Description
One of the most important foundational aspects of working with gifted students is developing a deep understanding of them. What motivates them? How do they think? And how do they learn? Joyce Juntune, Ph.D. answers these questions and more in this 6-hour course. Dr. Juntune focuses on the nature and needs of gifted students, including the characteristics, social-emotional needs, and programming options. Understanding your gifted students is the starting point for preparing them for life-long success.
In this course you’ll learn to:
- Understand sources of energy in gifted students
- Identify indicators of giftedness
- Differentiate between high achievers and gifted students
- Understand statistical distribution
- Identify the four types of gifted students
- And much more!
This course is aligned with 2016 ODE Teacher Competencies d, e, and NAGC Teacher Preparation Standards 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 5.5.
Dr. Juntune is a renowned consultant, trainer, professor, and lecturer with more than 45 years of experience in the field of education. She is an instructional associate professor at Texas A&M University, and she teaches graduate-level courses in her expert areas of intelligence, child and adolescent development, educational psychology, giftedness, and creativity. Dr. Juntune earned her master’s degree in curriculum instruction from St. Cloud University and her Ph.D. in educational psychology from Texas A&M University.
Todd – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Very insightful
Monica – SAN ELIZARIO ISD (verified owner) –
Provides an insight of how gifted students behave and how to assist in their learning.
Andy – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
A very good course with lots of new information.
Emily – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Dr. Juntune is very knowledgable about gifted students. I think she spends a little too much time talking about students oppositional gifted students. Many gifted students are high achievers as well.
VIctoria – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
very insightful
Delilah – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Good use of examples. The quality of the videos could be improved. Overall, good.
Zane – FLORENCE ISD (verified owner) –
This course makes sense when you are teaching gifted students
SUSANA – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
It was very interesting.
Carolina – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
I’ve gained a new perspective on GT learners.
Jennifer – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
I felt like their was a lot of this material that was redundant from one module to the next. I felt like the material could have been taught in five modules instead of seven.
Jose – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Way too lengthy. Needs to be shortened.
Jose – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course
Jessica – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This course was great and allows you to explore more on the different types of gifted students/ how to help them.
Ashley – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I loved it. It’s so useful and interesting. Will definitely help me as I plan for the rest of the year with my GT students.
Jacqlyn – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Its an informative course that opens up your mind on the the actual definition of GT.
Ashley J. – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very helpful and what I enjoyed the most was how they shared their own experience with their past students.
Maria Ileana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and interesting course.
Allison – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course has interesting information I was unaware of.
San Juana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course provided great information on ways to motivate a gifted and talented student.
Elda – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Overall a very informative course.
Jeraldy Del SanJuan – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I like the examples that are provided and how they are connected to real life scenarios.
Elyssa Yvette – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course had a lot of knowledge about gifted students. As a first year teacher, this helped me a lot cause now I will look at my class differently.
Grace – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I believe this course consists of very valuable information. I believe that all teachers should have access to this course because it helps us understand gifted students and their way of learning and thinking.
Cristina Elizabeth – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course was informative and has given me the knowledge to apply to my students who may be portraying gifted and talented characteristics.
Ashley – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
i think its good
Angelica – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and detailed.
Tiffany Monique – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative and gave me a better understanding of how gifted students think and work.
Cesar – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I think the course is informative and really goes into depth on what it’s like working with gifted and high achieving students.
Juan – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I learned the difference between a high achiever student and a gifted student. I did not know this information. Great intro to understand and learn about gifted students.
Yadira – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It is a very clear, detailed, and easy to understand course that helped me further developed my understanding of gifted students.
Michael Anthony – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I thought this course was excellent. I really enjoyed the speaker and learned a lot about gifted students. I honestly think every teacher should take a modified version of this course.
Destiny – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This is course is helpful to insure you understand the different ways gifted students learn and how they are motivated to learn.
Maya – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
course was informative!
Laura – LA PORTE ISD (verified owner) –
I learned a lot that will be immediately useable in the classroom
Teresa – FLOUR BLUFF ISD (verified owner) –
In person is much better.
High school mathematics is largely overlooked.
Enriqueta – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Great course information that can be utilized in not just gifted children lessons but overall in class to all students.
Elena – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
I learned a lot
Lindsey – PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative.
Christian – SAN ELIZARIO ISD (verified owner) –
This course has been excellent to take. It being self-paced is very helpful!
Eduardo – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Great course
Hansy – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
gives great classroom examples
Ashley – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This course is full of helpful information
Giovanna – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
It was helpful and informative.
Yesenia – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Dr. Juntune give a clear understanding of how we can help gifted students and what we must do to enhance their learning. I really enjoyed this course.