Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Wednesday Essentials
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Essentials of Gifted Education: Designing and Delivering Excellent Programs for High-Ability Learners 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
010: W1. Program Models and Program Design in Gifted Education
020: W2. Designing and Choosing Effective Curriculum for Gifted Learners: Key Considerations
030: W3. Creating Classroom Environments to Foster Social and Emotional Development
040: W4. Best Practices in Identification and Assessment
050: W5. Middle Grades Essentials for the 21st Century
060: W6. Instructional Strategies for Differentiation within the Classroom
070: W7. Implications and Uses of the Pre-K-12 Gifted Programming Standards to Identify Gifted Students from Special Populations
080: W8. Understanding and Addressing the Needs of Young Gifted Children
090: W9. Developing a Philosophy of Gifted Education for the 21st Century 4:15 PM to 6:00 PM
Leadership and Life Lessons from the Field
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Thursday Expert Perspectives
8:00 AM to 9:00 AM
State of the Nation in Gifted Education 9:15 AM to 11:00 AM
T2. Digital Storytelling: Narratives for the 21st Century
100: T1. Thinking in the Future Tense: Creating Positive Futures for Gifted Students
110: T3. Using Technology to Differentiate Learning
120: T4. Extreme Classroom Makeover: The 21st Century Primary Classroom for Gifted Students
130: T5. Invest in America's Future: Maximize the Challenge for Elementary STEM Students
140: T7. Maximizing Outcomes for Twice-Exceptional Children: What Educators Need to Understand and Be Able To Do
150: T8. Developing Leaders for Today's World: Service-Learning for Gifted Students
160: T9. At the Corner of Creativity and Affective Needs
170: T10. Response to Intervention: A Leadership Framework for Identifying Potential
180: T11. Harnessing the Power of Technology to Increase the Potential of Curriculum and Instruction 12:30 PM to 2:15 PM
T18. Get a Life! Differentiation with Biography
190: T12. Response to Intervention, Gifted Education, and Twice-Exceptional Students
200: T13. Tools and Strategies for Promoting 21st Century Literacy for Young Gifted Students
210: T14. I Always Knew I Was Smart. What Took Y'all So Long? Our Response to that Question Two Decades Later
220: T15. Educators and Parents as "Counselors": Skills for Meeting Gifted Kids Where They Are
230: T16. Instructional Programming for Special Populations of Gifted Students: Preparing Them for the 21st Century
240: T17. Beyond the Core: Infusing Critical and Creative Thinking into the Curriculum
250: T19. Implementing the Schoolwide Enrichment Model in Your School or District
260: T20. Tech THAT: Gifted Children Online
270: T21. Invest in America's Future: Maximize the Challenge for Middle and Secondary STEM Students
Friday, November 4, 2011
Research and Evaluation
7:30 AM to 8:00 AM
2- Test Speededness - An overlooked threat to reliability and validity
Conceptual Foundations
2-Reframing Gifted Advocacy
Curriculum Studies
370: Empowering Gifted Students as Agents of Change
Research and Evaluation
7:30 AM to 8:30 AM
24.2 Profiles of Mathematics Giftedness: An Examination of Content Mastery, Metacognition, and Accelerated Course Success
Creativity Division
Alternative pathways to talent development A Collaborative Study with an eminent singer/songwriter from the Philippines
10.1 Wisdom and Creative Perception
Professional Development
Creating Community and Engagement in Professional Development
20.4 Changing Mindsets: Teaching How to Cultivate Intelligence Through an Online Book Study
Computers and Technology
Developing your Personalized, Professional Learning Network (P2LN) through Technology
4.4 Learn to Diigo: Teachers as Researchers and Collaborators
Special Populations
I Do Belong Here: Increasing Minority Student Retention and Success in AP Courses
Special Schools/Programs
30.2 Teaching social skills, anger management, and problem solving techniques
Middle Grades
