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=//Welcome to the Gifted Support Corner !//= //This space is dedicated to our research in gifted education and the achievement gap.You are currently on the Home Page. If you wish to navigate to other pages, please refer to the links// //on the left-hand side or at the top and bottom// //of this page////. Each set will link you to the other pages on this Wiki. Remember that, as a member, you can improve and make this Wiki better, so, please, feel free to modify it. __Don't forget to bookmark this page for easy access in the future__// //- Lynne Partridge// [|Learn more about Wikis]

=Purpose= Gifted Support staff from the 1st Cohort of the University of Pennsylvania Leadership in Gifted Education Program, Lower Merion School District, and regular education teachers are invited to collaborate in this space to share ideas and create new knowledge for and about Gifted learners. The links to the left represent my ideas for possible topics to pursue. Members are invited to contribute by adding links, videos, presentations, ideas, and more. Please feel free to suggest additional topics as well.

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//1. Select the "EDIT THIS PAGE" button. 2. Decide what to add// //or revise.// //3. The blue menu bar allows you to change text, insert links, pictures, media and more. 3. Be sure to select the "SAVE" button at the top. 4. That's it, you will have contirbuted to the Wiki!// 5. Now be sure to explore each page and collaborate! 6. If you'd like to help manage this space, email Lynne at partril@lmsd.org.

SELECTED TOPICS AND RESEARCH IN GIFTED EDUCATION
//Below are topics which I feel are critical to the success of all gifted students. Please feel free to add links and or addtional topics which we can explore.//

1. Identification of underserved populations 2. Twice exceptional (dually identified) students 3. Visual Spatial Skill Building 4. Gifted Underachievers 5. Perfectionism 6. CURRICULUM - Constructuvism - Understanding by Design, enduring understandings, essential questions... 7. Understanding Gifted Learners/ gifted characteristics 8. Meeting the needs of gifted learners in the regular classroom 9.Models of Gifted Programs [|"Unwrapping the Gifted" - a blog by Tamara Fisher in EdWeek] includes great quotes by gifted kids about school and learning...

Favorite Links
[|Lynne's E-Board for Challenge at Belmont Hills!] [|Hoagies' Gifted Education] - "The all things gifted page" A fabulous wealth of resources... [|A Letter to Gifted Children] [|Gifted Development Center] [|The National Research Center on Gifted and Talented] [|National Association for Gifted Children] [|Education Week - Unwrapping the Gifted]

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