Foundations Project by Ms. Esswein https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject Gifted theorists, reports, research, legislation, and actual political/social/educational events that have contributed to the field of gifted education. en-us 2018-07-17 18:54:52 UTC 2026-01-29 09:36:54 UTC hello@padlet.com Binet-Simon Intelligence Test paulinamedu https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270442529 Impacted gifted education because it was a  test created in the turn of the century that determined if a student was high , low, or average so that they could receive the necessary support. This was groundbreaking because it was the first test that provided researchers and educators with a quantitative score.



]]> 2018-07-17 18:56:20 UTC https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270442529 Exploration of Gifted Education paulinamedu https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270445034
 Leta Hollingworth was known as the first educator to teach and support other educators in 1922. She began the Special Opportunity Class She was devoted to gifted education and impacted students, research on the topic, and inspired educators even today.

She also published Gifted Children: Their Nature and Nurture, which was first textbook on gifted education that gave society a reputable tool to reference and explore. ]]> 2018-07-17 19:57:51 UTC https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270445034 NAGS paulinamedu https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270447230 NAGS: National Association for Gifted Students Was established in 1954, and is an organization that provides teachers, parents, and students with resources, research, and tools to better understand gifted learners and how to support them.



]]> 2018-07-17 20:36:26 UTC https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270447230 The National Defense Education Act of 1958 paulinamedu https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270447289 The first truly notable effort by the federal government to support gifted education. 
]]> 2018-07-17 20:37:39 UTC https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270447289 Russian satellite, Sputnik paulinamedu https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270447403  This was a huge revolutionary  event for American education, because it brought attention the significance of math and science highly challenging curriculum to take place. This allowed and gave a great opportunity for gifted students because of instead of being overlooked, they were able to seem successful and sought.


]]> 2018-07-17 20:40:06 UTC https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270447403 1972 Marland Report to Congress paulinamedu https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270447984 Issued by the United States, this supplied educators with the definition of a gifted learner which is “ Students, children, or youth who give evidence of high achievement capability in areas such as intellectual, creative, artistic, or leadership capacity, or in specific academic fields, and who need services and activities not ordinarily provided by the school in order to fully develop those capabilities”
]]> 2018-07-17 20:50:58 UTC https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270447984 Nation At Risk paulinamedu https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270448157  Nation at risk (National Commission on Excellence in Education, 1983) This report pushed national schools to reform their education and curriculum to push and challenge students. This helped America realize that education needed to change to benefit the needs of all learners.
]]> 2018-07-17 20:54:11 UTC https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270448157 Education Improvement Act (EIA) of 1984 paulinamedu https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270448306 Initiated in South Carolina, this promised students an opportunity to be instructed at a higher level while providing schools with a more advanced technique of evaluation in order to better determine specific levels of placement.
]]> 2018-07-17 20:56:57 UTC https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270448306 Renzulli’s (1986) Three ring conception of giftedness paulinamedu https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270448528  Model from studies that demonstrates “the interaction between three basic clusters of three human traits, being above average ability, a high level of task commitment, and a high level of creativity. The model was developed from studies examining the traits of highly successful adults in different fields of achievement” (Page, 2006). 
]]> 2018-07-17 21:00:07 UTC https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270448528 Willard-Holt (1994) paulinamedu https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270450179 Willard-Holt studied students with a disability (cerebral palsy) and concluded that they were gifted learners. This had a huge impact and was eye-opening to show that gifted learners can have a disability but still be talented in other ways.


]]> 2018-07-17 21:38:37 UTC https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270450179 The Ministry of Education (2000) paulinamedu https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270450252 The Ministry of Education (2000) a handbook that shows the significance that gifted students and talented students are not a part of the same group. This affects students by giving gifted education the significance that there are multiple traits that make up a gifted student.  
]]> 2018-07-17 21:41:09 UTC https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270450252 State of Research on Giftedness and Gifted Education: A Survey of Empirical Studies Published During 1998—2010 (April) paulinamedu https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270450318 State of Research on Giftedness and Gifted Education: A Survey of Empirical Studies  was an qualitative study that focused on “creativity/creatively gifted, achievement/underachievement, identification, and talent development ”



]]> 2018-07-17 21:42:43 UTC https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270450318 Reis & McCoach (2000) paulinamedu https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270450426  studies and identified traits of those that have underachieving qualities and are gifted learners. This is important because gifted learners can be underachieving and educators need to be able to identify these characteristics to best support their learners.

]]> 2018-07-17 21:45:07 UTC https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270450426 B.F. Skinner paulinamedu https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270450509 BF Skinner, born in 1904 was a theorist that seeked to improve education and helped gifted education by studied how people learn. One of his articles, “ The Shame of American Education” brought a light on how effective education for all students is important.


