FRHD 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Differentiated Instruction
29 May 2018
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STUDENTS WHO ARE GIFTED AND TALENTED
• definitions of giftedness
o US commissioner of education
▪ capable of high performance because of outstanding abilities
▪ described as
• gifted
o at promise
• prodigy
o impressive by adult standards
• precocious
o impressive for age group
• expert
o high competency in domain
• creative
o solves problems and fashions products in novel ways
• genius
o produces work that is expertly executed and creative
• assessing giftedness
o informal assessment
▪ by teachers and support staff
o formal assessment
▪ by school psychologist
• Wechsler intelligence scale for children iii
o 3 iq scores
▪ Verbal
▪ Performance
▪ Full scale
• Rave’s progressive atries
o Non-verbal test of figural reasoning
• factors contributing to giftedness
o intellectual ability
▪ goal directed adaptive behaviors predominated by problem solving
abilities
• hereditary
o set liits of oe’s itelletual aility
• environment
o determines how much of that limit is realized
▪ rich environment=increased likelihood children will
attain max intellectual potential
• characteristics of gifted students
o learning
▪ sees more and gets more
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