la motivación extrínseca suele entorpecer la realización de tareas que requieren creatividad
Motiv intrínseca: Autonomía, Perfeccionamiento (maestría), Propósito
From a parent's perspective (and sometimes from the child's), this can seem like we are "de-gifted" the child.
The most important thing is that you have the "data" that shows what the student needs and that you are matching this with an appropriate service.
Be very explicit with what the differentiation is and how it is addressing the needs
A major shift with RTI is that there is less emphasis on the "label" and more on the provision of appropriate service.
When a child has met all the expected benchmarks
independent reading
reading log
small group for discussions using similar questions.
long-term solutions might include forming a seminar group using a
program like "Junior Great Books."
Ideas for differentiating reading for young children can also be found at:
http://www.k8accesscenter.org/training_resources/readingdifferentiation.asp
http://www.appomattox.k12.va.us/acps/attachments/6_6_12_dan_mulligan_handout.pdf
enrich potential
to plan appropriate instruction, based on data that show the learners' needs.
additional enrichment and challenge in their area(s) strength.
Tiers 2 or 3
As the intensity of the needs increase, the intensity of the services also increases.
our ability to nurture potential in students prior to formal identification
appropriately scaffolded activities through Tier 2 support.
, with high-end differentiation and expectations, we are able to support the development of potential in all students.
This body-of-evidence can be used to support the nomination process and formal identification when appropriate.
likely to be of particular benefit for culturally and linguistically diverse, economically disadvantaged, and twice exceptional youngsters who are currently underrepresented within gifted education.
Tier 1 include:
Tier 2 include:
Tier 3 include:
universal screening
Aspergers
gifted children with learning disabilities?
If we provide enrichment activities for our advanced students, won't that just increase the acheivement gap?
Educational opportunities are not a “zero sum” game where some students gain and others lose.
the needs of all learners.
One is focusing on remediation, however the second approach focuses on the nurturing of potential through creating expectations for excellence that permeate Tier 1 with extended opportunities for enrichment for all children who need them at Tier 2. With the focus on excellence, the rising tide will help all students reach their potential. This is the goal of education.
make sure that the screener is directly related to the curriculum that you are using and that it has a high enough ceiling to allow advance learners to show what they know.
recognizing that students who are above grade level, or advanced in their academics, also need support to thrive
all students deserve to attend a school where their learning needs are met
seek out ways to build the knowledge and skills of teachers to address the range of needs
This includes learning about differentiated instruction within Tier 1and creating additional opportunities for enhancements and enrichments within Tier 2.
first
This often means that the district views the school as a “high-needs” school and does feel that many children would qualify for gifted education services (thus no teacher allocation is warranted). If this is the case, then this is a problematic view as it perpetuates the myth that some groups of children are not likely to be “gifted”.
These five differentiation strategies are as follows:
Curriculum Compacting (pre-assessment of learners to see what they know)
The use of Tiered Assignments that address: Mastery, Enrichment, and Challenge
Tiered Learning Centers that allow children to further explore skills and concepts
Independent and Small group learning contracts that allow students to follow area of interest
Questioning for Higher Level thinking to stretch the minds of each child.
RTI was,
first proposed as a way to help us better identify students who continue to need additional support in spite of having appropriate instructional opportunities to learn.
The primary issue is the need for measures of potential as well as performance.
an IQ measure
portfolio
that sometimes occur outside of school
children with complex sets of strengths and needs require a comprehensive evaluation that includes multiple types, sources, and time periods to create the most accurate and complete understanding of their educational needs.
a "diamond" shaped RTI model
confusing
use the same icon to represent how we address the increasing intensity of academic and behavioral needs for all learners.
English Language Learners?
Differentiated instruction is part of a strength-based approach to Tier 1, providing enriched and challenging learning opportunities for all students. However, a comprehensive RTI approach for gifted learners will also need strong Tier 2 and 3 supports and services.
