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
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.
Cressa – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
This course met the objectives.
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.
Marcella – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course is relevant in identifying gifted students with their individual exceptionality that makes them unique.
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.
Maria – LUBBOCK ISD (verified owner) –
I learned many things I never knew before about gifted students
Kimberly – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
It has a lot of good resources to use after the course.
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.
Candace – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
This was the best class so far!
Erica – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
Good
Deborah – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoy the flexibility and pacing of this course online.
Mukti – LEANDER ISD (verified owner) –
Its very helpful.
Gracie – PREMONT ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very educational and should be presented to all teachers.
Daniel – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Great!
Lissa – PREMONT ISD (verified owner) –
The course is very informative and you will definitely leave having a better understanding of GT.
Erick – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course is very helpful.
Maria – Colegio Nueva Granada (verified owner) –
It has really helped me gain understanding about GT.
Guadalupe – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative.
Nichelle – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course was very informative. It has helped me understand more of the identifying, testing, and traits of the gifted population.
Ashley – PREMONT ISD (verified owner) –
really would prefer to read information off slides as a reference, rather than audio only.
Maria – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This training was very informative
Zeynep – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –
wonderful!
Anna – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this book, thank you for valuable insights.
Yvette – PREMONT ISD (verified owner) –
Gave great examples
Cady – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This course was very enlightening.
sujey – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –
It is an interesting topic, I just feel that is a little long
Janet – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –
good
Michael – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –
???
Gabriel – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –
It is very beneficial for all educators.
Tyler – WHITE SETTLEMENT ISD (verified owner) –
I thought the course was informative and well-paced. I do wish there were captions or subtitles to help with reading the audio, but overall it was good.
Steve – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
Great course
Cindy – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –
Very informative.
Rebecca – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Amazing to understand our gifted and talented students.
Ana – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Very insightful and engaging.
Kristie – Colegio Nueva Granada (verified owner) –
Some information was helpful, but there was too much theory and not enough practicality.
Alexis – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –
This course really made a lot of connections for me when thinking about student’s personalities with the different perspectives we learned.
Ruben – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –
Very insightful.
Jacky LuLayne – Region 17 (verified owner) –
The course was very beneficial, especially the part about twice exceptionality.
Nevien – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
I loved how you gave examples of the way GT students used humor
Sukaina – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It was really helpful. A great refresher.
Ryan – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
Great
NERMIN – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
I learned more information about GT students.
Hugo – Colegio Nueva Granada (verified owner) –
Great
Amy – SILSBEE ISD (verified owner) –
This is insightful and full of valuable information.
David – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It refreshes concepts you may already know.
Alexus – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
Great course.
Melissa – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I wish I could have been inperson
Carolyn – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
This course was overly heavy with the specifics of all the different tests.
Annie – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This was a very informative course.
Robert – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Useful information that helps us get out of the mentality that our worst or disabled students are not capable of giftedness.