How do you motivate gifted learners? What evidence-based frameworks and strategies are available and how might they be applied to gifted learners? This interactive session applies Dweck’s Achievement Goal Theory and Deci and Ryan’s Self-Determination Theory to develop motivational strategies for gifted learners. This session focuses on task structure, instruction language, role modeling, and evaluation as essential features in developing motivated learners. After a discussion of AGT and SDT, break into small group discussions to help apply these theories to a motivational problem of your choice and solicit feedback from colleagues about your strategy.