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5.4.6 A World of Products: Encouraging Excellence through Product Protocol

How can you engage students in high-level learning where they think creatively and critically? One powerful way is through intentional product development and assessment. Today’s learners have a wealth of information at their fingertips; they also have incredible technological tools with which to package that information. Educators must ensure that students are able to translate their learning in meaningful, high-quality ways. One way to encourage authentic assessment of real-world products is to use a protocol that ensures ease, consistency, and clarity. Developing and Assessing Product (DAP) Tools guide students in product development, facilitate differentiation, simplify assessment, and remove the learning ceiling.

Author(s):

Tracy Inman
tracy.inman@wku.edu
Western Kentucky University
United States

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Tracy Ford Inman, Ed. D., is associate director of The Center for Gifted Studies at Western Kentucky University and active on the state, national, and international levels in gifted education. In addition to writing and co-writing several articles and chapters, Tracy has co-authored and co-edited several books focusing on differentiation, parenting gifted children, gifted education, and product development, four winning TAGT Legacy Book Awards. She serves as parent representative on the board of the National Association for Gifted Children and treasurer of The Association for the Gifted Board, a division of CEC. She is past-president of her state gifted association.

Julia Roberts
julia.roberts@wku.edu
Western Kentucky University
United States

   

Julia Link Roberts, president of WCGTC, is the Mahurin Professor of Gifted Studies and the Executive Director of The Center for Gifted Studies and The Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky. She received the first David W. Belin Advocacy Award from the National Association for Gifted Children in 2001. In Profiles of Influence in Gifted Education, Dr. Roberts was named one of the 55 most influential people in gifted education. She serves on the boards of the Kentucky Association for Gifted Education and The Association for the Gifted (a division CEC).

 


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