Description
Making sure gifted students have quality instruction and challenging assignments is widely popular in the education world. But do you know exactly what it means to be gifted and why it matters? This six-hour course, “Identification & Assessment of the Gifted,” addresses issues surrounding gifted students and practical ways to identify them.
Lisa Van Gemert, a leading voice in gifted education, shares an overview of the history of gifted education and its importance today. Educators will also learn how to tell whether or not a student is gifted by using different tests and assessments. Teachers who have a thorough understanding of how to identify and assess gifted students will be able to equip and challenge these students better.
In this informative course educators will learn:
- What it means to be gifted
- Characteristics of gifted children
- How to test intelligence
- The importance of CLD populations
- Traits of twice-exceptional students
Octavia – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I found the presentation and the information to be very interesting. It kept my attention. There is also something about Ms. Van Gemert that keeps me interested.
RIZWANA – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Exceptionally well!
Alisa – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
Very informative.
Elma – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
great learning
Kelly – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
The course was very interesting and informative
Priscilla – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner) –
awesome course
Ashley – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
good
JoAnn – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
All teachers should take this course. Very insightful and encouraging.
Mariandrea – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent
Emerald – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
The course was very insightful as to understanding how to assess get students.
Sonia – CANUTILLO ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting and informative training.
Berta – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
very informative and well organized
Marisela – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting and insightful. Gave me some wonderful ideas and helped me realize some of my own biases.
David – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
Very insightful
Roberta – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
a must watch!
Elhma – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Extraordinary!
Patricia – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
Abundance of information, lots of insight and personal experience from a gifted individual.
Norma – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great explanation in observing particular traits of gifted children.
corinna – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
I think it is important to understand the way a gifted child’s mind works.
sara – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
I think that this is a really helpful course that will help teachers identify and understand their gifted students.
Kristen – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
It was helpful
Ashley – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
Great information!
Sabrina – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
This is a great course to familiarize teachers with the information of identifying and assessing gifted students.
Julie – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
I loved this course. Lisa makes the material fun and interesting. It becomes very easy to follow along with the points she is trying to make.
Dawn – PALACIOS ISD (verified owner) –
It was full of good information.
Sandra – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
Informative & effective through reflective questions.
Roxanne – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
Content was very helpful. Mode of delivery sometimes was difficult to hear the dialogue between audience member and facilitator.
Yaneth – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
monica – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Belinda – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Very useful information!
Horacio – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
I learned a lot more than I expected. I believe it unconsciously will make me look at things differently.
Jose – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Information was interesting and will be helpful in the classroom
April – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative!
Veronica – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Lisa Van Gemert is very knowledgable and is able to deliver the material in the best way. She engages with the audience and is very willing to answer questions and take comments.
Maria – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
Eye opening and a lot of good information.
Teresa – HUNTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed and learned greatly from this course.
Maria – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
This course helps us understand the behavior of the gifted children
Belinda – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Very thought provoking.
Yolanda – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and helped me to be able to identify the attributes of the gifted.
Paula – HUNTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This course provided important information for me as a classroom teacher so I will have the ability to notice children who are Twice-Exceptional.
Amanda – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
I really learned a lot from this course. I believe that I did have a few preconceived ideas about gifted students that this training cleared up.
Irving – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
One of the more interesting ones.
Lissbeth – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was excellent and I would have liked to have physically sat in the presenter’s session.
Ariana – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
Informational
Monica – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Really great course that is very detailed about GT students.
Veronica – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
I would have liked more information on the Twice Exceptional child
Kimberly – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
I learned alot about the different tests, bias involved and the traits of gifted children. Very informative.
Indira – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Great online course!
Elise – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative on the needs of gifted children. It makes sense!
Rebeca – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
I loved this course and learning more about the trait and action of gifted children.