Academic success as an ethnic identity among middle school gifted Korean American students
Conceptual Foundations
The Roles and Functions of Friendships Among the Gifted and Talented
Special Schools/Programs
31.3 Still just regular teens : The lived experiences of eight early-entrance college students
Professional Development
Using Peer Coaching as a Form of Professional Development: The Catalyst for Change
Parent-Community
19.4 Advancing Support for Gifted Education in Your Community
Creativity Division
Future Problem Solving programs and Creativity: An initial report of a longitudinal study
Computers and Technology
Entering the Ecosystem: The Thoughtful Integration of iPad Apps into Your Gifted Classroom
Curriculum Studies
12.3 Utilizing Shared Inquiry to improve Academic and Social Progress
Professional Development
23.1 Principals as Stakeholders
Special Populations
Successful Transition and Integration of Underrepresented Populations into a Gifted Learning Environment: One School's Approach
Curriculum Studies
14.3 Perspective-taking: Exploring students choices of cognitive moves during disagreements among friends
Middle Grades
A Legacy of Letters: Using Primary Sources for Classical Mentorship
STEM
36.2 Managing Math Contests in the Regular Classroom
Conceptual Foundations
Reading Virgil Ward: Re-examing Principles of Differentiation
Special Populations
27.4 Helping Gifted Minorities Enhance Creative Abilities through Exposure to Different Cultures
Computers and Technology
Patterns of Technology Use Among Gifted Students: Implications for M-Learning
Conceptual Foundations
6.4 Uniqueness and Purpose in Gifted Education and Beyond
Research and Evaluation
26.3 A Pilot Study of Total School Cluster Grouping in Urban Schools
Middle Grades
Preassessment: The Linchpin of Defensible Differentiation
Special Schools/Programs
34.1 Discover GEMS and Go beyond the books - connecting 21st century skills for the Gifted
Chart(er)ing a Course to the Future: The Palmetto Scholars Academy
Conceptual Foundations
Epistemological and Disciplinary Considerations in Acceleration: History as an Example
"Everything Old is New Again": The Historical Dimensions of Differentiation
Counseling and Guidance
8.1 Phenomenological Exploration of Middle School Gifted Students
Arts
1.1 The Art Ambush
Signature Series
Getting Involved: Leadership Development in NAGC
Computers and Technology
290: Using Technology to Enhance and Differentiate Student Projects
300: From Overwhelmed to Organized: Technology as a Friend vs. Foe
Counseling and Guidance
340: Setting Motivation Traps with the Autonomous Learner Model for Underachieving Gifted Students in Grades 6-12
Creativity Division
350: Creativity21 and Beyond!
360: Domain Specificity of Creativity: Dispositional and Environmental Differences Among Scientists, Humanists, and Artists
Curriculum Studies
380: Preparing For Tomorrow: Making Students Ready for the 21st Century & Beyond
390: Poetry and Giftedness
Middle Grades
400: O'Henry! Teaching Gifted Adolescents How to Write Using Classic Short Stories
410: Assessing Adolescent Learning in the 21st Century
420: Middle School GPS: Helping Gifted Students Navigate Adolescence
430: 17.1 Bibliotherapy:Gifted Middle School Students Developing Understanding of Individual Characteristics
Parent-Community
440: Technology and 21st Century Parenting
Signature Series
450: Are Response to Intervention and Gifted Education Compatible: A dialogue in 4 parts?
460: Calling All Administrator Advocates for the Gifted
Special Schools/Programs
470: It Takes a Village to Help Twice Exceptional Children Thrive in School
STEM
480: Crashing Through the Glass Ceiling of Middle School Math
Conceptual Foundations
8:00 AM to 8:30 AM
2-Nurturing the Gifted and Talented: The Hanoi Tower Model of Excellence
Research and Evaluation
2-Predictors of attitudes toward gifted programs: Support vs. Perceptions of elitism among pre-service teachers
Curriculum Studies
9-Design Thinking for Gifted Students
NAGC
8:45 AM to 10:15 AM
Separating the Wheat from the Chaff: What Really Constitutes Differentiation for Gifted Learners?
