Description
In this 1-hour course “What is Intelligence and Why Does it Matter?” you’ll hear from Dr. Joyce Juntune, a leading expert in the field of education, why it is essential for the success of all students that we begin talking about intelligence in education.
In this course you will learn:
- What intelligence is and isn’t
- What leaders in the field of intelligence have to say
- How intelligence correlates with success in life
- The impact of “g” factor on intelligence
- And the impact that intelligence has in the classroom
- The connection between intelligence and abstraction
- How to build abstraction in students
Visit the TAGT website to learn more about the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.





Neda – PEARSALL ISD (verified owner) –
The “lecture” part of this course was WAY too long.
Please intersperse the quiz questions into the lecture part o f the class.
Daniel – YSLETA ISD (verified owner) –
njk
Richard – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Understanding the workings of intelligence and how they affect the students’ learning abilities is important to all teachers. Teachers are like scientists who continually research the best ways to enhance the educational journey. This class assisted in this.
Daniel – YSLETA ISD (verified owner) –
none
Sara – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I found the material in this course to be very interesting and informative and help me understand factors that point to higher intelligence.
Mitzy – PEARSALL ISD (verified owner) –
great
Melissa – RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD (verified owner) –
Great course
Ramiro – RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD (verified owner) –
great
Jesus – RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD (verified owner) –
Great information about giftedness and abstraction
Ahmet – HPS – HOUSTON NORTH (verified owner) –
Good
Charlene – BURNET CISD (verified owner) –
It was a long lecture. Rate of speech was really fast.
Joseph – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
This was an interesting topic of discussion on what intelligence means.
Amanda – FORT STOCKTON ISD (verified owner) –
The facts of abstract thinking gifted learning is a key detail to teaching and pushing learners to problem solve.
Deisy – RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD (verified owner) –
Great information about neuroplasticity.
Lorena – RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD (verified owner) –
Provides relatable information
Leonardo – EVERMAN ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course
Crystal – HIDALGO ISD (verified owner) –
very helpful information
Cynthia – RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD (verified owner) –
Although very long it was informative.
MICHELLE – YSLETA ISD (verified owner) –
It was a lot of content
JUAN – HIDALGO ISD (verified owner) –
very interesting
Candice – YSLETA ISD (verified owner) –
none
Mabel – YSLETA ISD (verified owner) –
It’s a good refresher.
Denisse – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
great course
Kimberly – HIDALGO ISD (verified owner) –
Dr. Juntune is great!
Sindy – YSLETA ISD (verified owner) –
Through this course, I was able to learn about abstractions and how they impact student learning.
Jessica – HPS – HOUSTON NORTH (verified owner) –
Great
SANDRA – YSLETA ISD (verified owner) –
Great information!
Lorenza – RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative.
Hallie – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
The format is not easy to navigate and the cutting in and out of the video (how it’s edited) is hard for understanding the connection of topics.
Julia – ANTHONY ISD (verified owner) –
Good info!!
Jessica – RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD (verified owner) –
a+
Gloria – YSLETA ISD (verified owner) –
good course
Briana – RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD (verified owner) –
Very Informative.
Tod – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
great
claudia – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
It is good
Fred – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
Great info
Penny – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Great!
Leonel – RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Javier – YSLETA ISD (verified owner) –
Very good information we should be comfortable with.
Clarissa – ROSCOE COLLEGIATE ISD (verified owner) –
I appreciated the notes section as well as audio and text style learning.
jerry – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
This training was awesome.