Description
Students who score well on the screening test are considered for special educational programming and their needs, interests, and abilities are matched with the services that the school offers. But what about talented students who slip through the cracks of current screening methods. In this 1-hour course David Lohman, Ph.D., shares tools to design a screening program that avoids the twin pitfalls of failing to identify students who should be included or wrongly including students who do not need special services.
Dr. Lohman provides:
- Examples of exemplary practices
- The difference between identification and selection
- Distinctions between “gifted” and “talented”
- The elements of screening
- Common pitfalls illustrated using the CogAT Form 7 Screening Form
Visit the TAGT website to learn more about the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.
This course is aligned with 2016 ODE Teacher Competencies e, f, g, and NAGC Teacher Preparation Standards 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3.
Dana – HALLETTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
As a teacher, I will not be the one writing the GT screening test. This was not helpful to me at all
Erika – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Good
Angela – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Very involved data
Wendy – VAN WERT CITY (verified owner) –
Not useful information
Heather – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
to long
Luis – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This is very helpful training.
Victoria – FRONTIER LOCAL (verified owner) –
This was too complicated for the average classroom teacher.
Terry – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
This presentation is geared toward gifted and talented coordinators and testing supervisors. NONE of this information is really useful to a line teacher because it discusses policies and practices that are decided not by teachers but by administrators. The presenter spoke quickly, thus taking notes as he spoke was very difficult. Why this is in a 6-hour annual GT certification update, I have no clue. No instructional strategies were mentioned and covered with any depth. This presenter was selling his test, the cogAT test.
Sylvia – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
It was very insighful
Norma – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
cThe content was challenging based on the measurements used to identify students who may be considered gifted and talented and students who have ‘the potential’ to succeed. The concept is based on subjective reasoning.
Jennifer – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I liked the content but the presentation was disjointed at times and was hard to follow, some of the information was good but was evident he was trying to promote his product of CogAT.
Amy – CLEBURNE ISD (verified owner) –
Extremely interesting when trying to revamp your assessment process.
Peter – TEAYS VALLEY LOCAL (verified owner) –
Really, really, long and dry. Don’t get me wrong, this is fascinating information. But it felt slow and dragged. It definitely gives me good ideas for testing considerations. I just wonder if the information could have been contained in a shorter presentation.
Rosario – NORTHSIDE ISD – SAN ANTONIO – REGION 20 (verified owner) –
The presentation was very wordy, I wish there were more interaction or visuals. The quiz was very specific.
Fontaine – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Too complicated with the data
Chris – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Great
Amanda – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner) –
Another informative course.
Nancy – BENJAMIN LOGAN LOCAL (verified owner) –
Extremely dry and boring.
Enrique – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner) –
i really liked it.
Antonio – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great information. Will definitely help when working with students
Christine – MCKINNEY ISD (verified owner) –
Too long and wordy
Corinne – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
Great for understanding testing on a different level.
Efrain – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great presentation and new information that I hadn’t put thought on it.
Dan – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
Way “too much” information; presenter spoke WAY too fast, often mumbling. I lost interest almost immediately. Not engaging at all.
HUGO – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
A lot of information to digest.
Brenda – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
It was very difficult to follow.
Selene – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
confusing and based on deeper understanding of testing figures than one might know about.
Pedro – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
this course is very helpful
Eric – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
good course
CINDY B – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Too complex
Lindsey – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
This course was informative, but it was very long. I would find this training more beneficial in person than online.
Kirza – CLEBURNE ISD (verified owner) –
Information was not clear. Information presented in confusing format. Not able to look back at content to answer open ended questions. Answer was deleted if moved from question.
Kimber – TEAYS VALLEY LOCAL (verified owner) –
This was too much information in one sitting.
MARTHA – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
not at the moment
Karen – LAKEWOOD CITY (verified owner) –
Too Much Information. I really wanted to understand how kids are identified. This was way too much to understand.
Kristina – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
great!
yanet – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
they will appreciate the information
Brooke – FLOUR BLUFF ISD (verified owner) –
It was helpful.
Sandra – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Boring
Charles – ASHLAND CITY (verified owner) –
The question at the end are too specific! Very hard.
Maricela – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Hard to follow
Cristina – RIVIERA ISD (verified owner) –
Good, shows different, not “norm” way of looking at finding gifted students
Sonia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
very informative
Kristina – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Yes
Rosalinda – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Perri Amy – MCKINNEY ISD (verified owner) –
The Quiz was ridiculous! I have taken several courses and have not missed a single one, the reflective question #4 should not be on there.
Gloria – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Verbally effective but the slide show does not provide exactly what the speaker is explaining. I am more visual.
Melissa – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting information.
Crystal – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
very complicated course
Rosa – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
Very Helpful