Gifted Education Resources

Gifted Education Organizations

National Association for Gifted Children: http://www.nagc.org/

National Society for the Gifted and Talented: http://www.NSGT.org/

Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted: http://www.SENGifted.org/

World Council for the Gifted and Talented: http://www.worldgifted.org/

National Research Center for the Gifted and Talented: http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/

Higher Education Online

Center for Online Education http://www.onlinecolleges.net/#colleges-by-location

Getting Involved / Advocacy

Advocate's Glossary: ​http://achieve.lausd.net/cms/lib08/CA01000043/Centricity/Domain/222/DavisGlossary_English_Spanish.pdf

http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/advocacy.htm

http://www.nagc.org/toolkit.aspx

http://wearegifted2.blogspot.com/

http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2014/03/15/the-poor-neglected-gifted-child/rJpv8G4oeawWBBvXVtZyFM/story.html

Gifted Program Delivery Models

All Inclusive Guide

https://studentservices.ednet.ns.ca/

http://www.tiftschools.com/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=245760&type=d&pREC_ID=567137

https://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Curriculum-and-Instruction/Documents/Gifted%20Education/Regulations%20Related%20to%20Program%20Delivery%20Models.pdf

https://www.isbe.net/Documents/gifted-flex-delivery-models-pres160127.pdf

Gifted Characteristics

https://www.nagc.org/resources-publications/resources/my-child-gifted/common-characteristics-gifted-individuals

https://giftedunderachievers.weebly.com/uploads/1/4/1/7/14173203/frasiers-tabs.pdf

Introduction to Differentiation

http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=1936850#anchor

North Carolina's "Booster Shot" series - scroll down and choose "Basic Differentiation"

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13kjiL5gqrtNIwFNQnhv7MaHBXFPOihYl

Learning Environment in the Differentiated Classroom

http://differentiationcentral.com/videos/

Click on "Community" and "Classroom Routines and Management" sections

Learning Profiles in the Differentiated Classroom

http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/117032/chapters/An-ASCD-Study-Guide-for-How-To-Differentiate-Instruction-in-Academically-Diverse-Classrooms,-3rd-Edition.aspx

Questioning

Bloom's Taxonomy

https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/blooms-taxonomy/

https://ctle.utah.edu/resources/Blooms-Taxonomy.php

Webb's Depth of Knowledge

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/webbs-depth-knowledge-increase-rigor-gerald-aungst

Costa's Levels of Thinking

http://www.edutopia.org/costa-questioning-levels-wolpert-gawron

Four Levels of Questioning

http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/feb13/vol70/num05/Asking-Questions%E2%80%94At-Four-Different-Levels.aspx

http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ724903.pdf

http://nrich.maths.org/2475/Addendum%20to%20this%20article%202475?part=Addendum%20to%20this%20article%202475

Assessment

http://www.schrockguide.net/assessment-and-rubrics.html

http://differentiationcentral.com/videos/

Click on "Continuous Assessment"

Special Population:

Gifted Minority Students

http://www.davidsongifted.org/db/Articles_id_10759.aspx

http://www.nagc.org/resources-publications/resources/timely-topics/including-diverse-learners-gifted-education-programs

Talent on the Sidelines report with State Profiles

http://cepa.uconn.edu/mindthegap/

Special Population:

Low-Income Gifted

http://www.nagc.org/resources-publications/resources/timely-topics/including-diverse-learners-gifted-education-programs

http://www.davidsongifted.org/db/Articles_id_10670.aspx

http://www.davidsongifted.org/db/Resources_id_15614.aspx

Special Population:

Profoundly Gifted​

http://www.davidsongifted.org/db/Articles_id_10387.aspx

http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/highly_profoundly.htm

https://www.gifteddevelopment.com/about-our-center/our-services/k-12-educational-planning/highly%E2%80%94profoundly-gifted

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOfnqQtr0PY

http://www.davidsongifted.org/db/Articles_id_10299.aspx

https://www.sengifted.org/post/exceptionally-gifted-children-different-minds

https://www.sengifted.org/post/director-s-corner-raising-a-profoundly-gifted-child

http://teacheryconfessions.blogspot.com/2015/02/9-things-i-wish-people-knew-about.html

Special Population:

​Gifted and Learning Disabilities

https://videos.med.wisc.edu/videos/32540

http://www.uniquelygifted.org/

http://giftedkids.about.com/od/giftedandld/Gifted_Children_with_Learning_Disabilities.htm

http://giftedkids.about.com/od/giftedandld/a/gt_and_ld_2.htm

http://www.ldonline.org/indepth/gifted

http://www.davidsongifted.org/db/Articles_id_10492.aspx

http://www.davidsongifted.org/db/Articles_id_10168.aspx

http://www.davidsongifted.org/db/Articles_id_10126.aspx

http://www.cde.state.co.us/sites/default/files/documents/gt/download/pdf/level_1_resource_handbook_4th_ed_10-2-12.pdf

http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/aspergers.htm

http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/eric/fact/asperger.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4Gj2UC8gYI

http://www.davidsongifted.org/db/Articles_id_10167.aspx

http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/eric/minibibs/eb9.html

Special Population:

Gifted Males

http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/gender.htm

http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/nrcgt/newsletter/winter94/wintr943.html

http://www.davidsongifted.org/db/Articles_id_10153.aspx

http://www.davidsongifted.org/db/Articles_id_10496.aspx

http://www.davidsongifted.org/db/Articles_id_10649.aspx

https://www.sengifted.org/post/managing-his-image-the-challenge-facing-a-gifted-male

Special Population:

​Gifted Females

http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/nrcgt/newsletter/spring99/sprng994.html

https://www.sengifted.org/post/reis-giftedgirls

https://www.sengifted.org/post/beautiful-and-brilliant-a-lesson-for-our-gifted-girls

http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/gender.htm

http://talentdevelop.com/articles/Page1.html

http://www.davidsongifted.org/db/Articles_id_10061.aspx

Perfectionism

http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/perfectionism.htm

​https://www.nagc.org/resources-publications/resources-parents/social-emotional-issues/perfectionism

http://www.davidsongifted.org/db/Articles_id_10459.aspx

https://blogs.tip.duke.edu/giftedtoday/2001/10/02/perfectionism-and-gifted-students/

http://www.metagifted.org/topics/gifted/perfectionism/

https://www.sengifted.org/post/perfectionism-and-risk-taking

https://www.sengifted.org/post/an-interview-with-sylvia-rimm-on-perfectionism-in-the-gifted

Underachievement

http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/underachievement.htm

http://giftedkids.about.com/od/schoolissues/p/underachieve.htm

http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/eric/e544.html

http://school.familyeducation.com/child-psychology/gifted-education/38653.html

http://www.davidsongifted.org/db/Articles_id_10094.aspx

http://www.davidsongifted.org/db/Articles_id_10442.aspx

https://www.sengifted.org/post/underachievement-in-exceptionally-gifted-adolescents-and-young-adults-a-psychiatrist-s-view

Differentiation Strategy:

Concept Attainment

http://www.ascd.org/ascd-express/vol4/420-silver.aspx

Silver, H.F. Strong, R.W. & Perini, M.J. (2007). The strategic teacher: Selecting the right researched-based strategy for every lesson. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.

Differentiation Strategy:

New American Lecture

http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/107059/chapters/New-American-Lecture.aspx

Algebra: http://algebrasfriend.blogspot.com/2014/06/70days-strategic-lesson-planning-new.html

Silver, H.F. Strong, R.W. & Perini, M.J. (2007). The strategic teacher: Selecting the right researched-based strategy for every lesson. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.

Differentiation Strategy:

Reading for Meaning

http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/113007/chapters/Reading-for-Meaning.aspx

Silver, H.F. Strong, R.W. & Perini, M.J. (2007). The strategic teacher: Selecting the right researched-based strategy for every lesson. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.

Differentiation Strategy:

Tiered Assignments

http://starlingesfocus.weebly.com/uploads/5/1/5/6/5156753/tiered_activity_template_for_personalizing.pdf

North Carolina's "Booster Shot" series - scroll down and choose "Tiering"

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13kjiL5gqrtNIwFNQnhv7MaHBXFPOihYl

Differentiation Strategy:

Cubing

Middle/High School examples

http://2differentiate.pbworks.com/w/page/860043/Cubing

Differentiation Strategy:

Choice Boards / ​Menus / Tic-Tac-Toe

https://sites.google.com/a/franklinschools.org/productdifferentiation/choice

http://starlingesfocus.weebly.com/differentiation-tools-and-templates.html

Differentiation Strategy:

RAFT and GRASPS

http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/raft​

http://www.cantonschools.org/filestorage/184/1296/1568/1647/Elementary_RAFT_CARDS%5B1%5D.pdf

GRASPS (Goal, Role, Audience, Situation, Product / Performance / Purpose, Standards)

https://grantwiggins.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/wiggins-mod-m-grasps-and-roles.pdf

http://237958353235341123.weebly.com/uploads/1/8/7/5/18756042/backwardsdesignstage2part2.pdf

Bibliotherapy

Article and list of books to use

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/unwrapping_the_gifted/2009/03/using_bibliotherapy_with_gifted_children.html

http://bibliotherapywithgiftedstudents.blogspot.com/

Integrating Fine Arts

http://www.growminds.com/TheArts/GTinArt.htm

http://www.edutopia.org/stw-arts-integration-reform-overview

http://www.edutopia.org/discussion/using-art-teach-critical-thinking

STEM / STEAM:

Science, Technology,

Engineering, ​Arts, Math

Problem-Based Learning

http://bie.org/about/why_pbl

http://bie.org/resources

​http://www.edutopia.org/project-based-learning

Pick a Project

http://pblu.org/

http://projectapproach.org/project-examples/​

Critical Thinking and Creativity:

Team Building

Technology:

Storybird.com

http://storybird.com/

Creativity:

General

http://www.apa.org/education/k12/creativity-module.aspx

http://ezinearticles.com/?Exercises-to-Encourage-Creativity&id=1532735

http://members.optusnet.com.au/~charles57/Creative/Brain/wallis_intro.htm

Creativity:

Various Techniques

Brainstorming:

http://www.skymark.com/resources/leaders/osborne.asp

http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/perform/brainstorm.html

SCAMPER:

http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newCT_02.htm

https://litemind.com/scamper/

De Bono's Thinking Hats:

http://www.debonothinkingsystems.com/tools/6hats.htm

Morphological Analysis:

http://creatingminds.org/tools/morphological.htm