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GIFTED AND TALENTED EDUCATION: Terri Verhaegen AP/AVID/GATE Program Specialist SAUSD An overview with classroom implications and application

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GIFTED AND TALENTED

EDUCATION:

Terri VerhaegenAP/AVID/GATE Program Specialist

SAUSD

An overview with classroom

implications and application

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Overview: Who are your GATE

students?• Characteristics• Referral• Assessment

Process

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CharacteristicsDifferences commonly found between

most gifted learners and their age peers:Advanced comprehension and a faster pace of

learning (2-8 years ahead of the regular age-graded class)

Need for complexity and intensity Desire for depth (ability to make connections,

find unusual relationships and move from facts to principles theories and generalizations)

Crave Novelty or alternative and varied input and processes

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Intellectual vs. High Achiever

• Intellectually gifted children can usually generalize, work with abstract ideas and synthesize diverse relationships

Whereas:• High achievers generally function

better with knowledge and comprehension level learning than with abstract and open-ended material In SAUSD—we identify BOTH as

GATE, but the characteristics

are not the same

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High Achiever IntellectualKnows the answers. Asks the questions.

Is interested. Is highly curious.Is attentive. Is mentally and physically involved.

Has good ideas. Has wild, silly ideas.Works hard. Plays around, yet tests well.

Answers the questions. Discusses in detail, elaborates.Top group. Beyond the group.

Listens with interest. Shows strong feelings and opinions.Learns with ease. Already knows.

6-8 repetitions for mastery. 1-2 repetitions for mastery.Understands ideas. Constructs abstractions.

Enjoys peers. Prefers adults.Grasps the meaning. Draws inferences.

Completes assignments. Initiates projects.Is receptive. Is intense.

Copies accurately. Creates a new design.Enjoys school. Enjoys learning.

Absorbs information. Manipulates information.Technician. Inventor.

Good memorizer. Good guesser.Enjoys straightforward, sequential

presentation.Thrives on complexity.

Is alert. Is keenly observant.Is pleased with own learning. Is highly self-critical.

83% of SAUSD identified as High Achievement

4% of SAUSD identifiedIn SPECIFIC ACADEMIC AREA

13% of SAUSD

identified as

Intellectual

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(Mis)Perceptions of Gifted StudentsGifted students may be perceived as:

Possible Reasons:

Bored with routine tasks, or rote work, does not complete rote work

May have mastered facts and rote skills

Difficult to get him/her to move onto another topic

Pursues interest in depth

Self critical, impatient with failures Sustained goal-oriented behavior, Evaluates situations

Critical about the teacher or others Logical and analytical, expresses criticismArgumentative, disagrees vocally with the teacher or others

Expresses opinions freely, skeptical, expresses criticism

Not serious, making jokes or puns at inappropriate times

Gives clever, witty responses, shows humor

Emotionally sensitive – may over react, angers or cries easily if things go wrong

Sees relationships and connections, sensitivity, need for support

Not interested in details; hands in messy work

Needs minimal instruction/ practice on routine tasks, applies info. with ease

Refusing to accept authority; nonconforming, stubborn

Goal-directed behavior, expresses criticism, skeptical, focused on details

Dominating others Goal directed behavior, organizes tasks and people, serves as a leader

Withdrawn or a loner among peers May have difficulty communicating with peers, intense attention on tasks

Involved in others problems Problem solver, interest in cause and effect relationships, inquisitive

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Referral• Most gifted students are identified in elementary

years. In SAUSD, – every 2nd grader is tested– grades 3-11 are tested upon referral. – a student can apply for GATE assessment in elementary

or secondary

Assessment Measures:Collection of screening data can include:• Academic Achievement Scores (e.g. Benchmarks,

CST’s/CMA’s, Writing Proficiency)• Standardized ability tests (e.g. NNAT2)• Standardized Intelligence tests (e.g. WISC, CogAt,

Olsat, Leiter—limited use in SAUSD• Observation/Anecdotal Parent/Teacher checklists• Grades• Rapid acquisition of English for EL students

(CELDT)

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SAUSD Program Design• In both elementary and secondary,

SAUSD utilizes the “cluster” design.

• “Clusters” of 5 or more students are placed in a regular classroom.

• In secondary (grades 6-12) these clusters are usually in “honors” or AP level classes.

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GIFTED AND TALENTED

EDUCATION: What does this mean for your classroom?

