Gifted Child Today articles from September 2000

Gifted Child Today archives from September 2000

Unanswered Questions About Educational Reform.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... I recently attended a final dissertation defense. The student had spent a year collecting data in classrooms, observing the remnants of a Javits grant that focused on changing instructional practices to adapt to gifted and talented students....

NEWS BRIEFS.
September 1, 2000... Differentiated Diplomas Students receiving high school diplomas are also earning special designations on their transcripts: certificate of attendance, certificate of mastery, distinguished achievement, regents diploma, academic honors, and...

On the Web.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... http://www.relnetwork.org This searchable site provides free up-to-date information on school reform, math, literacy instruction, assessment, and other subjects that are of interest to educators, it lists publications and links to each of...

Notable.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... The National Board on Educational Testing and Public Policy has released The Gap Between Testing and Technology in Schools, a report that says national and state tests administered via paper and pencil may severely underestimate the performance...

Contests.
September 1, 2000... Participate in Mathcounts Sponsored by the Mathcounts Foundation, this 7th- and 8th-grade competition provides a free School Handbook to each state and local coordinator. This handbook contains 270 problems with solutions, three sets of 10...

Grants and Awards.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... * Dale Seymour Scholarships: K--12 teachers may receive up to $2,000 for improving their background in math to enhance instruction. * E. Glenadine Gibb Grants: K--12 teachers may receive up to $2,000 for implementing some aspect of the NCTM...

Did you know ...(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2000... For highly gifted children ... the mean age at the time of birth for their mothers was 30.8 years. ... 9 months was the mean age when they spoke their first word. ... 4 years was the mean age when they read an easy reader. ... ...

Questioning TECHNIQUES in the Gifted Classroom.
September 1, 2000... In order to stimulate creative development among gifted students, the use of questioning techniques has proven to be a successful strategy for encouraging purposeful inquiry (Daniels, 1997; Feldhusen, 1994; Gallagher, 1985; Letzter, 1982;...

A New Lens for Detecting Giftedness "Becoming".
September 1, 2000... Long ago and far away in BGE time (Before Gifted Education), our sons, now well into adulthood, attended a consolidated rural school in Iowa. Here, in BGE time, families and teachers and principals were a community thoroughly dedicated to...

Examining the Effects of Block Scheduling on Gifted and Talented Students.
September 1, 2000... In a typical public high school, students attend each class daily, for 40-50 minutes. Under pressure to react to perceived poor student achievement, schools are exploring alternate appropriations of instructional time (block scheduling) that...

NEW PRODUCTS.(Bibliography)
September 1, 2000... Gifted with Special Needs Diverse Populations of Gifted Children (ISBN# 0-13-39908-4) was written to help classroom teachers identify and plan for gifted children from special populations, including children with disabilities, minorities,...

Mom ... Apple Pie ... and Differentiation.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... There are a few demigods in our culture, icons that demand universal respect. Mothers, apple pie, and the American flag all come to mind as examples. But, a school-based equivalent has recently entered our lexicon, a word and concept that, up...

A Writers' Workshop for Highly Verbal Students.
September 1, 2000... In 1989, the Carnegie Corporation of New York published Turning Points: Preparing American Youth for the 21st Century, one of the first documents to give credibility and visibility to middle-level education. The report recommended, among other...

The "H" Word: Home Schooling.
September 1, 2000... As a public educator, I frowned on parents who chose to teach their children at home--until I became one of those parents. My family moved to a rural town because of my husband's job. When my children entered the public school system, I was...