Description
Making sure gifted students have quality instruction and challenging assignments is widely popular in the education world. But do you know exactly what it means to be gifted and why it matters? This six-hour course, “Identification & Assessment of the Gifted,” addresses issues surrounding gifted students and practical ways to identify them.
Lisa Van Gemert, a leading voice in gifted education, shares an overview of the history of gifted education and its importance today. Educators will also learn how to tell whether or not a student is gifted by using different tests and assessments. Teachers who have a thorough understanding of how to identify and assess gifted students will be able to equip and challenge these students better.
In this informative course educators will learn:
- What it means to be gifted
- Characteristics of gifted children
- How to test intelligence
- The importance of CLD populations
- Traits of twice-exceptional students
Presenter Bio
Lisa Van Gemert shares best practices in education with audiences around the world using a combination of neuropsychology, pedagogy, experience, humor, technology and sheer fun. She is an expert consult to television shows including Lifetime’s “Child Genius,” and a writer of award-winning lesson plans, as well as numerous published articles on social psychology and pedagogy and the book, Perfectionism: A Practical Guide to Managing Never Good Enough. A former teacher, school administrator, and Youth & Education Ambassador for Mensa, she shares resources for educators and parents on her website giftedguru.com and is co-founder with Ian Byrd of the Gifted Guild, a professional community for educators of the gifted. Lisa and her husband Steve are the parents of three sons and live in Arlington, Texas.
Erica – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
Good
Candace – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
This was the best class so far!
Christopher – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
It’s a solid course, full of interesting ideas about how we identify the gifted, and what we SHOULDN’T do when identifying them.
Kimberly – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
It has a lot of good resources to use after the course.
Maria – LUBBOCK ISD (verified owner) –
I learned many things I never knew before about gifted students
Kayla – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
I thought the quizzes related to the various IQ and ability tests were very hard, but I feel like I learned a lot.
Marcella – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course is relevant in identifying gifted students with their individual exceptionality that makes them unique.
Victoria – WHITE SETTLEMENT ISD (verified owner) –
I appreciated the organization of this course. Specifically, every module had a connection to another and it was very detail-oriented. I appreciate all the numerous examples and facts that reinforced the material.
Cressa – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
This course met the objectives.
Carla – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I liked looking at the different traits that gifted students have and reflecting on the students that I have taught who have them.