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Losing our Way in the Maze of Federal Mandates and Standardization:

Dr. Sally Reiss University of Connecticut Professor of Educational Psychology National Research Center on Gifted Education 2011 ITAG Conference Keynote Presenter. Losing our Way in the Maze of Federal Mandates and Standardization:.

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Losing our Way in the Maze of Federal Mandates and Standardization:

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  1. Dr. Sally ReissUniversity of ConnecticutProfessor of Educational PsychologyNational Research Center on Gifted Education2011 ITAG Conference Keynote Presenter

  2. Losing our Way in the Maze of Federal Mandates and Standardization: • Whatever Happened to Creativity as a Primary Goal of Gifted Education?

  3. Key Points Top 10 – 15% of students have been poorly served by the standards movement. 50% of gifted students are underachieving. Flexible instructional grouping is important for both gifted students and students at the lower achievement levels.

  4. IntellectualPlay • “I hope we live our lives in such a way that serious play is not an oxymoron but rather a natural and intuitive way to face the world. • Carolyn Cotto, 2010 Valedictorian • Falmouth Academy, Falmouth, MA

  5. How do Americans get to be so creative? You have all the patents. - Japanese Minister of Education to Sally Reiss

  6. Reiss: • Japanese test better. • Americans value creativity.

  7. FareedZaharia: Singapore has better math and science scores. American kids test worse but do better in the real world.

  8. Reiss: • Singapore has an exam meritocracy. • America has a talent meritocracy.

  9. Nobel Prizes Awarded United States 270 United Kingdom 100 Germany 70 Canada 10 China 2

  10. FareedZaharia: “I went through the Asian educational system, which is now so admired. It gave me an impressive base of knowledge and taught me how to study hard and fast. . .

  11. But when I got to the U.S. for college, I found that it had not trained me that well to think.”

  12. American education at its best teaches you how to: • solve problems • truly understand the material • question authority • think for yourself and • be creative.

  13. FareedZaharia, continued It teaches you to learn what you love and to love what you learn.

  14. These are incredibly important values, and they are why the U.S. has been able to maintain an edge in the creativeindustries and innovation in general. -FareedZaharia Time Magazine, November 14, 2011

  15. Joyful Learning If students practice the traits of creative productivity, they will seek out that as adults. - Dr. Sally Reiss

  16. Gifted programs should offer: • Opportunities – to move faster, delve deeper, pursue interests

  17. Resources – exposure to topics students may love

  18. Encouragement – based on identification of talents, abilities & learning styles

  19. Plan for differentiation Pre-assess Offer choice Compact material Consider learning styles Provide creative opportunities

  20. Einstein: . . .Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

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