Gifted and Talented Education Articles for Teachers - Page 2

Take a moment to think back to the time you got your first bicycle. You were excited and probably a little nervous about this new experience. Even though it came with training wheels, it was still all new. But then days and weeks go by, and you feel like an expert. Several kids in your neighborho...

Differentiation is important in meeting the needs of all learners. Children come to us with different interests, backgrounds, learning styles and abilities. It’s important for us to find that “hook” that will draw them in to learning and keep them there. Discovering a child’s interests, and incor...

Even with zero tolerance policies in place in many schools, bullying is still a prevalent problem. It is often the topic of magazine articles, news reports, and newspaper headlines. While it has always been a widespread problem for children, there are a lot of programs in place to help teach teac...

Imagine a classroom free of bullying, teasing, and hurtful moments. Teaching students about tolerance and acceptance is a good start toward reaching that goal. Students have different personalities, ability levels, learning styles, and come from various cultural backgrounds. Some children have le...

Remember the way book reports were done when we were in school? The task consisted of reading a book (usually one assigned by the teacher), and then writing a short summary. These book reports were rarely a thrill for students to do, and were probably rather boring for teachers to read and grade....

Use the word “worksheet,” and both administrators and students cringe. What brought this about? Worksheets are certainly nothing new in education. In many ways, they are a teacher's best friend. They save time, and give the teacher a reprieve from having to create every document used for classwor...

"Differentiation" is one of the dominant buzz words in the education field today. This is especially the case after NCLB (No Child Left Behind) was enacted almost a decade ago. But differentiation really began with Benjamin Bloom. He is the man who created Bloom’s Taxonomy. Bloom’s Taxonomy list...

Anyone familiar with gifted students knows that they have a strong sense of justice and a need for fairness for all. These are the students that will make their feelings known when the whole class misses recess because of the behavior of a few, or challenge the teacher on the validity of classroo...

It can be a challenge to gather new and interesting ways to teach students about angles. You first must consider the age level of the student, and the specific information that they are expected to know. A third grade teacher may need his students to know the difference between a right, acute, an...

Optical illusions are usually used as a source of intrigue and entertainment. You may have seen the image that can appear to be a older woman, but from a different perspective, clearly looks like a younger woman facing away. There are millions of these brain teasers out there, and they can be ver...

Need new ways to teach poetry? Try incorporating haikus into your lesson plans. Haikus are poems with a Japanese origin. They consist of a total of seventeen syllables and three lines. Haikus do not rhyme, nor do they usually change from a 5-7-5 syllable per line format. These poems usually expre...

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then digital storytelling is priceless. Digital storytelling opens the door for students to utilize modern technology to share ideas and information that’s usually put only in written form. Programs such as Power Point, Movie Maker, and Kidspiration are som...

Onomatopoeia is a word that sounds like its meaning. When the clock goes tick tock or the snake hisses, it's onomatopoeia. It is found in most beginning reading books, and is used to grab the attention of young listeners. However, it can be a useful tool for older students as well. One way that ...

Remember when you first learned how to make little paper people that were attached at the hand by simply folding a sheet of paper, drawing your shape or design, and cutting it out? You would end up with four or five shapes that were exactly the same with just one cut. Back then, teaching was very...

What would a perfectionist do without an eraser to fix a mistake? More than likely, he or she would throw the paper away and start all over again. To the perfectionist, everything must be perfect, or it is not good enough. This is a trait often found in gifted children and adults. Perfectionists...