Gifted and Talented

Online Resources

• Tournament of Minds:  Tournament of Minds is a problem solving program for teams of students from both primary and secondary years. They are required to solve demanding, open-ended challenges from Maths, Social Science and Language disciplines.

• Think Quest:  Teams of students and teachers are challenged to build websites on educational topics. These websites are published in the popular ThinkQuest Library and top-scoring teams win valuable prizes.

• Future Problem Solving Program:  FPSP features curricular and co-curricular competitive, as well as non-competitive, activities in creative problem solving.

• Math League:  The Math League is dedicated to bringing challenging mathematics materials and contests to students.

• Quiz Hub:  Fun online interactive learning challenges.

• TalentEd Enrichment Program: TEEP aims to provide Internet based learning situations that encourage collaboration and investigation in problem solving situations where children are encouraged to participate and interact through self directed research.

• The Brain Rummager:  Word fun for students interested in the history and usage of the English language.

• VSG Enrichment: The VSG is an online school which specializes in providing enrichment courses to complement and extend the regular curriculum.

• Bright Ideas for Gifted Students:  Fun ideas to challenge your students.

• Double Helix Science Club: Official science club of CSIRO.

• Absurd Math:  Interactive mathematical problem solving game series. The player proceeds on missions in a strange world where the ultimate power consists of mathematical skill and knowledge.

• Amusement Park Physics:   Design a roller coaster and find out how physics laws affect amusement park ride design.

• Bubble Dome Detective Writing:  Challenging writing competitions that encourage creative thinking.

• Clever Games for Clever People:  Collection of challenging number games.

Lessons:

• TalenteEd Lesson Plan:  Links to lesson plans, units of work and enrichment activities.

• GATE Units of Work:  Special projects such as tessellations, student-designed web sites, and web-based lessons for teachers are available for you to use and enjoy.

• Web Resources in Gifted:  Lesson plans for gifted students.

Teacher Reference: 

• Strategies for Teaching Gifted Learners:  Strategies for regular classroom teachers to use with gifted students.

• Gifted Education:  Site with information on identification of gifted students and their educational and social development needs across all aspects of schooling.

• Austega\'s Gifted Resource Centre:   This site is dedicated to parents and teachers faced with the joy and anguish of gifted children. It includes links to significant Australian sites.

• NSW Assn for Gifted & Talented Children:  Information and support for teachers of gifted and talented students.

• Queensland Association for Gifted and Talented Children:  Open association of people who share a common interest in gifted and talented children.

• EAGER Gifted Education:  Lists teaching strategies and research articles on Gifted Education.

• World Council for GAT Education:  An exchange of ideas, experiences and people from all over the world interested in gifted and talented children.

• Ozgifted:  The OZ-GIFTED suite of email discussion lists covers any topic of interest to parents and teachers of gifted children, emphasizing Australasia.

• Mensa Australia:  Aims to identify and foster human intelligence for the benefit of humanity, encourage research into the nature, characteristics and uses of intelligence, and to provide a stimulating intellectual and social environment for its members.

• US National Society for Gifted Children:  Organization of parents, teachers, educators, other professionals and community leaders who unite to address the unique needs of children and youth with demonstrated gifts and talents.

• Gifted Identification:  List of articles about identification of Gifted students.

• Curriculum Differentiation:  Explanation of this term that refers to the need to tailor teaching environments and practices to create appropriately different learning experiences for different students.

• Who Are The Gifted?:  Information on characteristics of various areas of giftedness.

• Gifted: The Seven Types of Intelligence:  Psychologist Howard Gardner identified the following distinct types of intelligence. They are listed here with respect to gifted and talented children.

• Identifying The Gifted:  Tips on recognising the characteristics of gifted children.

• Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnoses of Gifted Children:  This article discusses the view that many gifted and talented children and adults are being misdiagnosed by psychologists, psychiatrists, pediatricians, and other health care professionals.

• Characteristics of Extreme Intelligence:  Barbara Clark reviews the research on characteristics of children with extreme intelligence and identifies 30 characteristics highly gifted children commonly possess.

• TIP Learning Theory Database:  The database contains brief summaries of 50 major theories of learning and instruction. These theories can also be accessed by learning domains and concepts.

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