Three Essential Legs of Service for Talent Development

The talent development components of gifted education services that generally address students’ advanced learning needs can be thought of as legs on a three-legged stool. Each of the three legs is necessary for the stool to function. Similarly, each of three key talent development components is necessary to meet the diverse learning needs of gifted students. These three components are 1) access to advanced content, 2) inductive teaching classroom instruction that involves depth and complexity, and 3) opportunities to explore interest-based activities. In this session we share the importance of each and connections between them.