Description
In this course, Birdie Chesanek offers hands-on ideas to help bridge the gap between verbal and nonverbal intelligence for children from low-SES backgrounds. In this make-and-take session, Ms. Chesanek reviews educational issues that may be present when teaching students from low-SES backgrounds, explores strategies to bridge the gap between verbal and nonverbal intelligence, and then provides plans for using those strategies in various content areas.
In this 1-hour course, you will learn to:
- Build academic knowledge
- Encourage learning equality in the classroom
- Implement verbal learning strategies
- Build working and long-term memory
Visit the TAGT website to learn more about the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.
Melanie – GARFIELD RE-2 (verified owner) –
It was a good course.
Esmirna – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner) –
very interesting
Rosemary – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It was interesting to learn about the mindsketching
Cassandra – GARFIELD RE-2 (verified owner) –
This was a great course. Hard concept for me to grasp but she did a great job explaining with lots of hands on examples.
Paula – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
creative strategies
Bennie – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
This was an intersting session on the importance to bridge our permanent memory to master concentration and how to better assist our SELs.
Julissa – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Very Informative
Eva – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this course.
Sandra – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
It was very interesting.
Jose Carlos – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Good to put ideas in order
Blanca – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
This a good program for teachesrs to begin thinking about ways to help students understand that thinking and making connections are important to learning to long term memory.
Monica – NEDERLAND ISD (verified owner) –
age level is too young for my classes
Jeannie – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Good information.
Gianna – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
It was good.
Herlinda – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Carmen – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
I really liked this course.
Lisa – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Great presentation. I learned many simple things that I can use immediately in my classroom
Veronica – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I really like her. She was very engaging.
Monica – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Wonderful
Donna – PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD (verified owner) –
interesting facts – I learned several new concepts
Shanna – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I really liked this class because I have some of these students who are non-verbal in kindergarten class and I would like to try some of these strategies with my students to see if it works.
Leticia – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Good course.
Norma – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
Very Informative
Noemi – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
5 – I found it very interesting.
Ofelia – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting course. I will try the Mind Sketching strategy in my class.
Deborah – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
very informative
Marisela – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Great information but the quiz does not match what is being taught in the training.
Veronica – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Great idead for lower grade levels.
Ninfa – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner) –
This course was excellent on showing how to implement mind sketching to improve verbal skills.
Melissa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very interesting and informationa.
Blanca – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent
Ana – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
This was a great training that provided strategies I can incorporate in my classroom immediately.
Noemi – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Good presentation.
Jennifer – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
This training was great! I really believe what I learned will be beneficial for my students.
Natasha – WYLIE ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting to see how poverty affects memory and learning.
julie – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
The course was very complex with a lot of information. I also disliked the complexity of the quiz.
Susan – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
This course offered a great way to activate active learning with more that talking alone. I am excited to try mind sketching!
Maria – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It was very productive because sometimes we make the mistake of correcting students when we not clearly understand what their perception is of a given problem.
Alma – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
It gave some insight about long term memory
Joanna – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
good
Kirsten – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
Lots of ideas that I will be able to use immediately.
Norma – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This course was very informative and gave you the tools needed to leave the session and be able to implement the strategies the next day in your own classroom.
Stephanie – SWEENY ISD (verified owner) –
Very easy to follow . Easy ideas for everyday teaching to build higher level thinking skills with all students.
Daizy – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
great training
Agatha – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
The mindsketching strategies are useful new tools for instruction that I can use with my students.
Amy – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I liked the in depth instruction about the connection between memory and verbal skills.
Leticia – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative course.
Elsa – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Excellent presenter, great job modeling activities.
Cynthia – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
quick and effective methods to improve learning, including ideas for sketches
Freida – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
This is an excellent course for helping all children to develop their verbal skills. It will also help teachers to learn to move new information into students’ long term memory. The presenter is very realistic about how much time this strategy takes in the classroom while explaining its value.