Module Five

What is meant by the term acceleration?
What is the impact of acceleration nationally? Locally?
How is acceleration different from enrichment?
18 Variables to Consider for Whole Grade Acceleration
A Sample of Gifted and Talented Educators' Attitudes about Academic Acceleration
A Nation Deceived:  How Schools Hold Back America's Brightest Students

What does acceleration look like in Cobb County?
Iowa Acceleration Scale 
Cobb County Request for Consideration of Whole Grade Acceleration 
Cobb County Acceleration Assessment Results
Cobb County Whole Grade Acceleration Process Check List

Module Four

How can teachers of gifted students best use, understand, and communicate the information collected from assessment data in the gifted evaluation process?

Interpreting Standardized Test Scores

Teacher Rating Scales
Test Scores-A Guide to Understanding

What resources are available to help teachers learn about the current referral, evaluation, and qualification process in CCSD?
Cobb County Gifted Procedures Manual

Georgia Gifted Resource Manual

How does knowledge and analysis of state approved gifted evaluation assessments help a teacher determine the relative strengths and weaknesses of a gifted student and then make suggestions as to services and/or differentiation that would benefit that student?

Georgia DOE Approved Gifted Assessment Measures

Module Three

How can teachers of gifted students actively address the issue of under-representation in gifted programs of groups such as those who are underachievers?

How can teachers of gifted students foster an environment of collaboration in the classroom? 

How can teachers of gifted students model professional collaboration?
Gifted Underachievers Handbook
Intervention with Underachieving Gifted
Understanding Giftedness and Underachievement
Strategies for Improving Identification and Instruction for the Under-represented

Module Two

What do the terms gifted, high achiever, and creative thinker mean?
Bright vs. Gifted vs. Creative Chart

How can teachers of gifted students recognize, develop, and nurture creative thinking?
Understanding Creativity
Myths About Creativity
Sir Ken Robinson on Creativity

What are some of the unique social and emotional strengths gifted individuals possess?  How can teachers best address those unique needs?
Nurturing Social-Emotional Development of Gifted Children
Six Subtypes of Socioemotional Gifted 
Encouraging Emotional Intelligence

How do the unique learning styles of gifted students respond to various teaching styles?
Learning and Teaching Styles for Gifted
Relationship Between Classroom Environment and Learning Style Preferences

Module One

Who is gifted in the state of Georgia?
Gifted Development Center
Georgia Association for Gifted Children
Georgia's Journey Toward Multiple-Criteria Identification of Gifted Students
Regulations Related to Program Delivery Models


What is the history of gifted education?
State Definitions of Giftedness
Brief History of Gifted and Talented Education


Who are the major contributors to the field of gifted education?
Louis Terman
Leta Hollingworth
Alfred Binet


What are some of the theoretical perspectives on giftedness?
Gagne's Differentiated Model Chart
Joseph Renzulli on the Triad Model of Giftedness
Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences
George Betts' Profiles of the Gifted and Talented
Robert Steinberg's Human Intelligence