The Student
Sofia is exceptionally verbal in class but struggles to organize written assignments because of dysgraphia. What kind of learner is she?
What is twice-exceptional?
True or False: Federal law requires every state to provide gifted education services.
False
Students complete different versions of the same assignment based on their readiness level. This strategy is called what?
What are tiered assignments?
She is widely recognized for her work on differentiation and responsive teaching.
Who is Carol Ann Tomlinson?
This Bloom's Taxonomy level asks students to generate original ideas.
What is create?
This concept refers to uneven development, where a student's intellectual abilities develop faster than their emotional or physical maturity.
What is asynchronous development?
This federal law guarantees services for students with disabilities, but not for gifted students.
What is IDEA?
A gifted math student attends Algebra I while still enrolled in middle school. This is an example of this practice.
What is acceleration?
This researcher proposed the Three-Ring Conception of Giftedness involving above-average ability, creativity, and task commitment.
Who is Joseph Renzulli?
This report argued that acceleration is one of the most effective interventions for advanced learners.
What is A Nation Deceived?
A gifted student earns A's without effort but rarely takes risks because they fear making mistakes. This characteristic may be limiting their growth
What is perfectionism?
A district screens every second grader for gifted services instead of relying on referrals. This policy is known as what?
What is universal screening?
Carol Ann Tomlinson argues that teachers can differentiate these three aspects of instruction.
What are content, process, and product?
This educational psychologist believed that any subject can be taught to any child in an intellectually honest form.
Who is Jerome Bruner?
Most school districts identify approximately this percentage of students as gifted.
What is 5 - 10%?
A gifted child who deliberately earns lower grades to fit in with peers is demonstrating this behavior.
What is underachievement?
The Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act primarily provides this type of federal support.
What is research, demonstration projects, and support for underserved gifted learners?
Instead of assigning extra worksheets, a teacher allows a gifted student to investigate a topic of personal interest. This is an example of what?
What is enrichment?
This psychologist studied the reasoning behind one's decision-making.
Who was Lawrence Kohlberg?
This curriculum approach organizes learning around broad ideas like change, systems, or conflict.
What is concept-based curriculum?
A highly capable student from a historically underserved background goes unidentified because traditional screening relies on teacher referrals. This illustrates this problem in gifted identification
What is underrepresentation?
Critics argue that relying on a single IQ cutoff for gifted identification conflicts with current recommendations emphasizing this approach.
What is multiple criteria?
Instead of every student reading the same novel, students read texts with different levels of complexity around the same theme. This differentiates what?
What is content?
A teacher asks students to sort examples into categories, identify patterns, and develop their own generalizations before introducing formal definitions. This reflects whose instructional model?
Who is Hilda Taba?
Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe developed this curriculum planning framework that begins with the end in mind.
What is Understanding by Design?