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4.5.5 Escalating the Challenge: Differentiation Strategies
To best meet the needs of gifted students, research requires that the level, complexity, and pace of curricula should be matched to a student's readiness and motivation. This session will provide participants strategies for differentiation including the Frayer Model, SCAMPER, morphological synthesis, Johari Window, RAFT, and Topic Generator, as well as ways to think about luring gifted students into high-level thinking.
Author(s):
Breanna Prochnow
bproch@lps.org
Lincoln Public Schools
United States
As the mother and teacher of a variety of gifted students, Breanna loves working with unusual learners.
Elizabeth Ebers-Truesdale
lebers@lps.org
Lincoln Public Schools
United States
A practicing counselor and teacher, Liz Ebers-Truesdale has worked in gifted education for decades, and delights in training teachers as well as teaching gifted populations in Title I schools.
Joan Jacobs
jjacobs@lps.org
Lincoln Public Schools
United States
With 30 years of experience in gifted education, Dr. Jacobs has worked with students at all age levels across the United States. Her strength as an educator is solving the puzzles that individual students present so that they can become enthusiastic learners.