Higher Level Thinking and Complexity – Central Concepts, Structures and Tools (6-Hour)

$90.00

(101 customer reviews)

Presenters: Karen Rumley
Core Area: Curricular Content Knowledge 3.1, ODE Teacher Competency a, b, c; OAGC HOTS
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary
Hours: 6

When gifted students are engaged in learning, they thrive. The secret to engaging them in the classroom lies in differentiation. In this 6-hour course, educators will learn how to recognize common myths about differentiation and explore major elements of differentiated learning approaches.

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Description

What should educators do for gifted students who already know most of the lesson material or can learn it faster than others? The answer lies in differentiating lessons so that they are engaging for all students.

In this course, gifted instructor Karen Rumley teaches educators how to recognize common myths about differentiation and explores major elements of differentiated learning approaches. You will also learn how to apply principles of depth and complexity to differentiation and adapt instruction to fit specific learning environments.

In this 6-hour course, educators will discover:

  • The basics of differentiation
  • Examples of differentiated assignments
  • Steps for implementing differentiation
  • Differentiation myths
2016 ODE Teacher competency: a, b, c
NAGC Teacher Preparation Standard: 3.1

Click here for a leader’s guide created by the Ohio Association for the Gifted and Talented.

Presenter Bio

Karen Rumley is the past president of the Ohio Association for Gifted Children. She is the director of instruction with Kent City Schools and formerly a consultant with the Summit County Educational Service Center, specializing in gifted services and programming as well as secondary English language arts and social studies. She has coordinated gifted programs for eight years and is the past secretary of the OAGC governing and executive boards. She is also the co-chair of OAGC Annual Fall Conference. She and her husband, Eric, live near Ravenna and enjoy travel, reading, and training in Kung Fu. 

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101 reviews for Higher Level Thinking and Complexity – Central Concepts, Structures and Tools (6-Hour)

  1. Michelle – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –

    Excellent ideas presented in this course. I do plan on implementing quite a few of these.

  2. Melinda – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –

    Great ideas for my gifted students.

  3. Michele – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –

    It easy to earn the credit.

  4. Joseph – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –

    Efficient and thought provoking

  5. Haixin – Pilot (verified owner) –

    Very helpful

  6. Roberto – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –

    I believe there is more i could have learned by being part of the class live in order to interact with everyone. Overall the course was very detailed giving me the abiltiy to vary a product.

  7. Berrones – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –

    This course was very helpful in finding different ways to vary a product and how students perceive an objective according to our planning.

  8. Christopher – CIRCLEVILLE CITY (verified owner) –

    Good course for reflection on your own practices.

  9. Diana – NORTHRIDGE LOCAL (verified owner) –

    It has a lot of interesting ideas.

  10. Carrie – NORTHRIDGE LOCAL (verified owner) –

    The course content is excellent on going in-depth on a variety of ways to add depth, complexity, and acceleration to standards-based learning. My only frustration was with having us do activities where we were not submitting a product to the course.

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