Description
Motivation and achievement are common characteristics of gifted children, but how do we help the G/T students who aren’t meeting to their full potential? In “Motivation and Underachievement”, a 1-hour course, James T. Webb, Ph.D. dispels the myth that every gifted child is excelling in every area. He also provides strategies for identifying core issues and motivating students to their full potential.
You will learn:
- What it means for a G/T child to be unmotivated
- Four main reasons why gifted children underachieve
- Factors that enhance and facilitate student growth
- Practical strategies you can use in the classroom
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 d, e, and NAGC Teacher Preparation Standards 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, and 5.5.
Sheila – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting
Sarah – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
I thought it was very interesting and informative.
Katy – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
This was a very enlightening course on motivation and how to correctly influence students.
chris – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
Long but very eye-opening
Stephen – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
This was an interesting course because it deals with something that most every teacher will have to face from his or her students.
Ann – BASTROP ISD (verified owner) –
I learned so much from this course.
Yuliana – CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
Reinforcement for what most of us already know.
Martha – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting course that helped me to better understand the difference between motivation and underachievement.
Windi – WYLIE ISD (verified owner) –
It was informative. Helped me understand that the student lack of motivation may be because of the topic or subject.
Amanda – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
Great information
Lauren – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
It was very thought provoking
Alyssa – WYLIE ISD (verified owner) –
It was interesting to read about motivators, and what causes it not to moviate kids.
Lori Nicole – CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
I thought this course was very good. The videos were short and to the point and the speaker was very knowledgeable and entertaining!
Yesenia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting course. Very informational.
Carolyn – BASTROP ISD (verified owner) –
Speaker is engaging (i.e. funny), relatable, and truly ‘gets’ what we see in the classroom and/or as a parent with GT students.
Beth – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative. Good resources
Lina – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative and was presented with engagement.
Yolanda – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative to better understand our students.
Richard – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
It made think review my performance and understanding
Terri – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
I liked the way Dr. Webb broke down the reasons for underachievement reason of students. There were some things that made me reflect on some of my students.
Crystal – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
Although this workshop had some interesting concepts, I felt there was too much information to learn in a short amount of time.
Esmeralda – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
very Informative
Michelle – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
Informative session
Sandra – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
It gives insight into why students in general are unmotivated. So many reasons to take into account when a students is unmotivated and how to help them.
Gerald – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
good stuff, very interesting an helpful
Rhonda – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas!
Terri – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
Very long.
Allison – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Fascinating ways to motivate all children – no matter the course being taught.
Michelle – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative speaker; not boring at all
Claudia – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative.
Debra – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
Very good
Hillary – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative and will help me better meet the needs of the gifted students I work with in the classroom.
Laura – CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
Great! Learned a lot of practices
Julia – WYLIE ISD (verified owner) –
I thought it was informative.
Mary – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting and lots of book references for further reading if desired.
Marissa – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
It was interesting to learn about the different factors that enhance Motivation as well as the factors that explain why students underachieve.
Patricia – Private Pay (verified owner) –
excellent
Brenda – Region 17 ESC (verified owner) –
It was interesting to see what makes students underachieve.
Marilou – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
I actually enjoyed this course and caught myself shaking my head in agreement most of the time.
Monica – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Awesome course to help understand the needs to gifted and talented kids.
Ana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I found this course very informative. Much of what was discussed is easy to put into practice in the classroom, as I suspect many teachers have done to some extent. I am already thinking of ways to implement more of these ideas in the new school year.
Betsy – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting and powerful not only for me as a parent but as an educator that is willing to foster ALL students
Elizabeth – CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
Provided insight and thorough descriptions on the underlying motivations that gifted students have.
Angela – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Good, easy to listen to and understand
Jennifer – WYLIE ISD (verified owner) –
I was very useful.
Laura – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
It has a lot of important and interesting information.
Irma – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Presenter provided many insights on motivation and/or lack of motivation of some Gifted students. He also provided strategies to help overcome, understand, and reflect on our teaching. Most importantly he provided empirical research to back up his presentation.
Suzanne – WYLIE ISD (verified owner) –
This is a great course.
Allison – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
It was a good reminder of the importance of building relationship with students to see what they are motivated by in school.
Elizabeth – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Good!