Critical Questions in Talent Development: Answered through 40 Years of Longitudinal Research by Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth (SMPY)
500: Stereotypes and the Nature and Nurture of Intelligence
Conceptual Foundations
10:30 AM to 11:00 AM
7-Frenemies: The Fit Between Gifted Education and Special Education
Research and Evaluation
4-Combining scores in multiple criteria assessment: A psychometric investigation
Conceptual Foundations
Surviving the deluge: Trying to understand the characteristics individuals who are gifted and talented
STEM
660: 3-Building Elementary Teachers' Capacity to Teach STEM Content through Problem-based Curricula
Counseling and Guidance
10:30 AM to 11:30 AM
The Gifted Child's Guide to Making True Friends
Middle Grades
17.2 Diffusin', Oozin' and Schmoozin' - A Differentiated Approach to Microscopy
Research and Evaluation
24.3 Acceleration Policies & Possibilities in Canada
Conceptual Foundations
6.3 How do preservice teachers conceptualize giftedness? A metaphor analysis
Special Schools/Programs
30.1 Gifted Science Students' Interpersonal Abilities and Their Home Environment: Comparisons Between Korean and American Students
Professional Development
Whats the Plan? Designing a Teacher Support System for Developing Model Lessons for Gifted Learners
Research and Evaluation
A National Study of the Perceptions & Attitudes of High School Principals Toward Gifted Education
Computers and Technology
Keeping Up With Digital Natives!
Special Schools/Programs
31.4 Conventional Resources; Unconventional Results
Parent-Community
19.3 Parenting the Gifted
Creativity Division
Creativity x 3
Curriculum Studies
12.1 I think; therefore, I question: Developing purposeful, engaging questioning strategies
Special Populations
Promise fulfilled or promises broken? Exceptionally Gifted Children grown up.
Counseling and Guidance
Minority student attitudes toward AP Courses: Preliminary findings from the AP Challenge Program
Conceptual Foundations
The Asynchronous Cheetah: Integrating Metaphor and Definition for Practical Use in the 21st Century
Curriculum Studies
A Defense of Formal Language Study for Gifted Children
Signature Series
Best Practices in Using Standardized Tests to Identify Talent among Low Income and ELL Children
Global Awareness
The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality
Special Populations
Proficiency Views of Native Speakers of Spanish: Identifying, Challenging, and Diversifying with AP and IB
STEM
36.1 Teaching Computer Science to Gifted Middle School Students with Scratch
Early Childhood
Advancing Potential in Information Literacy and Critical Thinking Skills: 21st Century Skills for Conducting Research
Global Awareness
16.1 The Schoolwide Enrichment Model (SEM) Type II Skills: Multicultural Awareness and Creativity Development
Professional Development
22.4 Parents and Professionals Working Together in a Professional Development Model: Theory, Practice and Innovation
Computers and Technology
Bridging the Digital Divide: How to Encourage High-Ability Girls to Pursue Advanced Coursework in Technology
Special Schools/Programs
The Da Vinci Academy: A Twenty-First Century One-Room Schoolhouse
Special Populations
Using Academics to Enhance Social Skills Among Twice-Exceptional Learners
Research and Evaluation
26.2 The Relationship between Differentiated Instruction and Teacher Control in Gifted Clustered Classrooms
Arts
1.2 Lets Dance to All that Jazz! Developing Artistic and Social Intelligence with Partner Dancing
Curriculum Studies
14.2 Conceptions of Giftedness: Examining Varying Theories and Their Application to Evidence-Based, Differentiated Instruction
Special Populations
29.4 Where do I fit in? : Struggle of African American Males in Gifted Education Programs
Creativity Division
Give 'em a Break: The Role of Recess in 21st Century Classrooms
Middle Grades
Self-Advocacy: Preparing Gifted Students to be Partners in their Own Education
Special Schools/Programs
33.4 Jazz Up Your Enrichment Program: Easy Steps for Enrichment Cluster Implementation
Conceptual Foundations
1060: Using Policy Definitions to Improve Gifted Education
