Should all students do a task? Could all students do a task?
Gifted instruction is fundamentally different. However, all students benefit for exposure to gifted instruction because students performance is inconsistent in different activities and on different days. Exposure to higher-level activities is necessary for students to potentially be successful with such activities..
What Can Gifted Math Students Do?
Math “Look Fors”
_____Mastery of content, algorithms, and vocabulary in one lesson, or much faster than peers
_____Find mistakes made by self or others
_____Self-developed algorithms
_____Seeing applications for concepts
_____Developing understanding of concepts not taught
(Knowing content not taught)
_____Successful at complex multistep problem solving
_____Understanding the idea that real life math often involves
“fuzzy problems”
_____Flexible use of multiple algorithms depending on the specific
numbers
_____Mental math, such as cluster multiplication and division, and ability to see multiple cluster approaches (particularly with larger numbers)
What Can Gifted Writers Do?
Writing “Look Fors”
_____Strong writing voice
_____Demonstrates control of voice (changing voice to suit the writing)
_____Shows knowledge of content/information not taught
_____Advanced vocabulary
_____Highly varied vocabulary
_____Advanced spelling (less often seen)
_____Writes about passions, interests, or topics not typical among
peers
_____Writes for fun (unassigned)
_____Has a multi-month or year writing project
Gifted instruction is fundamentally different. However, all students benefit for exposure to gifted instruction because students performance is inconsistent in different activities and on different days. Exposure to higher-level activities is necessary for students to potentially be successful with such activities..
What Can Gifted Math Students Do?
Math “Look Fors”
_____Mastery of content, algorithms, and vocabulary in one lesson, or much faster than peers
_____Find mistakes made by self or others
_____Self-developed algorithms
_____Seeing applications for concepts
_____Developing understanding of concepts not taught
(Knowing content not taught)
_____Successful at complex multistep problem solving
_____Understanding the idea that real life math often involves
“fuzzy problems”
_____Flexible use of multiple algorithms depending on the specific
numbers
_____Mental math, such as cluster multiplication and division, and ability to see multiple cluster approaches (particularly with larger numbers)
What Can Gifted Writers Do?
Writing “Look Fors”
_____Strong writing voice
_____Demonstrates control of voice (changing voice to suit the writing)
_____Shows knowledge of content/information not taught
_____Advanced vocabulary
_____Highly varied vocabulary
_____Advanced spelling (less often seen)
_____Writes about passions, interests, or topics not typical among
peers
_____Writes for fun (unassigned)
_____Has a multi-month or year writing project