Description
Are your gifted students stuck on surface-level reading comprehension? Do they breeze through essay questions while giving easy answers? When gifted students aren’t properly challenged, they can quickly and correctly finish their work without ever accessing higher-level thinking.
One of the best ways to help your gifted students exercise their critical thinking skills is by differentiating your lessons with depth and complexity, and educator Daniel Brillhart says that using depth and complexity icons can be the key.
The depth and complexity icons help your students look past the first interpretation of the text and dig deep into the rich layers of the content they read. The icons serve as a visual tool to help your students identify key elements of the text.
In this 6-hour course, you’ll learn about:
- The history of the depth and complexity icons
- What each icon means
- How to integrate the icons into your lesson plans
After taking this course, you’ll have a strong foundation in depth and complexity icons and will be able to confidently use them in your lessons.
Michael – FORT STOCKTON ISD (verified owner) –
Very well designed, and an easy way of producing differentiation for different levels of learners.
Erika – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
It was informative.
JEFF – YSLETA ISD (verified owner) –
It was informative.
Holly – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
This is a really good tool that can be introduced in a classroom. I think consistency is going to be the key to making the icons work if students have not previously been exposed.
Brandie – ALVARADO ISD (verified owner) –
I really liked the trainer. His information was relevant and focused
Rebekah – CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
it was very informative
Sandra – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
I usually dislike online courses; however, the instructor was engaging and offered worthwhile content.
Ashlee – ANTHONY ISD (verified owner) –
Great info!
Ciara – CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
Great presentation made it easy to understand using visuals and actually had an ART example! So nice to be seen.
Taylor – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
The course is very easy to understand, and is useful in understanding the “Icons”. I have always heard of using “Icons” as a tool, but with this training now I can use it as a tool.
Maria – YSLETA ISD (verified owner) –
This was a very interesting session. I has given me a tool I can easily begin implementing and deepen my students critical thinking.
Stacey – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
Great!
Brandy – HPS – HOUSTON NORTH (verified owner) –
Great help with digging deeper to assist with student’s needs, it was a great format, and built upon itself with a strong ending – creating a task statement
David – MIDLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Great for all learners. It also is a great way for my students to take ownership of their own learning. A student centered classroom.
Miguel – CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
This is a great course in which you will learn, not just the meaning of the D & C icons, but also how to use them effectively in your class planning and teaching process.
Irma – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This training was very interesting. I will surely recommend it to my colleges.
Nguyet – CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
This is a great tool to help students deepen their thinking and learning.
Beatrice – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
Excellent way to teach.
Cristina – CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
This course provided an engaging tool to use in the class with not only Gifted and Talented students but will all studnets.
Maria – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
The icons really help support high level s of understanding.
Maria – CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
Very well made course!
Amanda – CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
Great info. Thanks!
Josefina – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative.
Sandra – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informative, gets straight to the point, and makes it easy to incorporate depth and complexity.
Yadira – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
This course offers great differentiation tools that will help students go beyond surface level of understanding, enhance their critical thinking ability, and know what must be accomplished.
Criselda – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent training, I take away useful information that is ready to be used in class.
Carmen – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course!
Maria – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course!
Leticia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course
Amanda – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent information
Maribel – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
Very informative and helpful for differentiation
Nereida – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
Very useful.
Cheryl – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
easy to follow, several activities, and plenty of examples across grade levels and topics
Taylor – MIDLAND ISD (verified owner) –
This course provided awesome tools to differentiate which is something most teachers struggle with.
Leslie – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
I liked this – he didn’t waste time and presented useful ideas.
Christopher – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
This was a well paced course with lots of handy materials. Presenter did a good job of varying examples to make it relevant to all content levels.
Claudia – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
It’s great. I understood the concepts and will incorporate it in my classroom.
Andrea – MIDLAND ISD (verified owner) –
I have attended or watched many GT trainings over the years and this is one of the first ones that provided information and a “how to make it work for you” that I really believed could be beneficial to me and ALL of my students.
Kimberlee – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course was informative and easy to understand.
Amir – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Great!
Amy – CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
It was hard to relate to my grade level
Amber – CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
This course was way more meaningful than the courses in Core 1!
Maria – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Very well explained and plenty of examples.
Allison – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
First time to have training on Depth and Complexity. Would like to learn more and have help incorporating it into my subject. Great Course. Flowed well!
Nikki – MIDLAND ISD (verified owner) –
It was a good course, would have preferred it to be in person rather than virtual, but lots of good things I can take back to my classroom.
Megan – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
Good training. A lot of the examples I feel were more aligned for upper grades.
Tim – GROVEPORT MADISON LOCAL (verified owner) –
It was amazing.
Terri – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
This program offered content that I can use in my classroom.
Cindy – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Gave great examples and ideas to use in class.
Luis – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
good course