540: Answering the 'Why' and 'How' of Integrating Gifted Programming and Response to Intervention (RTI)
550: Advancing Potential Through Inventive Thinking: Focusing on 21st Century Skills
560: Gifted friendships: Perceived versus actual numbers of friends
570: This isnt Your Grandmothers Classroom: Expanding the Theory of Developmental Differentiation for 21st Century Citizens
Counseling and Guidance
580: 9.2 Research into Cyberbullying and High Achieving Students
Creativity Division
590: Partners in innovation: Creative and spatial abilities
600: Gifted Authors and Artists Come Alive: The 2011 Torrance Legacy Awards
Curriculum Studies
610: Making Problem-Based Learning Happen
620: Learning Styles: What We Know, Don't Know, and Need to Know
630: Differentiated Instruction VERSUS Differentiated Curriculum
Middle Grades
640: Building Resilience in Girls During the Middle Grades
Research and Evaluation
650: Serving the Gifted: A National Survey of School Psychologists
STEM
11:00 AM to 11:30 AM
3-Spanky, the Three-Toed Slothematician: Exploring the Common Core Math Standards Through Characters in Children's Literature
Research and Evaluation
4-Normalizing Data for Gifted Identification
Conceptual Foundations
7-Policy Perspectives on Gifted Identification
680: 8-Recognizing and Developing Potential
Research and Evaluation
11:45 AM to 12:00 PM
7- How Well Do Teachers and Parents Understand Underachieving Students' Motivation Beliefs?
Global Awareness
11:45 AM to 12:30 PM
Service Learning: An Experiential Instructional Strategy that Teaches More than Standards
Middle Grades
Are We Teaching Our Best Writers to Write Like Beginners?
STEM
Science Olympiad is STEMtastic!
Conceptual Foundations
Defining the Gifted Self: Improvisational Performance as a Way of Life
Parent-Community
A Delicate Balance: Can Parent Advocacy Work Without Opposition
Research and Evaluation
Writing The Lit Review and Discussion in an Empirical Journal Article
Curriculum Studies
Curiosity, Creativity, and Risk-Taking: Can You Dig It?
Global Awareness
SLURPY Saving Lives Using Rocks to Purify Your water
Special Schools/Programs
Bridges Academy for Twice Exceptional Students:Programming for Success
Counseling and Guidance
The Value of the Cohort Supporting Students in Early Admittance to College Programs
Arts
Artistic Ways of Knowing: Arts Talent Identification
Curriculum Studies
Team Teaching - Rethinking the role of the gifted specialist
Early Childhood
Compost: The Rot Thing for Our Earth
Bright, Young, and At Risk
Primary Thinking Skills for Advancing Potential ... and A Lot More Jazz!
Global Awareness
G.A.U.G.E. Global Awareness Utilizing Global Experiences through Service!
Computers and Technology
Heat Up Reflection With Technology! Engaging Students in Differentiated Reflection Through HOTS and Web 2.0
Middle Grades
Beyond Numbers: Creating Defensible and Differentiated Mathematics Curriculum and Instruction for Gifted Learners
Early Childhood
Why Play?
Arts
Improving the Blank Page: From Inspiration to Revision in Creative Writing
Special Populations
Up a Creek Without a Paddle? 2-E Survival Strategies for Stressed-out Parents, Teachers, & Students
Counseling and Guidance
New Rules for Gifted Girls: Lessons from NSF Gender Equity Projects
Computers and Technology
690: Students as Researchers:Creating a Digital Archive
Curriculum Studies
720: A Community Collaborates: Uniting Students, Teachers, and Community Leaders in Project Based Learning
730: Advancing Potential Through the Use of the Parallel Curriculum Model
740: Inspiring Students to Become 21st Century Independent Problem Seekers
Early Childhood
750: Build it and they will come: Creating a Program for Primary Gifted Learners
760: Twice-Exceptional Children: Knowing When and How to Intervene Effectively in Early Childhood
Middle Grades
770: STEM in the Middle Grades
Professional Development
790: Advancing Potential for Teaching Reading to Gifted Learners
Special Populations
800: Developing Leadership in Special Populations in Middle School
Middle Grades
11:45 AM to 12:39 PM
780: What REALLY Works in the Middle?
