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Gifted Education for Middle School Children

Gifted Education for Middle School Children. A Parent’s Guide. The principle goal of education is to create men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done. ---Jean Piaget---. What is Giftedness?.

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Gifted Education for Middle School Children

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  1. Gifted Education for Middle School Children A Parent’s Guide

  2. The principle goal of education is to create men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done.---Jean Piaget---

  3. What is Giftedness? • Giftedness is asynchronous development in which advanced cognitive abilities and heightened intensity combine to create inner experiences and awareness that are qualitatively different from the norm.

  4. A Bright Child: Knows the answers Is attentive Grasps meaning Enjoys peers Technician Good memorizer Enjoys school A Gifted Child: Asks the questions Is highly curious Draws inferences Enjoys adults Inventor Good guesser Enjoys learning Bright or Gifted?

  5. Identification • Student Performance • Teacher Observations and Recommendations • Parent Nominations • Self Nominations • Test Scores

  6. Types of Programs

  7. What Can A Parent Do? • Family Field Trips • Play Games with Your Child • Resources on the Web • Join Parent Organizations • Remember That Your Child Is Still A CHILD!

  8. Field Trips • Zoos • Science Museums • Museums • Aquariums • Planetarium

  9. Games • Monopoly • Scrabble

  10. Resources on the Web

  11. Organizations on the Web

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