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Implications for Curriculum and

Instruction• Connection to CCSS• Types of

Differentiation– Acceleration– Novelty– Depth– Complexity

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What CCSS documents say regarding “Advanced

Learners”?3. The Standards do not define the nature of advanced work for students who meet the Standards prior to the end of high school. For those students, advanced work in such areas as literature, composition, language, and journalism should be available. This work should provide the next logical step up from the college and career readiness baseline established here.

4. The Standards set grade-specific standards but do not define the intervention methods or materials necessary to support students who are well below or well above grade-level expectations. No set of grade-specific standards can fully reflect the great variety in abilities, needs, learning rates, and achievement levels of students in any given classroom. However, the Standards do provide clear signposts along the way to the goal of college and career readiness for all students.

---CCSS page vii (underline added for emphasis)

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What CCSS documents say regarding “ELA Habits of Mind”?

The descriptions that follow are not standards themselves but instead offer a portrait of students who meet the standards set

out in this document.They demonstrate independence.

They build strong content knowledge. They respond to the varying demands of audience, task,

purpose, and discipline.They comprehend as well as critique.

They value evidence.They use technology and digital media strategically and

capably.They come to understand other perspectives and

cultures.

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What CCSS documents say regarding “Math Practices”?

The Standards for Mathematical Practice describe varieties of expertise that mathematics educators at all levels should seek to

develop in their students. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.

Reason abstractly and quantitatively. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of

others. Model with mathematics.

Use appropriate tools strategically. Attend to precision.

Look for and make use of structure. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

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Curriculum and Instruction

Advancing the concept of differentiation to a new level to both reinforce and extend teaching and learning…

• taking the “core” curriculum adding depth, complexity, novelty and acceleration.

• Modifying what students will know (content), how students will think (critical creative and problem-solving skills), how students will access and use resources (research skills), and how student will summarize and share their learning (product).

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What isDIFFERENTIATIO

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Thinking Like a Disciplinarian

Introduction to the Disciplines

Art of Appreciation

Art of Argumentation

Universal Concepts

Questioning

Critical ThinkingCreative Thinking

Problem Solving

Self-AccountabilityLogic

Group SkillsTask Commitment

IntellectualismDefine one’s self and potential

Resilient

Understanding of giftednessExpertiseParticipation Skills

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Connections between GATE and CCSSGATE Standards

CCSS Anchor Standards

• Acceleration

• Depth

• Complexity

• Novelty

R2. Determine central ideas or themes…

L6. Acquire and use accurately a range of general academic and domain specific words…

R1. Cite specific textual evidence… R7. Delineate and evaluate the

argument… R6. Assess how point of view or

purpose shapes the content… R7. Integrate and evaluate content

presented in diverse media and formats…

W3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences…

R1. Read closely to…make logical inferences…

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Acceleration of Content

• Use universal concepts like “conflict”, “change” or “relativity”.

• Build and bridge concepts (possibly by compacting the curriculum to streamline the curriculum or challenge the level)

• Develop the art of appreciation and the art of argumentation

• Dig deeper into content through questioning skills or “Thinking like a Disciplinarian”.

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Questioning Strategies = Collaborative Academic

Conversations and Socratic Seminars

Methods used by teachers and students to ask questions that require the respondent to use high-level, critical, and/or creative thinking skills when processing information or responding to the question.

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Why use Questioning Strategies?

Questioning strategies are essential to the growth of critical, creative, and higher level thinking skills. (Shaunessy, 2005)

When teachers regularly model questioning strategies and expect student questions, students learn to formulate questions that will improve their learning. (Fisher, 2007)

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Good questions help to accelerate learning:

• Elaborate and Clarify

• Support with Examples

• Build on or Challenge another’s ideas

• Paraphrase• Synthesize

• What is meant by ______?• How do you know?• How could we prove or

confirm that? • If ____happened, what would

be the result? Support your conclusion

• What might be other points of view?

• How could you say that another way?

• Why do you believe that?• How can we bring this all

together?

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NoveltyStudents expressing knowledge in their own words and ways. Includes elements

of…Creative thinkingCritical thinkingProblem solvingLogicSelf-accountabilityTask commitmentGroup skills

IntellectualismSelf-definingDevelop expertiseUnderstanding

giftednessResilientParticipation skills

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Apply what you’ve learned

• How do acceleration and novelty already have a place within classrooms implementing Common Core State Standards?