Research and Evaluation
12:00 PM to 12:30 PM
7- Achievement Goal Orientations and Teacher-Rated Engagement in Gifted Elementary School Students
Computers and Technology
12:45 PM to 1:30 PM
Research on technology use in gifted education - What should teachers know ?
Arts
All The World's A Stage! Incorporating Theatre Arts Into Your K-5 ELA Classroom!
STEM
Exploring Shapes through Games: Geometry for Talented Primary Students
Curriculum Studies
Integrating Math and Literature for Gifted Middle Grade Learners
Special Schools/Programs
Introducing and Exploring the Davidson Academy of Nevada: A Public School for Profoundly Gifted Pupils
Professional Development
Engaging the Insatiable Mind with Inquiry: Matching the Gifted Learner with Depth, Complexity and Choice:
Global Awareness
The Other 3 R's: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Early Childhood
Addressing different skill levels and learning types by creating learning centers
Special Populations
Building Black Gifted Students' Self-Esteem & Cultural Legacy through Culturally Relevant Materials
Curriculum Studies
Stations for High School Gifted Students: Engage, Inform, and Differentiate in a 21st Century Classroom
Computers and Technology
Using Skype in the Gifted Classroom
Student Created Movies: Advancing Potential and Passions with MovieMaker and iMovie
Global Awareness
Investigating, Informing and Introducing the Stonewall Award Books: Meeting A Global Need
Curriculum Studies
Nil Novi Sub Sole: An Old Language for a New World
Global Awareness
Empowering Gifted Students to Help Change the World Through Global Awareness and Understanding
Curriculum Studies
Missing in Context: The Hole in Vocabulary Curricula
STEM
Strategies for Teaching and Assessing Conceptual Understanding in Science
Creativity Division
Teachers Jazz Up Creativity in Their Classrooms
Special Populations
Engineering Design for Elementary Students
Early Childhood
The Teacher as the Creative Thinker- Critical Decisions in Early Childhood Classrooms!
Special Schools/Programs
Ethics for 21st Century Leadership: Preparing Gifted Students through the Global Learning Program
Developing Gifted Services to Address the Whole Child: Lessons from a Rural School District
Conceptual Foundations
A Conceptual Model for Optimal Development of Gifted Students
Parent-Community
1360: A 24/7 Problem: An Introduction to Cyberbullying
Computers and Technology
810: How and Why to Use Social Networks in Your Classroom
Conceptual Foundations
820: Response to Intervention and Advancing Potential: Promising Practice
Curriculum Studies
830: RTI with Differentiated Instruction for the Gifted Learner
840: The Parallel of Practice: Designing Real World Learning Opportunities to Enhance 21st Century Skills
Early Childhood
850: Rethinking Early Childhood Education: Preparing the Young and Gifted for the 21st Century
860: Engaging Explorations for Young Gifted Children
Middle Grades
870: Science in Action: Gifted Education and Service-Learning Share Success in Middle School
STEM
890: Three Challenges in Science: Why We Dont Know What We Think We Know
Research and Evaluation
1:45 PM to 2:15 PM
5-Korean Middle School Students Spatial Ability: Investigation of Its Relationship with Mathematics and Science Talent
Creativity Division
1:45 PM to 2:45 PM
9.3 Students Perception of Classroom Climate for Creativity and Self-Concept
Research and Evaluation
24.4 EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN ADOLESCENTS WITH AND WITHOUT TALENT
Middle Grades
Explicit Programming for Gifted and Talented Culturally Diverse Learners: The Middle School NonVerbal Honors Core
Creativity Division
Adaptation, Culture, and Creativity
Professional Development
Creating Learning States of MInd
Computers and Technology
Improving 21st Century Information Fluency Skills
Research and Evaluation
Comparing Skills and Competencies for Artistically Gifted High School, Undergraduate, and Graduate Alumni
