Gifted and Talented Education Articles for Teachers - Page 3

The average classroom has a multitude of learning abilities and learning styles. Content textbooks are often above the reading level of the grade for which it is intended. If a teacher has students that struggle with grade level text, how can that teacher help those students comprehend history an...

Are you looking for new ways to teach sequencing? This can be a challenge for many teachers. There are some very common activities that you can use, such as listing what happened from beginning to end, or having a student retell or summarize the story verbally or in writing. Though these ideas ca...

Imagine a classroom in which one lesson plan could meet the needs of everyone. You can have that by including tiered lesson plans into your instruction. Tiered lesson plans are designed to specifically meet the instructional needs of all of your children. It accomplishes this through differentiat...

How much information does the usual number/letter grading system tell a student about his or her performance on a quiz, project, test, etc? Does it explain the specific areas of strength, or the areas that need improvement? Educators know the importance that providing feedback can have on an indi...

Multiple choice, short answer, or essay? Traditionally, those have been the most common assessment options used at the completion of a novel unit. Although these types of tests can provide feedback on how much a child recalls about a novel, alternative forms of assessments can determine what a ch...