Characteristics Checklist for Gifted Children A list of characteristics to help you identify gifted students
So what can I do when they already know how to do it?
Curriculum Compacting An introduction to the rationale and approach to curriculum compacting
General Differentiation
Responsive teaching (differentiation of instruction) is a teacher's response to a learner's needs guided by general principles of responsive teaching(differentiation.)- great links to tools to help with differentiation.
Tiered Curriculum Project
Differentiation in Math
NRICH The NRICH Project aims to enrich the mathematical experiences of all learners. On their website you will find thousands of our free mathematics enrichment materials (problems, articles and games) for teachers and learners from ages 5 to 19 years.
Assessment
Information on Gifted Children
National Association of Gifted (NAGC) The website for NAGC, the major U.S. organization concerned with gifted children and their education.
National Research Center on the Gifted & Talented (NRC/GT) NRC/GT was funded under a federal Javits Grant to focus on research and wide-ranging information about the gifted. This site includes many valuable resources. Underachievers, special education, cultural diversity, grouping practices, etc.
Davidson Institute (formerly GT-CyberSource) This site features articles, resources and state policy pages to help students, parents and educators pinpoint a wealth of gifted information. There is a section of the Davidson Institute Website (Article Library) that includes an amazing collection of articles online.
A Nation Deceived The 2004 national report A Nation Deceived highlighted the disparity between the research on acceleration and the educational beliefs and practices that often run contrary to the research. The full report and research evidence are available from this site.
Gifted Development Center Dr. Linda Silverman's website, with worthwhile articles and links to many other useful sites related to gifted children and adults
Eric Database Good source for articles on education. Do a search using the word “gifted” to find archived articles and links to many relevant websites.
American Association for Gifted Children The American Association for Gifted Children (AAGC) is the nation's oldest advocacy organization for gifted children. It was established in New York in 1946. It is now incorporated as a non-profit organization at Duke University and publishes information for parents, educators, and the public on its website.
National Foundation for Gifted and Creative Children (News Portal) A fairly basic website. Includes a YouTube video from New York City Schools that provides an historic perspective on gifted education (may date from the 1940s).
Social & Emotional Needs of Gifted Children
SENG: Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted SENG is dedicated to fostering environments in which gifted adults and children, in all their diversity, understand and accept themselves and are understood and supported by their families, schools, workplaces and communities.
Byrdseed Gifted This website features 10 articles about the social and emotional needs, with keynote phrases to describe each article.
This organization is dedicated to establishing social and emotional learning as an essential part of education.
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