Creativity Division
Making Creative Assessment an Effective and Exciting Tool in the Middle School Classroom
Special Populations
Emancipate Asian American students from stereotypes and misunderstandings
Counseling and Guidance
A Gift or Curse: The Challenges of Gifted Black Males
STEM
Middle Grades Mathematics: Plateau, Peak or Passion
Parent-Community
19.2 Keeping Gifted Education Alive: Parents as Advocates
Curriculum Studies
12.2 Vibrant Vocabulary
Professional Development
21.1 Boosting the Cognitive Complexity of Instructional Tasks and Assessments
STEM
35.4 Solving the Equation: Fostering Mathematics Talent among Diverse Populations
Professional Development
Demystifying Understanding by Design and Differentiated Instruction: Providing Thoughtful and Comprehensive Professional Development
Changes in Teachers' Attitudes Toward Teaching Twice Exceptional Learners Through Focused Professional Development
Counseling and Guidance
Supporting the Social and Emotional Development of Twice Exceptional Males
Conceptual Foundations
6.2 A Historical Perspective of a 33-Year Program for Gifted and Talented Students
Special Populations
Gifted on the Autism Spectrum
28.1 Gifted Students with Emotional Disabilities: The Neglected Population of Twice-Exceptional Students
Curriculum Studies
What's the Big Idea? Using Books to Cultivate Talented Readers and Thinkers Across the Curriculum
Arts
3.2 Translating Prose for the Stage
Special Schools/Programs
33.3 The Identification and Placement of Gifted Students in Korea: In Case of SNUE
Professional Development
22.3 From Audit to Awesome: A Framework for Developing Quality Programs in NC
Curriculum Studies
The Bridge Curriculum: A Readiness Curriculum for Gifted Students of Diversity
Arts
Unfolding Wings: The Role of the Arts in Growing Up Gifted (Part 2)
Global Awareness
16.2 Public Art As Service Learning
Research and Evaluation
The Role of Teacher Mathematical Content Knowledge in Developing Talented Math Students
Middle Grades
17.3 Strategies to Motivate and Extend Gifted Language Arts Middle School Students
Arts
1.3 A Comprehensive Arts Program
Computers and Technology
Developing Visual Thinking with Information Graphics
Special Populations
29.3 The Malleable Mind, the Gifted Learner: Reducing stereotype threat through experimental interventions
Creativity Division
10.2 Impact of Creative Strategies on a Non-native Teachers Identity Constructed by Interaction with Gifted Students
Curriculum Studies
14.1 Engaging Gifted Students in Exploring the Big Ideas of History: Thinking like a Historian
Counseling and Guidance
All in The Family: The Family System in Counseling the Gifted
Signature Series
Stereotyped Threat and Identification of Gifted Students of Color: A Conversation with Dr. Joshua Aronson
1000: Advocacy 101: Tips to Keep Gifted Education Alive in Your State and District
1010: Finding Funding for Gifted Programs and Services
1020: The Revised NAGC P-12 Gifted Programming Standards: The Foundation for Quality Gifted Education Services
Special Populations
1030: Stuck in the Middle
STEM
1040: Raising the Bar: Challenging Math-Talented Students
Computers and Technology
900: Teaching Technology through Interest Projects
Conceptual Foundations
910: Intelligences Outside the Normal Curve: Creating Social Capital Leadership Potential In Young People
920: NAGC's Programming Standards: A Guiding Light to Educational Excellence for Gifted Students in Georgia
Counseling and Guidance
930: Judging By Performance: A Different View of Mindset and The Improvement of Gifted Self Experience
Middle Grades
940: Building strong writers in the middle school: The top twelve lessons you will ever need
950: Educational Initiatives, Curriculum and Gifted Middle School Students
Professional Development
960: Javits Project Version THREE: The Utah High Ability Student Initiative Project!
