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Boyle, Colleen S.; Carpenter, Ashley Y. – Gifted Child Today, 2023
Project OCCAMS is an accelerated English language arts curriculum and delivery model for high ability middle school learners. This program was initially developed in a research-practitioner partnership with two universities and a state department of education. Over 6 years, it was implemented in Columbus City Schools, Ohio's largest urban school…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Middle School Students, College School Cooperation, Language Arts
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Westberg, Karen L.; Leppien, Jann H. – Gifted Child Today, 2018
Including opportunities for students to conduct independent investigations is a mainstay of gifted education programs and services. When carefully designed and skillfully facilitated, students' interest-based, independent study experiences result in increased intrinsic motivation, growth in 21st-century critical and creativity skills, greater…
Descriptors: Gifted, Self Efficacy, Teaching Methods, Audience Awareness
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VanTassel-Baska, Joyce – Gifted Child Today, 2014
Performance-based assessment clearly represents an indispensable approach for assessing gifted student learning. Challenging performance tasks allow gifted learners to reveal their considerable intellectual capacity and energy. Through performance tasks, teachers gain insights into a gifted student's true level of capability in a domain of…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Academically Gifted, Evaluation Methods, Student Evaluation