposes.
There is no well-controlled research evidence to suggest any achievement
effect for this form of grouping with either highly able or gifted students.
What Do the Tests Tell Us?
by Carolyn K., in Testing and Assessment
Many parents arrive in the world of gifted education with a report full of
tests results, supposedly defining their child as "gifted." But more
often than not, parents have more questions than answers upon receiving
those test results. And just as often, the short answers from the
psychologist, the school, the teachers, and other parents do more to confuse
than clarify...
What is Highly Gifted? Exceptionally Gifted?
Profoundly Gifted? And What Does It Mean?
by Carolyn K., in Testing and Assessment
Levels of giftedness, test ceilings, questions that you want answers to...
What
Parents Want Teachers (and Professionals) to Know
Compiled by Sarah Sheard, in Frequently Answered Questions
(FAQs)
Many parents of highly or profoundly
gifted children talk about teachers or other adults who either “get my
child” or “don’t get my child”. But what is “it” that they need
to "get"?
What We
Have Learned About Gifted Children 1979-2007
by Linda Kreger Silverman, in Characteristics
of the Gifted Child and Identification of
Gifted Children
Linda Silverman's summary of 17 now 28! years of
observations, including "Parents are excellent identifiers of giftedness in
their children," "the ideal age for testing is between five and eight
years," and "When parents fail to recognize a child’s gifts, teachers may
overlook them as well," " Gifted children are asynchronous," "Gifted
children have better social adjustment in classes with children like
themselves; the brighter the child, the lower the child's social
self-concept in regular classrooms,"...
Why Should I Have My Child Tested?
by Carolyn K., in Testing and Assessment
Intelligence tests, ability tests, achievement tests, test young, test
older, use this test, use that test... we all hear tons of tidbits of
information about testing, from the schools, from other parents, from
mailing lists, from professionals. Here are all those tidbits,
distilled into a comprehensive guide to testing our gifted children...
Why do my child's test scores vary from test to
test?
by Carolyn K., in Testing and Assessment
Why do children's test scores, on both IQ and achievement tests, vary
(sometimes dramatically) from test to test? There are so many reasons,
and most do not have anything to do with the child's intelligence or
ability...
Yesterday's Whiz
Kids: Where Are They Today?
by Melissa Hendricks, in Highly, Exceptionally,
and Profoundly Gifted and Academic
Acceleration
Preliminary results of a 20-year follow-up indicate that most have been
successful. Many achieved advanced degrees. Many rose to outstanding
careers at an early age
Your
Child's Disorder May Be Yours, Too
by Benedict Carey, New York Times, in Twice
Exceptional
...found in his son’s diagnosis a new language to understand his own
life... “provided a frame in which a whole bunch of seemingly
unrelated aspects of my own life growing up fit together for the first
time.”
Editor's note: this applies to giftedness, too - many of us realize that
we are gifted when our kids are first "diagnosed!"
You're Such a 4.0
by Yoni Riemer, The Chronicle Online,
in Social / Emotional Aspects of Giftedness
What is it that a Duke undergrad deep down truly wants? And then it hit
me. I wish to be smarter than everyone else in private, but be exactly like
everyone else in public. Don’t you think it just isn’t cool to be
smart?
- 2eeducator:
Unexpected Gifts: Discovering and Nurturing the Strengths in Every Child
- Cathy Risberg's blog provides great ideas and strategies that work for
teachers and parents educating and raising gifted and twice exceptional
children...
- Eide
Neurolearning Blog
- Commentary about new research and Internet
articles related to any aspect of learning, learning differences and
disabilities, including gifted and visual learners, autism, dyslexia,
attention deficit disorders, sensory, visual, or auditory processing
difficulties and more...
- GT-World
- A world full of resources for parents of gifted children. Mailing lists:
GT-Families for families of gifted children, GT-Special for families of twice
exceptional children, GT-Adult for gifted adults, and GT-Talk for ... heated
discussions moved from other GT-World mailing lists
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- Our
Gifted Online Conferences
now a Ning community!
