Gifted Language Arts: Filling the Canvas with Quality

Autor/in	Lloyd-Zannini, Lou
Titel	Gifted Language Arts: Filling the Canvas with Quality
Quelle	In: Understanding Our Gifted, 20 (2008) 3, S.14-17 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1040-1350
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Academically Gifted; Language Arts; Talent; Brain; Honors Curriculum; Individualized Instruction; Grammar; English; Teaching Methods; Grade 10 + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachkultur; Begabung; Hochbegabung; Gehirn; Individualisierender Unterricht; Grammatik; English language; Englisch; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	Conversations with Josh, a mentee of the author, and other gifted students caused the author to realize that in many cases, what is presented as appropriately differentiated language arts curriculum for gifted/talented students is nothing more than general education curriculum with additional work at the same level as the regular curriculum. If everyone else is writing a 300 word essay, gifted students are assigned 500 words. If everyone else is reading one book per semester, gifted kids are expected to read two. Brain numbing tedium indeed, and hardly appropriate for gifted kids. Obviously, "more of the same," "brain numbing tedium" is not the kind of (allegedly) differentiated curriculum people want to see in gifted children's language arts curriculum--or any other for that matter. What does a good language arts curriculum for the gifted look like? In this article, the author describes the characteristics of a good language arts curriculum for gifted learners. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10