Description
In this 1-hour course “What is Intelligence and Why Does it Matter?” you’ll hear from Dr. Joyce Juntune, a leading expert in the field of education, why it is essential for the success of all students that we begin talking about intelligence in education.
In this course you will learn:
- What intelligence is and isn’t
- What leaders in the field of intelligence have to say
- How intelligence correlates with success in life
- The impact of “g” factor on intelligence
- And the impact that intelligence has in the classroom
- The connection between intelligence and abstraction
- How to build abstraction in students
Visit the TAGT website to learn more about the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.
Claudia – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course
Martha – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
Good information
Dawn – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
I feel this course explains reasons in which it is important for teacher to understand differences in intelligence and our own awareness to the variety of approaches we may need to take to help our students as individuals.
Alma – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
The course is a little longer and in-person would be better because it allows for questions to be addressed should they arise.
Yolanda – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
Great speaker. She gives us a lot to comtemplate.
Cynthia – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
Great information on intelligence.
Elizabeth – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course with meaningful ideas.
Robin – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
She is very interesting.
CARLOS A – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Good connection between intelligence and life outcomes
Shagarro – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
It was very good.
Susie – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
It was interesting
Mireya – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Great information!
Roberto – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
This is a good overview of the different theories of intelligence and how they apply to the classroom
Joshua – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
Good
Heather – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting content, and was tied to teaching.
Carmen – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
very informative
Lilia – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
Certain quiz items were not covered in the video.
Perla – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
It had great information.
Stephanie – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
Great information to know and recommended to watch the video on the topic of intelligence.
Maricela – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
It was informative, but quite a bit covered in a short amount of time
Ana – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course
NORMA – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting information about intelligence.
Jaclyn – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
I learned so much in this course. Learning about the varying aspects of intelligence was very interesting. I learned new information in this subject.
Sabrina – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed learning new teaching strategies.
Taylor – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed it.
Margarita – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
I really loved this course. Intelligence is complex.
Sandra – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this course very much. It was interesting and thought provoking.
nancy – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
It was interesting, I like the concept of abstraction and teaching our students about reasoning through these concepts
Felicia – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
The course gives insight on the IQ of a student and how that can impact their lives. It also gives important information on how the brain works.
Gregory – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
There were A LOT of learning theories reviewed at the beginning of this training: I question whether presenting all of them was necessary for ultimately focusing on the intended, important “take away” concepts of this training, like: G Factor and brain plasticity.
Johanna – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
It’s really important to review this important information to better serve our students and provide them with life time tools.
Isabel – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoy learning new concepts about how intelligence develops, and how we may help our students to develop it, and how to reinforce the difference types of intelligence.
Erika – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting and something we don’t think much about.
Blanca – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
Well explained, easy to follow.
Guadalupe – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
It is very informative and complex.
Shayla – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
There was some great content provided in this course. It helped me think about intelligence differently.
Karen – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
This was a good course, I do feel it moved really fast and it was a lot of information to take in a short amount of time.
Gabriela – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
great information
PATRICIA C – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative.
Valerie – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
Good
Amy – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
I really love the science behind how and why children learn. The connection to how the brain functions is so helpful in understanding how to teach concepts in the most effective way!
Silvia – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
great information
Luz – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
Valuable information.
Laurie – 588 Co-op (verified owner) –
nz
Sandra – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Great course.
Karen – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
Wonderful! Gives a lot of food for thought. Makes you rethink what it really means to teach gifted children.
Ricardo – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
informative
John – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
Lots of information about how students think.
Rocio – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
This was actually very interesting. I didn’t quite buy into all the information, but was interesting anyway.
Steven – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
The course provides interesting view points about intelligence