• Turn and share ideas with your elbow partner

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• Quick Easy Application to any Material• For Visual learners--A picture is worth a

thousand words• Provide scaffolding to do higher level thinking

for second language students and students with learning disabilities

• Develop “Habits of Mind” that become ingrained

• Advanced learners are asked to reach into the upper ranges of their ZPD

• Increase student enthusiasm and motivation

Power of Depth and Complexity Icons…

Provide structure and support for taking a deeper and more complex look at any topic

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But remember,

we are not teaching the icons, we are teaching

concepts to new levels of depth and complexity using

pictures to stand for the thinking strategies.Think PROMPTS.

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Concrete Entry Points• Brainstorm Common Everyday Icons • Use the Detail Icon as way for students to talk

about themselves (Seen and Unseen Details)• Read a story like the Butter Battle Book by Dr. Seuss to introduce several icons• Use Multiple Perspectives for conflict

resolution• Use the Rules icon for class rules on first

day• Use the Big Idea for writing a paragraph

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Use the Icons Within Your Classroom and

Lessons Post the icons in your classroom “Look for (appropriate icon) in our lesson

today on (content area).” Use the Big Idea to summarize or end

lessons. Label your daily agenda and lesson plans

with the icons. Have students label all work with the

appropriate icons. Label all classroom work and charts with

the icons.

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Depth• Refers to approaching or studying

something from the concrete to the abstract, from the known to the unknown.

• Requires students to examine topics by determining the facts, concepts, generalization, principles and theories related to them.

• Necessitates uncovering more details and new knowledge related to a topic of study.

• Encourages students to adopt perspectives and to see patterns in connections.

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Depth has the following major dimensions:

• Language of the Disciplines: Specialized vocabulary, names of skills or tasks, tools used

• Details: Attributes, parts, factors, variables

• Patterns: Repetition, predictability

• Trends: Forces, direction, ongoing

• Rules: Structure, order, hierarchy, explanation

• Ethics: Points of View,

different opinions• Big Idea: Generalization,

principle, theory• Unanswered

Questions: Discrepancies, missing parts, unclear ideas, incomplete ideas

• Impact: Cause and effect, influence

• Process: sequence, procedures

• Motive: reasons, causes, purpose

• Proof: evidence, validation

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Complexity• Includes making relationships, connecting

other concepts, and layering.

• Why/how approach that connects and bridges to other disciplines to enhance the meaning of a unit of study. Relate concepts and ideas at a more sophisticated level

• Encourages students to see associations among diverse subjects, topics or levels and find multiple solutions from multiple points of view

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Complexity has these major elements:

• Over Time: Between the past, present and future, and within a time period

• Points of View: Multiple Perspectives, opposing viewpoints, differing roles and knowledge

• Interdisciplinary: With, between and across the disciplines

• Context: environment shapes or affects outcome

• Translate: multiple and varied meanings of language, various interpretations

• Original: new, unique, what makes it new

• Judgment: factors that influence decisions

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Practice Time #1Nursery Rhyme

• Read the text provided to your group.

• Develop a question and possible response based on your given prompt.

• Share and discuss with your small group.

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Practice Time #2Exemplar Text from CCSS

Appendix B

• Read the text provided to your group.

• Develop a question and possible response based on your given prompt.

• Share and discuss with your small group.

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How can we use this with what we already

do?• Use Thinking Maps with Depth and

Complexity icons– Frame of reference– Tree map headers

• Develop Text-Dependent questions• Socratic Seminar and

Collaborative Academic Conversations

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Tree MapHoliday Gatherings

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Double Bubble

Pizza Ice Cream

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Intellectual Pathway• For each student or group, create an

individual Intellectual Pathway to a product.

• Student A:

• Student B:

• Student C:

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Use Depth and Complexity concepts to elaborate any topic

or unit.• Give of .

• Look for .

• Use to shed light on .

• Pull apart the you encounter.

• Discover if are due to insufficient ,

unknown , or issues.

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Now on your own

• Utilizing a text your brought, rework a current assignment to include elements of depth and complexity (you may also include novelty and acceleration).

• Be ready to share in 10 minutes.

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DIFFERENTIATION

in your classroom

NoveltyAc

cele

ratio

n Depth

Complexity

Thinking Like a Disciplinarian

Introduction to the Disciplines

Art of Appreciation

Art of Argumentation

Universal Concepts

Questioning

Critical ThinkingCreative Thinking

Problem Solving

Self-AccountabilityLogic

Group SkillsTask Commitment

IntellectualismDefine one’s self and potential

Resilient

Understanding of giftednessExpertiseParticipation Skills