GIFTED EDUCATION
CREATE
GIFTED REFERRAL PLACEMENT PROCESS
GIFTED EDUCATION PROGRAMMING POLICIES
MS DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION GIFTED EDUCATION REGULATIONS
GIFTED TEACHERS
Virginia Anderson -
Kim Clemons -
Mary Edelen -
Nicole Hanks - Popp's Ferry Elementary
Mary Margaret Murphy -
Traci Payne - North Bay Elementary Schools
Kathleen Woolbright
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Tips for Teachers/Parents
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Bright Child |
Gifted Learner |
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Knows the
answers |
Asks the
questions |
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Is
interested |
Is highly
curious |
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Is
attentive |
Is mentally
and physically involved |
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Has good
ideas |
Has wild,
silly ideas |
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Works
hard |
Plays
around, yet tests well |
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Answers the
question |
Discusses
in detail, elaborates |
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Top
group |
Beyond the
group |
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Listens
with interest |
Shows
strong feelings and opinions |
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Learns with
ease |
Already
knows |
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6-8
repetitions for mastery |
1-2
repetitions for mastery |
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Understands
ideas |
Constructs
abstractions |
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Enjoys
peers |
Prefers
adults |
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Grasps the
meaning |
Draws
inferences |
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Completes
assignments |
Initiates
projects |
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Is
receptive |
Is intense |
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Copies
accurately |
Creates a
new design |
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Enjoys
school |
Enjoys
learning |
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Absorbs
information |
Manipulates
information |
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Technician |
Inventor |
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Good
memorizer |
Good
guesser |
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Enjoys
straightforward, sequential |
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presentation |
Thrives on
complexity |
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Is
alert |
Is keenly
observant |
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Is pleased
with own learning |
Is highly
self- critical |
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-by
Janice Szabos, Challenge, Copyright 1989, Good Apple,
Inc. |
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Reprinted with permission from author/publisher |
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