Tracking, or the fixed stratification of children into learning levels based on limited data (placing children in fixed learning groups based on a single reading score), is the opposite of RTI.
off grade level trajectories
this may includ
assess the slope and speed of learning and plot the target from there.
content acceleration and content enrichment.
independent or small group project of their choice.
renzullilearning.com.
additional learning opportunities that both challenge the learner and address high interest learning topics.
Interview with Megan Smith and Yana Weinstein ( transcript): Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 44:41 - 61.7MB) What does the word "study" mean to you? Have you ever told your students to study for a test? Have you ever actually taught them to study?
Starting with four basic questions (that you may be surprised to find you can't answer), Jonathan Drori looks at the gaps in our knowledge - and specifically, what we don't about science that we might think we do.
In this poignant, funny follow-up to his fabled 2006 talk, Sir Ken Robinson makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning - creating conditions where kids' natural talents can flourish.
Students questioned about gender difference.
Family Policy Institute of Washington State
At Seattle University 9 May 2016
You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4S0gHlKiho
Transcript in Gender folder
Students questioned about gender difference.
Family Policy Institute of Washington State
At Seattle University 9 May 2016
You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4S0gHlKiho
Transcript in Gender folder
This is really nice, however, one must be careful that the video created is ADA compliant. Written transcripts and/or CC must always be made available. Our institution, as well as others that I am aware of, will not allow faculty to use anything that ADA compliant.
When I was a kid in the suburbs of Chicago, adventure meant Quetico Provincial Park, up on the border of Minnesota and Canada. The name implies that the place was small, but Quetico is a million acre nature preserve, so big you could go days and days without seeing another soul.
culture of learning” instead of a “culture of earning.”
Creating that kind of culture isn’t easy, but Bull continually goes back to formative assessment as the key.
“I find that formative assessment tends to be the most important aspect of a learning assessment plan,” he said. “It has the most impact on a student’s learning.”
grade-less report card, where words like “outstanding” or “needs improvement” are used in place of letter or number grades.
digital or paper portfolios that display a collection of student work. “It’s a very reflective process,” said Bull. It works best if students analyze their own body of work
The path forward is to learn more about our vulnerabilities and design around them. To do that, we have to clarify our purpose. In education, learning is the focus, and we know that multitasking is not helpful. So it’s up to us to actively choose unitasking.
A moment of boredom is an opportunity for new thinking.
Research shows that when people watch online educational videos, they watch for six minutes,
ake class notes by hand.
he saw that students taking notes with computers suffered from more than inattention.
"They were trying to establish transcripts of the class."
tudents in online classes do better when they include face-to-face encounters.
f you ask people where their love for learning comes from, they usually talk about an inspiring teacher. The most powerful learning takes place in relationship.
But for all its flaws, the lecture has a lot going for it. It is a place where students come together, on good days and bad, and form a small community. As in any live performance, anything can happen.
A highly accessible, easy to use online version full text transcript including the Bill of Rights and the rest of the Amendments with both sequential and subject indexes.
And I think those are the kinds of things we should be moving towards: a democratic institution, in which the people involved in the institution, whoever they may be (faculty, students, staff), participate in determining the nature of the institution and how it runs; and the same should go for a factory
There are more and more professional administrators, layer after layer of them, with more and more positions being taken remote from the faculty controls
In a reasonably functioning university, you find people working all the time because they love it; that’s what they want to do; they’re given the opportunity, they have the resources, they’re encouraged to be free and independent and creative—what’s better?
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National Public Radio / All Things Considered transcript and audio for a story on teacher certification requirements and a proposal by AFT for a teacher "bar exam."
"The system for preparing and licensing teachers in the U.S. is in such disarray that the American Federation of Teachers is proposing a "bar exam" similar to the one lawyers have to pass before they can practice."
National Public Radio / All Things Considered transcript and audio for a story on teacher certification requirements and a proposal by AFT for a teacher "bar exam."
Search engine that catalogs the transcripts from online video lectures and presentations. When viewing a result you can skip to the section of the video that contains your search query.
A complete transcript of the Constitution that you can read online. In addition to the transcript, you can view high-resolution images of the original document and learn more about its creation and ratification.