Description
Gifted programs and methods are often tailored for elementary school students. However, gifted students in high school also have unique academic needs that must be addressed. In “Defensible Instructional Practices for Secondary Gifted Students,” Richard M. Cash, Ph.D. explains how to use complex ideas and concepts for more effective teaching strategies in secondary gifted programs.
In this 3-hour course, you will learn:
- Critical thought process
- Development of advanced level thinking
- Avenues for differentiating for advanced students
- Curricular and instructional practices
- How to define depth and complexity
This course is aligned with 2016 ODE Teacher Competencies a, b, c, e, f, g and NAGC Teacher Preparation Standards 2.2, 3.3, 3.4, 5.1.
Amy – FLOUR BLUFF ISD (verified owner) –
Good content.
Alma – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative!
Amy – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
The course had a lot of great info for secondary, and that is difficult to find in GT training. There is information overload.
Rachel – DELAWARE CITY (verified owner) –
I liked the interactive part of this course
Mary – MARION CITY (verified owner) –
Course was very informative; however, the third portion had some audio mistakes (a large portion of his lecture was repeated).
Audrey – GROVEPORT MADISON LOCAL (verified owner) –
This course really helps align your focus for the principles behind GT instruction!
Brian – PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD (verified owner) –
Helpful if you are teaching advanced students only.
Kristin – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
There was a ton of information in this session. I have taught for a thousand years, and there were some interesting and new ideas here that even I think I can use,
Dan – TULOSO-MIDWAY ISD (verified owner) –
OK, Kind of redundant.
Sharon – HOLLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Effective in explaining the differences of GT thinkers & learners, and appropriate methods to enhance their classroom learning opportunities.
Jose – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
Good
Blanca – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It was informative.
Ronnelle – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting course
Ana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This was quite informative. It provided a lot of ways to see things from the gifted students’ POV and how to engage them in the content a little better.
Jennifer – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
Informative and beneficial.
Xochitl – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Ofelia – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
great course al though a bit to long for me. i do think that it needs to be updated….
Suzanne – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
I did not like it.
MARTHA – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting facts about how to teach concepts and teach students how to craft their questions.
There is one correction that needs to be done in the module 2 quiz. Simplify is not part of the concept development model.
Maricela – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Zulema – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I wish it would’ve indicated that it was more geared for secondary
Megan – East Muskingum Local Schools (verified owner) –
I felt like the course was geared more for middle and high school teachers.
Jaime – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course and the presenter was very knowledgeable.
GEORGE – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Awesome!
Donna – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
engaging
Brea – GAHANNA-JEFFERSON CITY (verified owner) –
This class is helpful for honors courses, but not necessarily helpful in AP courses.
Leslie – MARION CITY (verified owner) –
Very good ideas on instructional practices. Very technical.
Kaitlin – PORT CLINTON CITY (verified owner) –
This course had some great ideas for in depth questioning to best impact real-life concepts that are connected to your subjects content standards.
Joe – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Great way to be introduced to the concept to adapting to GT students, and understanding the concept of a GT student.
Jill – PORT CLINTON CITY (verified owner) –
Very informative; a bit lengthy, but many ideas to take back to the classroom
Allison – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Gave me a bit more understanding of some background to questioning strategies.
Christopher – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
Very long-winded and tends to ramble. Overly complex and quite dry.
Michelle – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –
should be broken down a bit more
Veronica – SINTON ISD (verified owner) –
I found this course to be influential.
Jennifer – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas
Consuelo – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
I like the way the course handled questioning.
Christine – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Was pretty good
Michael – MARION CITY (verified owner) –
It’s fine.
Laura – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Erik – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
It was well organized and put together.
Dora – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
A lot of information, but Dr. Richard Cash explains everything in a very detailed manner.
Amir – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Great!
Dennis – STOCKDALE ISD (verified owner) –
i thought the course was really good and opened my eyes to questioning methods
Nora – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
4 stars
Chris – CARLISLE LOCAL (verified owner) –
very helpful
Cesar – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
This course is excellent.
Victoria – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Very good information. Was very interesting and gave lots of ideas of how to understand the different types of learners.
Samantha – CARLISLE LOCAL (verified owner) –
It was awesome working at our own pace.
Brian – CARLISLE LOCAL (verified owner) –
Not bad, presentation is lacking.
Sylvia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great strategies