- A place to join together to meet, share, learn, and discuss issues
pertaining to giftedness and talent of all individuals regardless of race,
age, gender, economic status, and/or twice/thrice exceptionalities.
Conference
schedule:
| Mary Ruth Coleman, January 2008 |
| Coming soon... Judith Galbraith, Joan Smutny
|
The TAG Project
A support community for Families of the Gifted and
Talented, including mailing lists TAGFAM for Families, TAGMAX for home
education, and TAGPDQ for "more-than-just-gifted" families
Unwrapping
the Gifted
a K-12 gifted education specialist discusses news and
developments in the gifted education community and offers advice for
teachers on working with gifted students. An
EdWeek blog...
Visit Contests and
College Scholarships for more great programs!
- Education
Planner
- Thousands of scholarships, many available for both rising freshman and
already enrolled college students...
- FastWeb
- Find money for college, expert tips on financial aid, find your dream
school, even win a scholarship directly from FastWeb...
-
IEA
Gifted Resource Center Contest, Award & Scholarship Search
-
Comprehensive contest listing...
-
- Scholastic Art and
Writing Awards
-
Students in grades 7 - 12 in the U.S., U.S. Territories, U.S.-sponsored schools
abroad, and Canadian students in equivalent grade levels, are eligible.
More than 600 Art awards and 300 writing awards are presented annually on the
national level. Winners may receive cash awards, scholarships,
certificates, and publishing and exhibition opportunities...
- Visit Contests and
College Scholarships for more great programs!
- Junior Statesmen of America
CA, CT, DC, IL, NJ (grade 10 to 12)
-
-
 Satori camp
Cheney, Washington (junior and senior high students, age 12-18)
- A summer experience for gifted junior and senior high school students.
An opportunity for academically and intellectually talented students to
experience their first taste of college with others who share their enthusiasm
for learning in an academic and social environment...
-
-
 Yunasa
Summer Institute for the Gifted
-
For highly gifted middle school students (ages 10-15), Yunasa is a Lakota Indian
word meaning “balance”. The goal of this week-long experience is to have lots of
fun while developing the emotional, spiritual, physical and intellectual
components of your life...
- Visit Summer and Saturday Programs for more
great programs!
- ALEKS
- K-12 plus advanced math, fully automated, available only on the
Internet. (48 hour free trial) Great option for use low-income
schools, too - school price is only $35/ 9 months! Home price is
slightly higher
- eIMACS (Institute for Mathematics &
Computer Science)
- On-line interactive mathematics and computer science curricula to
talented middle and high school school and undergraduate students...
- University of Missouri Center for
Distance and Independent Study
- Elementary, high school and college classes
-
IEA
Gifted Resource Center Contest, Distance Learning Search
-
Comprehensive distance learning opportunity listing...
- WikiBooks
- A collection of free, open-content textbooks, also in a variety of other
languages
-
- Visit Distance Learning,
(Free)
Online High School Courses
, Internet Investigations
and
Online Text Materials for more distance
learning opportunities!
Hoagies' Hot Topics! -
Wild about math, genetics, poetry, programming, biographies, science
fiction, science or other "hot" topics for gifted kids? Check this list for
lots of books for all ages, on these and other Hot Topics for gifted kids!
- Grief and Grieving
-
A collection of resources for dealing with the death of a loved one, or a
beloved pet, with books and sites for all ages...
-
UK Education secretary arranges boys' bookshelves
and the
Full
List
- A list of more than 160 books, from Frankenstein to Bill Bryson's A
Short History of Nearly Everything, has been published today in a bid to
encourage teenage boys to read for pleasure...
