How do we support gifted students from culturally, linguistically, and economically diverse backgrounds as they acquire, organize and integrate new learning? Learn to use engaging strategies representative of evidence-based practices that build schema, academic language, and scaffolds within curriculum design to intentionally foster gifts and talents of students from diverse backgrounds.
Learning Objectives:
Learn and practice instructional scaffolds for using models of inquiry for critical, creative, and analytical thinking in various content areas.
Reflect on how strategies can be used to "spot" talent and cultivate student strengths.
Examine how strategies build schema and support the development of academic language to bridge equitable access to advanced programming.