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
Pamela – BLANCO ISD (verified owner) –
Very insightful and eye opening.
Jonathan – BASTROP ISD (verified owner) –
I loved learning about the characteristics of GT kids so that I can continue to develop my understanding of their preferences and thought-patterns.
McKenna – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
Great!
Carmen – BASTROP ISD (verified owner) –
it kept my attention
Jackson – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
I dislike online courses
Julie – BLANCO ISD (verified owner) –
The presenter is highly knowledgeable on the topic of gifted children and adds humor/emotion into her teaching which promotes engagement.
Sarah – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Very insightful, gives a different prospective on what we thought we knew regarding gifted and talented students.
candelaria – EVERMAN ISD (verified owner) –
very helpful and informative
Misty – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
This course has a lot of good information for teachers when recognizing gifted students. It helps show information that a teacher may not consider otherwise.
Herman – ACE ACADEMY (verified owner) –
It was excellent
Christina – BLANCO ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the humor and the videos. Especially the video on Animal School and how we need to really think on how we are communicating and encouraging our students.
Bonnie – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Great information
Stephanie – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
Great course!
Asia – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the parts of the course that discusses bias and how to aknowledge it.
Deborah – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
in depth and thought provoking
Lacy – SILSBEE ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative.
Stacey – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed learning about the different tests used to identify giftedness and how those tests can qualify or disqualify from services.
Soumini – HPS – HOUSTON SOUTH/WEST (verified owner) –
Love the way Linda explains. She makes it very interactive.
Kenna – CUERO ISD (verified owner) –
very informative
Tiffany – LEANDER ISD (verified owner) –
I struggled through the assessment specific material, particularly the IQ tests module, but I recognize it is essential for my learning and understanding.
Jessica – LEANDER ISD (verified owner) –
This course was again helpful but I found myself more distracted and less interested than previous courses.
Mayra – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Great course.
Rebecca – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
This course was helpful, but could be improved with the notes handout that the audience had.
Kristy – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Fantastic training. The silly jokes were also a nice distraction to the lesson to allow the brain to not be in overload mode. There is a lot of interesting lessons in this to help understand how the testing works and how the public can see what is important. It’s not always about the score.
Quashima – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
I’ve learned a tremendous amount of information taking this course.
Michael – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
I really like how Lisa speaks and her stories. She keeps things interesting.
yesenia – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
The session was very helpful and informational on the subject matter.
Angela María – Colegio Nueva Granada (verified owner) –
Very interesting and enriching.
Sylvia – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I have learned lots of things and confirmed many of my suspicions concerning GT students.
Amy – ACE ACADEMY (verified owner) –
I think that it is useful to learn about the history of gifted tests and how they are scored. I also think it is important to discuss the diversity that is needed in gifted education.
Briana – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
Great and insightful course.
Jerrilyn – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
Great course and I loved the videos. Very entertaining.
Rylee – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
awesome and great information and learning
Stephanie – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course was a lot to process, but needed in order to understand the full picture of gifted education.
Brittany – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
love that is remote
Angelia – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
Insightful
David – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
very interested
Jaime – LEANDER ISD (verified owner) –
Great
Kennedy – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
This course dives deep into not just the physicalities of
Leana – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner) –
IT was informative.
Monica – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner) –
Very helpful and eye opening to things that I had not considered in regards to students who are gifted.
Raquel – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Very insightful
Daniel – PRESIDIO ISD (verified owner) –
The course can assist teachers in identifying GT students
Michael – BELLVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
The presenter presents the information in a well thought out way that is easy to follow even thought the material can be complex.
Thomas – LUBBOCK ISD (verified owner) –
I like it.
Joshua – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
I thought it provided good insight into the process of GT testing and its shortcomings
Tina – LA VERNIA ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course should be reviewed by all teachers, even though they do not teach GT. It was very helpful and it makes you think.
Marilu – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner) –
This course was interesting to take. I did learn a lot more on gifted students and how to keep an eye out for them in my classroom.
Jailene – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This course provides plenty of information regarding characteristics of GT. It has highlighted certain qualities I had not considered before.
Blair – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed learning how gifted education was started.