Gifted and Talented Education
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100 Reasons Why Your Child Might Be Gifted
Do you think your child is gifted but aren’t sure? We have compiled a list of 100 characteristics of gifted kids. If your kid ... -
Understanding Intrapersonal Intelligence
Intrapersonal intelligence is one of the eight multiple intelligences coined by Howard Gardner. The Multiple Intelligence Theory suggests that there are eight “modalities of ... -
All About Child Prodigies
Whether you are reading this article as a student, parent, or educator, you have undoubtedly heard about the term child prodigy at least once ... -
The Edvocate’s Guide to Working With Twice-Exceptional Students
Twice-exceptional is a term used to explain kids who have exceptional talents in some educational areas and challenges in others. In some instances, a ... -
Implementing Curriculum Compacting in Your Classroom
All educators agree that differentiating instruction for students is very important. Yet, many districts cannot put this policy into practice. An almost unlimited amount ... -
What Does Academic Enrichment Involve?
Academic enrichment activities in the class can take numerous forms and do not always involve prescribed lessons from the curriculum. Enrichment encourages learners to ... -
What is Academic Enrichment?
Some learners struggle to keep up in class. Other learners have the opposite challenge. For some learners, their learning moves through content too slowly, ... -
The Edvocate’s Guide to Cluster Grouping
Cluster grouping is a method educators utilize to meet gifted kids’ educational needs. If cluster grouping isn’t practiced at a certain grade level or ... -
What Matters When Identifying and Serving Gifted Students from Low Income Backgrounds?
Gifted students are those whose creative, intellectual, artistic, leadership, or specific content abilities are greater than those of the average student. Gifted children are ... -
What Do Grades Tell Us About Student Ability?
Back in grade school, I remember my teachers equating letter grades with intelligence and future success. This was always perplexing to me because I ...
