EDUC591  - Differentiating Instruction for Academically and Intellectually Gifted Learners

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Course participants will examine rationales for differentiating instruction to meet the needs of gifted learners. They will investigate and apply strategies for differentiating the content, process, products, and learning environment in response to varying learner readiness, interests, and learning profiles. In addition, the instructional and leadership skills needed to support and encourage differentiation in today’s schools will be explored. Using the cases as a launching point, teachers will be given the opportunity to participate in on-line collaboration regarding beliefs, best practices, challenges, current research, and ways to apply them to their own teaching practice.

 

Prerequisites

N/A

Corequisites

N/A

Schedule of Classes

Registration Dates Course Dates Session
11/05/09 - 03/28/10 04/05/10 - 05/30/10 Spring 2010 Session B - 8 Week session
11/30/09 - 04/25/10 05/03/10 - 06/27/10 Spring 2010 Session I - 8 Week session
12/28/09 - 05/30/10 06/07/10 - 08/01/10 Spring 2010 Session D - 8 Week session
01/25/10 - 06/27/10 07/05/10 - 08/29/10 Summer 2010 Session B - 8 Week session
02/22/10 - 07/25/10 08/02/10 - 09/26/10 Summer 2010 Session I - 8 Week session
03/29/10 - 08/29/10 09/06/10 - 10/31/10 Summer 2010 Session D - 8 Week session
04/26/10 - 09/26/10 10/04/10 - 11/28/10 Fall 2010 Session B - 8 Week session
05/31/10 - 10/24/10 11/01/10 - 12/26/10 Fall 2010 Session I - 8 Week session
06/28/10 - 11/28/10 12/06/10 - 01/30/11 Fall 2010 Session D - 8 Week session

Course Materials

Book Title: Best Practices in Gifted Education: An Evidence Based Guide
ISBN: 159363210X
Publication Info: Prufrock Press

Book Title: Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom: Strategies and Techniques Every Teacher Can Use to Meet the Academic Needs of the Gifted and Talented - With CD
ISBN: 1575423294
Publication Info: Free Spirit Publishing

Book Title: Indepenendent Study for Gifted Learners
ISBN: 1593630166
Publication Info: Prufrock Press

Book Title: Enrichment Opportunities for Gifted Learners
ISBN: 1593630204
Publication Info: Prufrock Press

Book Title: Questioning Strategies for Teaching the Gifted
ISBN: 1593630190
Publication Info: Prufrock Press

 
 
 

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