-
- Visit Reading Lists for more great book
lists for kids and teens!
|
20Q
the neural-net on the internet - how do they DO that?
in Variety Store |
| 77
Optical Illusions & Visual Phenomena
but better than the illusions, are the explanations! in
Brain Teasers: Optical Illusions |
|
Algebasics
An online Algebra course in 16 chapters, with great instruction and
examples! (Flash enabled) in Math |
|
blobs.org
Is science baffling? Struggling to understand? Looking for help? blobs.org
is here to help! in
Science |
|
BrainPop
Health, science, technology, math, English and more... in Math
and Science and Young
Kids |
|
Celestia
space simulation lets you explore our universe in three dimensions
(download) in Space
|
|
The Chaos
Which rhymes with enough - Though, through, plough, or dough, or cough? in
For the Love of Words |
|
Cogito.org
news and features, questions and answers, even mentors, in math and science!
in Math
and Science |
| Conceptis
Puzzles
logic puzzles, including pixel puzzles, Sudoku, Kakuro, Battleship... in Brain Teasers:
Logic & Critical Thinking |
|
The
Elements
animation of Tom Lehrer's song..., in Science:
Periodic Table |
| Flying
Spaghetti Monster treats with working (and edible!) googly eyes
,
in Variety Store and
Art (these really are a work of art!) |
|
Frame
Games
USA Today's weekly game, plus tons of archives..., in
Brain Teasers: Rebuses |
|
GE Interactive Whiteboard
draw on your screen, or invite friends to draw with you! in
Art and Variety
Store |
|
Google Earth
combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the
world's geographic information at your fingertips... in
Geography |
|
Google Sightseeing
"Why bother seeing the world for real?" The world will never be the same! in
Geography |
|
Griddlers.net
paint-by-number puzzles to solve online or offline, in
Brain Teasers |
|
HippoCampus
for
high school and college students, a project of the Monterey Institute
for Technology and Education (MITE), in Homework
Help |
|
How Stuff Works
from UPC bar codes to Chess computers to Power Distribution Grids, in
Physics |
|
Invention at Play
from the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention... in
Science |
|
Journey of Mankind
genetic map, exploring the peopling of the world over the last 160,000
years, in
Social Studies |
|
JuggleMaster
download, and create your own juggling patterns! in Variety Store |
|
NameVoyager
where does your name rank throughout history? in
Social Studies |
|
Ozy and Millie
Where did they find two gifted kids for this strip??
in
Cartoons |
| National
Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)
write 50,000 words of fiction
between November 1 and November 30th... you wrote a Novel! in For the Love of Words |
|
Nova
companion websites to PBS Nova episodes, including these and TONS more... in
Natural Science,
Science, Social
Studies and Space
|
|
Pentagon-Hexagon Zig-Zag (PHiZZ) Unit
modular origami fold whose locking mechanism is based on an accordion pleat
- really cool! In
Art |
| Jaw-dropping
demo of PhotoSynth
(based on SeaDragon) Amazing!! in
Computers |
| Poisson
Rouge
interactive games - write your own music, and play it back
- alphabet where the xylophone really plays - visual brain teasers -
and lots more!
in
Young
Kids |
|
Powers of Ten
View the Milky Way at 10 million light years from Earth. Then move towards the Earth in successive orders of magnitude...
in Natural Science and
Space |
|
Planarity Game
Arrange the vertices such that no edges overlap, in
Interact!
and Math |
|
Puzzle Parlor
interactive GamePuzzles, in Brain Teasers
and Math |
|
Renaissance Connection
Be a patron of the arts. Design your own innovation. Investigate Renaissance
artworks in depth. Discover how past innovations inform life today, in
Social Studies |
|
The Sliding Block Puzzle Page
tons of great interactive sliding puzzles! in
Interact!
and Math |
|
Running the
Numbers: An American Self-Portrait
contemporary American culture through the austere lens of statistics. Visit
Chris Jordan's other collections... |
| Shift Happens: Did You
Know? and Did You
Know 2.0
by Karl Fisch and Scott McLeod, the originals... in Computers |
an interactive space flight experience
|
Spaced
Penguins
an interactive space flight experience, in Interact!
