Description
During this 1-hour course, Dr. Juntune shares the findings of research started at Texas A&M University and the interventions being implemented in El Paso ISD to change the way we view and serve gifted students from poverty.
In this course you will learn three steps to improving success rates for low SES:
- Mind Sketching: A teaching technique that encourages students to sketch out the concept behind their answer while they come up with the words to communicate it.
- Building Verbal Intelligence: Children living in poverty have a simple language structure and we must give them a complex language structure.
- How to design a Gifted Program Specifically For These Students
Visit the TAGT website to learn more about the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.
Presenter Bio
Dr. Joyce Juntune is a renowned consultant, trainer, professor, and lecturer with more than 45 years of experience in the field of education. She is an instructional associate professor at Texas A&M University, and she teaches graduate-level courses in her expert areas of intelligence, child and adolescent development, educational psychology, giftedness, and creativity. She has focused the majority of her career on the areas of intelligence and gifted and talented education. Dr. Juntune has served as the executive director for the National Association for Gifted Children and the Institute for Applied Creativity at Texas A&M University.
Florencio – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
This was an excellent course.
Katherine – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner) –
Insightful! Dr. Juntune’s humorous and inspiring personal anecdotes kept me wanting to learn more. Thank you.
Rosa – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
Great information!
Diana – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
What a great speaker! The strategies presented make so much sense and can be easily implemented in the classroom. Building verbal intelligence through mind sketching, building complex language, and verbal memory will help students be more successful in the verbal setting.
Alejandra – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Course is too long and not engaging, primarily due to lack of segmenting information that causes information to get muddled. Possibly great tips but overshadowed by length and added details.
Laura – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
It was informative and interesting.
David – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I assume it will be in part 2, but it took a long time to get to the “how do we actually build verbal intelligence” part, and even then it was only 2 practices suggested.
Mary – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Too long
Jonathan – BOLING ISD (verified owner) –
good
Jason – LORENA ISD (verified owner) –
The data and reasoning are very interesting and eye opening. However, I would prefer explanation of more strategies that I could implement in the classroom.