]]> 2018-07-17 21:47:00 UTC https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270450509 ISSUES/EVENTS/LAWS/PROGRAMS OCCURRING TODAY IN GIFTED EDUCATION paulinamedu https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270450602 The Underrepresentation of Minority Students in Gifted Education an article that studies how it is a huge issue in the gifted community for gifted learners to not be considered nor retained for gifted education. Specifically, “These factors include screening and identification issues (e.g., definitions and instrumentation); educational issues (e.g., quality of students' education); and personnel issues (e.g., lack of teacher training in gifted and urban education, low teacher referral).

Middle School Program (PROBE) Gifted program specifically for middle school students. This program allows for educators to address the AKS of mathematics, science, social studies and language arts on the high school level for these students.

The Decline of Challenge for Gifted and Talented Students
the event that teachers are not able to properly identify and recognize the obligation to further challenge gifted learners.

Underserved Populations in Gifted Education Educators
misguidedly nominate students that they believe to be of higher level or are independent thinkers, and place them into a gifted course when they would otherwise be more successful in a general education classroom.

Boredom and Repetition in School Much too frequently, gifted students within the education system have been known to display isolative behavior. They may come off as uninterested in the educator’s lesson plan, because they do not feel challenged with the tasks that are provided to them. This behavior is commonly misinterpreted as oppositional.

2017: Today my district implements a gifted program called FOCUS

FOCUS - Gwinnett County and Gifted Education This program was created for elementary school students to participate in small group instruction specifically for gifted learners where students can collaborate with other gifted students on their grade level.




]]> 2018-07-17 21:49:14 UTC https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270450602 The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) 2001 paulinamedu https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270450750 This law that negatively impacted the gifted community because teachers focused on low achieving students and standardized testing instead of gifted learners in their classroom.
]]> 2018-07-17 21:52:19 UTC https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270450750 paulinamedu https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270450904 NAGC Standards Published in 1998 provided specific standards for pre-k to 12 grade schools who are willing to participate in improvement of gifted education.



]]> 2018-07-17 21:56:55 UTC https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270450904 A Nation Deceived: How Schools Hold Back America’s Brightest Students 2004 paulinamedu https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270450997 This study impacted gifted education because it focused on specific acceleration strategies for gifted learners created in 2004. 
]]> 2018-07-17 21:59:39 UTC https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270450997 Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligence -1983 paulinamedu https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270451077 theory that examines gifted students from one single faceted approach to a various category concept in his book “Frames of Mind” in 1983 which gifted educators use and reference to to this day. 
]]> 2018-07-17 22:02:43 UTC https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270451077 Gagné’s Differentiated Model of Giftedness and Talent paulinamedu https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270451151 (updated in 2000) This is a model that demonstrates differences between students that are gifted and those that are talented. This model impacts gifted education by providing educators domains of where gifted learners are.
]]> 2018-07-17 22:05:02 UTC https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270451151 References paulinamedu https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270451411 Frequently Asked Questions about Gifted Education. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.nagc.org/resources-publications/resources/frequently-asked-questions-about-gifted-education
 
Dai, D. Y., Swanson, J. A., & Cheng, H. (2011). State of Research on Giftedness and Gifted Education: A Survey of Empirical Studies Published During 1998—2010 (April). Gifted Child Quarterly, 55(2), 126-138. doi:10.1177/0016986210397831
 

Marland, S. P. (1972). Education of the gifted and talented: Report to the Congress of the United States by the U.S. Commissioner of Education and background papers submitted to the U.S. Office of Education, 2. Washington, DC: U.S.

Miller, R. (1990). Leta Stetter Hollingworth: Pioneer woman of psychology. Roeper Review, 12(3), 142.

Perveen, A. (2018). Facilitating Multiple Intelligences through Multimodal Learning Analytics. Turkish Online Journal Of Distance Education, 19(1), 18-30.

Wallace, K., Krueger, T., Lloyd, C., Holland, M., & Miller, J. (n.d.). Comparison of the (linear) 2f field transmitted with a fully realized two-dimensional effective apodization and the (nonlinear) 2f harmonic field. IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, 2005. doi:10.1109/ultsym.2005.1603067
]]> 2018-07-17 22:11:49 UTC https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270451411 First Implementation of Gifted Education- 1868 paulinamedu https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270452056 William Torrey Harris, superintendent of public schools for St. Louis, started the earliest implementation of gifted education in public schools. This is important because without Harris, classrooms might have stayed undifferentiated for many years to come.
]]> 2018-07-17 22:23:24 UTC https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270452056 paulinamedu https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270452313 2018-07-17 22:28:40 UTC https://padlet.com/paulinamedu/foundationsgiftedproject/wish/270452313