Overview
MN definition: Students capable of high performance include those with demonstrated achievement or potential ability in any one or more of the following areas: general intellectual, specific academic subjects, creativity, leadership, and visual and performing arts.
Involves delivering and monitoring a specially designed and coordinated set of comprehensive, evidence-based & universally designed instructional and assessment practices.
Individualized assessment
Specialized instruction
Intensive instruction
Goal-directed instruction
Evidence-based instruction
Collaborative partnerships
Student performance evaluation
Terminology
Precocity: remarkable early development
Insight: noticing most relevant information, finding novel uses
Genius: rare intellect; remarkable aptitude in some area
Creativity: expressing novel ideas; asking new, important questions
Talent: special ability, aptitude, accomplishment
Giftedness: combined cognitive superiority, creativity, and motivation resulting in something of value
Twice Exceptional: a broader range of problems that affect learning – is twice-exceptional, or 2e. This term refers to the fact that some gifted children are exceptional both because of their strengths and because of their limitations. Coupled with high intelligence, these children also may have one or more learning disabilities, attention deficit, emotional or behavior problems, or other types of learning difficulties.
Prevalence: Assumption of 3-5% of U.S. school population
Identification of Giftedness
Commonly used methods
IQ tests
Standardized achievement test scores
Teacher or parent nominations
Peer or self nominations
Evaluation of work or performances
Educational Considerations: MDE G and T Resources
Education should have three characteristics:
Curriculum designed to accommodate advanced cognitive skills
Instructional strategies consistent with content areas
Arrangements facilitating appropriate grouping
Acceleration
Enrichment