Using Independent Study with Gifted Students

$50.00

Presenter: Todd Stanley
Core Area: ODE Teacher Competencies a, b, c; Learning and Development 1.4, 1.7; Curriculum Planning and Instruction 3.4, 3.6; Programming 5.1, 5.3; OAGC Differentiation
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary
Hours: 3

Are you looking for a way to engage your gifted students on a deeper level? Gifted coordinator Todd Stanley says that gifted students don’t need more work, they need more meaningful work. Keeping gifted students busy isn’t the goal, but helping them develop their higher-level thinking skills is. 
In this 1-hour course, Mr. Stanley will guide educators on how to create and implement independent studies that help your gifted students unlock their greatest potential. 

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If you rush to give your gifted students more work as soon as they finish their assignments, you may be missing out on a critical opportunity to help your gifted students develop their higher-level thinking skills. Gifted coordinator Todd Stanley says that gifted students don’t need more work, they need more meaningful work.

In this course, Mr. Stanley teaches educators how independent studies can be used to challenge gifted students by using their passions and learning styles to create in-depth projects.

After taking this 1-hour course you’ll be able to:

  1. See the benefits of using independent study with gifted students
  2. Understand the various models of independent study that can be used
  3. Develop the tools you need to implement independent study in your classroom
This course applies to the following standards:
NAGC Standards 1.4, 1.7, 3.4, 3.6, 5.1, 5.3 
ODE Competencies a, b, c

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

Presenter Bio

Todd Stanley is the author of 12 teacher education books including Project-Based Learning for Gifted Students: A Handbook for the 21st  Century Classroom, and his latest When Smart Kids Underachieve in the Classroom: Practical Solutions for Teachers. He served as a classroom teacher for 18 years and is currently the gifted services coordinator for Pickerington Local Schools where he lives with his wife and two daughters. You can follow him on Twitter @the_gifted_guy. 

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56 reviews for Using Independent Study with Gifted Students

  1. Jody – KENT CITY (verified owner) –

    This course was great! Todd provides great insight as to how you can easily implement independent study routines into your classroom at any level.

  2. Silvia – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –

    Great!

  3. Maria – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    There was good information to be learned but there was other information that was not useful.

  4. Amanda – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –

    It was good.

  5. Jodi – HUNTINGTON LOCAL (verified owner) –

    Great ideas that stretch across every subject.
    Can be used for all students not just gifted.

  6. Melissa – TIPP CITY EXEMPTED VILLAGE (verified owner) –

    Very informational

  7. Becky – WORTHINGTON CITY (verified owner) –

    This is a direct conversation and course on independent study.

  8. Christina – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –

    Thank you

  9. Heather – MIAMI EAST LOCAL (verified owner) –

    Offered simple suggestions to utilize independent studies into the classroom.

  10. Danielle – MIAMI EAST LOCAL (verified owner) –

    Great ideas for independent projects.

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