and Physics |
|
Store Wars
Star Wars and Organic Food fans alike will love this! in
Variety Store |
|
TerraServer
Satellite photos of (nearly) anywhere in the U.S. plus more! (plus great
maps, too) in Geography |
|
TextTwist
Addictive! Rearrange the letters and make as many words as you can, in
Interact! and For the Love
of Words |
| TED
Ideas Worth Sharing - an amazing collection of videos "by the world's
greatest thinkers and doers," in
Variety Store |
|
User Friendly
the computer geek's comic strip - literally!, in
Cartoons |
|
Vocab Minute
catchy tunes to hum while you build vocab skills for success, in Jr. or Sr.
level (podcast), in For the Love of Words |
|
WebSuduko
Number puzzle, but no math required... trillions of puzzles! in
Brain Teasers
and Interact!
| shareware PC version try
Sudoku |
|
|
Wikipedia
the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit, in
Variety Store |
|
Word Sandwich
guess the mystery five letter word, by narrowing it down in the "word
sandwich"..., in For the Love of Words |
|
Zome Model of the Month
from the Flower of
Life to Star
Structure, examine and build a new challenge every month!
in Math and Variety Store |
Visit Kids and Teen Links for hundreds more
great links!
And when it all seems just too much, a little Humor...
- I never wanted to be one of THOSE moms
by Barbara Cooper
- I don’t want to sound like one of those horrible stage mothers – frankly,
I was in denial about all this. But my oldest daughter is a pretty special
child. I mean, ALL children are special but she’s special in a quantifiable
way. But...
-
- And then there is The
Apology. Why do we feel we have to apologize for what our children
are, for what we are?
- Legend of the
Pink Monkey
retold by Cici Clovis
- "Us Pink Monkeys have a tough time finding one another..."
- No Dentist
Left Behind
by John S. Taylor, Superintendent, School District of Lancaster, South
Carolina (previously titled Absolutely the Best Dentist)
- "Did you hear about the new state program to measure the effectiveness of
dentists with their young patients?" I said.
"No," he said. He didn't seem too thrilled. "How will they do that?"
"It's quite simple," I said...
Also read No
Child Left Behind: The Football Version
- Not On the Test
-
A new song that sings close to home for gifted kids...
by Tom
Chapin
- Official Home Page of the PG Cult
-
Are you a member?
-
Raisin' Brains
by Karen L.J. Isaacson
- A humorous look inside the home of 5 very gifted children... from the
mom's point of view. Prepare to have your funny bone tickled!
-
Ridiculous Things I Heard Today
edited by Carolyn K.
- All the collected 'wisdoms' imparted on us by the "professionals"...
- Tony
by Kaye Starbird
- A great poem about a gifted young child. Tony could be your child or mine!
- William
Tell Overture for Moms
by Anita Renfroe (YouTube)
- Feeling like a broken record? Listen to this one!
-
- You Know You're The Parent of a Gifted Child
When...
edited by Carolyn K.
- Other parents of gifted children will understand...
- Visit A Lighter Note for more humor and
fun!
- Gift Cards for Good
- Founded by a 10-year-old gifted child, Gift Cards for Good collects used
but not quite empty gift cards from stores across the country, and donate
100% of the proceeds to to help people who need something that they can’t
get themselves: buy food for hungry children and clothes for cold children.
We will also be able to give presents to kids who never get any at the
holidays. We can also help charities that build houses for those who don’t
have the money to do it for themselves...
- One
Laptop per Child (OLPC) Give One Get One
- The mission of One Laptop per Child (OLPC) is to empower the children of
developing countries to learn by providing one connected laptop to every
school-age child. Through December 31 2007, OLPC has been offering a
limited-time Give One Get One program in the United States and Canada.
During Give One Get One, you can donate the revolutionary XO laptop to a
child in a developing nation, and also receive one for the child in your
life in recognition of your contribution...
-
- Visit Gifts to Share: Humanitarian
Opportunities for Gifted Families for more humanitarian giving options!
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