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
Stephen – FORT STOCKTON ISD (verified owner) –
Very wordy
Linsee – FORT STOCKTON ISD (verified owner) –
I find Lisa’s speaking to be entertaining and informational.
Angelia – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
It’s intense
Jennifer – HPS – HOUSTON NORTH (verified owner) –
very informative
Ana Laura – PALACIOS ISD (verified owner) –
prefer not to do online
Mariana – HPS – HOUSTON NORTH (verified owner) –
It was so usefull for my and the options to identify the abilities of my students.
Amy – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great info
Doreen – HPS – HOUSTON SOUTH/WEST (verified owner) –
it is a good course and helps teachers know how better to handle the diverse abilities of students they have in their classrooms
Matrix Jamine – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
awesome
Sally – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
I am not a fan of online learning I am not a good canidet for this question.
Johanna – HPS – HOUSTON SOUTH/WEST (verified owner) –
This was great, but I think the questions were too sophisticated for online videos. They took too much time to answer.
Marcela – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
I am enjoying the session tremendously. Even though I am a “Veteran” Teacher, I know there is always something new to learn and Lisa is amazing. I love revisiting ideas I already new as well as learning new concepts and strategies to use in class.
Elif – HPS – HOUSTON SOUTH/WEST (verified owner) –
It was amazing. I learned so many new things about gifted children.
Lance – HPS – HOUSTON NORTH (verified owner) –
Very informative and full of resources.
Joshua – HPS – HOUSTON NORTH (verified owner) –
This course was extremely helpful
Elvis – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
good
Jessica – HPS – HOUSTON NORTH (verified owner) –
It is a great reminder!
Karina – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
very good course and informative
Lisa – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informational and eye opening.
Erica – EDCOUCH-ELSA ISD (verified owner) –
Its great
Erma – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
How great the information is and how it can you look at differ things.
Milay – HPS – HOUSTON SOUTH/WEST (verified owner) –
It is a very interesting and practical course.
Ricardo – EDCOUCH-ELSA ISD (verified owner) –
good course
Jose – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Very light-hearted at times and serious where needed. A great balance.
Elsa – EDCOUCH-ELSA ISD (verified owner) –
Awesome information
Rayhan – HPS – HOUSTON NORTH (verified owner) –
Great!
Salih – HPS – HOUSTON SOUTH/WEST (verified owner) –
Thanks
Sandra – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
It´s interesting but the format is not very engaging
Felipe – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Compelling information shared and very thoroughly presented.
Victoria – HPS – HOUSTON SOUTH/WEST (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this course
Neisha – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed it!
vasuki – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Carmen – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course to understand and identify gifted students.
Melissa – HPS – HOUSTON SOUTH/WEST (verified owner) –
I love the ideas and resources that were shown in these videos. It opened my eyes to the fact that there are so many different ways to reach out to a gifted and talented student if it is socially, cognitively and behaviorally. They are wonderful people who need these advocates to teach and help other people understand them.
Julissa – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Great information provided on the identification and assessment of GT students.
Berenice – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Good
Cynthia – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
The history of gifted and talented needs to be presented in a way that is easier to understand.
Richard – LA VILLA ISD (verified owner) –
Good course
Aracely – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Wow, I love how she explains the topic and then gives examples. Just awesome.
Skylar – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very long and had a lot of information. This course was harder to understand and fully sink in because of the amount of content.
Charlynn – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
I struggle with some of the added resources or brain breaks. Are they necessary? Though the content is informational, I wish it was presented in more than a lecture situation.
Latresia – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great course with great information about identifying giftedness in children.
Mellissia – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course gave me new knowledge about gifted students.
Ramakoti – HPS – CENTRAL TX (verified owner) –
Excellent command on the subject by the presenter Lisa Van Gemert.
Alejandra – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
It gave me a lot of information that I wasn’t aware of before I took this course.
Nadya – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Good training.
Amy – NEDERLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and insightful.
usharani – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
good
Adrianna – ANDREWS ISD (verified owner) –
It is a very eye-opening training that helps to eliminate preconceived thoughts and existing biases in the education system.
Ibrahim – HPS – HOUSTON SOUTH/WEST (verified owner) –
It is extremely helpful