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
Jeanna – Private Pay (verified owner) –
It was ok.
Lisa – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
great
Lynn – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (WACO) (verified owner) –
I loved this course. I often thought of quite a few of my students while making my way through the course.
Jennifer – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
I was able to look at GT students through a new lens as well as learning new things about the GT testing process as well as identifying students
Ella – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY (verified owner) –
It is very informative.
Eva – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
This was my favorite PD course because of the examples and how in depth they went into some of the ideas.
Brian – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
It’s sufficient for what it purports to be.
Courtney – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
It was nice to work at my own pace yet feel that I learned the same as if I was there for the full day of training.
Shavonda – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
This was a fantastic course. I learned A LOT! Great Instructor!
Nihan – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY (verified owner) –
it was very helpful
Jessica – Private Pay (verified owner) –
I thought it was very insightful.
Courtney – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Rebecca – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY (verified owner) –
Great insight.
Teresa – LUBBOCK ISD (verified owner) –
Great detailed information with real world experiences added to help clarify the information received.
Dezarae – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course was helpful , I was able to learn about different assessments, and how to identify gifted students.
Elizabeth – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I thoroughly enjoyed this course! It was great for me to get a refresher over all of the intelligence tests.
Anh – COLUMBIA-BRAZORIA ISD (verified owner) –
This course is very informative. The presenter is awesome!
Meranda – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY (verified owner) –
It is educational.
Maha – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
I continue to be frustrated with the additions to the informational text. I feel as though the ration of personal anecdote and excessive inspirational videos to useful information is unbalanced.
Kesia – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this course had a lot of information important to understanding GT students and the myths or misunderstanding about them
Arghya – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This course is awesome
Debra – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (WACO) (verified owner) –
It was a great course and very insightful into the thoughts of a gifted child. I would recommend it.
Phillip – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (WACO) (verified owner) –
Very enlightening. It is necessary to gain this knowledge.
Jennifer – Private Pay (verified owner) –
Great! Very informative and easy to understand.
Selene – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –
It offers many tools for teachers.
JaNelle – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY (verified owner) –
Great information!
Gabriel – CANUTILLO ISD (verified owner) –
It was great
Oly – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (verified owner) –
Informative but not always very engaging when watching the video.
Ashlee – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY (verified owner) –
super informative
Rachel – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (WACO) (verified owner) –
It was really informative.
Anindita – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY (verified owner) –
This was very useful and informative.
Julia – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
love the video animals
Jeni Noell – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY (verified owner) –
Great course!
Mary – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Very informative
DeLori – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY (verified owner) –
It is very interesting but way too much material.
Maria – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – AUSTIN (verified owner) –
Good resource
Karen – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
I thought it was helpful and reminded me of things I had forgotten.
Erin – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY (verified owner) –
This course was helpful, especially at identifying and understanding “twice exceptional” students.
Brian – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
Nice and informative
Jarrett – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (verified owner) –
I am required to do a total of 30 hours of training for my GT certificate and even though I enjoy and believe the information is helpful for us to be better teachers for students, it can certainly be more efficiently presented in a shorter amount of time without sacrificing the quality of this training.
Blanca – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the different brain breaks. This course was very helpful and I feel more confident on this topic.
Iris – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
It was very interesting. I like how it is self-paced.
Maria – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
This is soooooo sooooo good.
Russell – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
I am good
Yvonne – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
very good information
Domingo – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
great
William – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (verified owner) –
good deal
Katie – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (WACO) (verified owner) –
This course was really helpful.
Stacy – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
I found this course highly informative.
Manuel – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Course was good. Very repetitive at times.