970: Going to graduate school in gifted education: Choosing a program, surviving, and succeeding
Research and Evaluation
980: Elementary Teacher Perceptions and Concerns About Science Teaching and Learning
990: 26.1 Myths at Work: Exploring Teachers Perceptions of the Construct of a Child Who is Gifted 2:15 PM to 2:45 PM
5-The Identification of Gifted Children in Science and Mathematics: Outcomes from Three Contexts in India
Computers and Technology
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Kicking It Up a Notch: Using Online Research Modules in the 21st Century Gifted Classroom
Arts
3.1 Soul Behind the Skill, HeART behind the Technique: Experiences of Flow among Talented Singaporean Teenagers
Computers and Technology
Maximum Impact: Using Webinars Effectively
Research and Evaluation
Causal Research in Gifted and Talented Education: Regression Discontinuity Design
Creativity Division
Creativity for 21st Century Skills: How to Embed Creativity Into the Curriculum
Curriculum Studies
Making it Matter: Using Transformational Play to Engage Learners
Professional Development
22.2 Response to Instruction (RtI): Helping Classroom Teachers Meet the Needs of Gifted Children
STEM
34.2 Identifying Tomorrows Math Superstars -- Testing Math Creativity -- 8 to 12 year olds
Research and Evaluation
25.1 Parental Satisfaction with a Gifted Education Program
Arts
1.4 Approaching Diversity Through Drama
Research and Evaluation
Effect of teacher characteristics on student outcomes in two reading curricular units for gifted students
STEM
Future Engineers, Mathematicians, and Scientists: Nurturing Children with Spatial Strengths
Special Schools/Programs
32.2 Connecting Rural Schools for AP Achievement
Curriculum Studies
FILMMAKER, HISTORIAN, ARTIST-- OH MY!
Parent-Community
19.1 Does Tiger Mom's Effect Exist? Patterns of Parental Authority among Gifted Asian and Caucasian Students
Curriculum Studies
11.4 Current Issues related to the Schoolwide Enrichment Model
Conceptual Foundations
6.1 How Much Is A GT Student Worth?
Counseling and Guidance
More than Thinking: Underachievements Social and Emotional Underpinnings
STEM
Using Dynamic Geometry Software to Discover Key Math Concepts
Creativity Division
11.1 Creativity Through Technology In Language Arts Curriculum
Special Populations
28.2 Growing Up with Gifts and Learning Disabilities
2.3 Every Day, Every Child, High Expectations
Creativity Division
10.3 Nuturing Creativity in Young Children
Research and Evaluation
25.4 Formative Assessment: Teacher Perceptions and Practices
Special Schools/Programs
Homeschooling: A unique option and opportunity for Gifted and Talented Students
Counseling and Guidance
Greasy Hair and Pocket Protectors: Profiling Early College Students
Computers and Technology
Playing with the future: developing gifts through computer game creation
5.2 An international perspective on what we know about new technology integration with differentiated instruction
The Instructional Design Process of Creating Effective and Engaging Online Learning Modules
Middle Grades
17.4 A Picture Paints A Thousand Words AND Can Add Creativity to the School Experience!
Special Schools/Programs
33.2 How does Super Summer serve gifted students under the framework of My Class Activities?
Arts
Engaging the Imagination of K-5 Gifted Students Through The Arts
Middle Grades
Products Create 21st Century Learners
Conceptual Foundations
Changing mindsets: Gifted students and project-based inquiry
Special Populations
Gifted, Black, and Female: Blacked-Out, Whited-Out, and Cast Out
Curriculum Studies
13.4 Co-constructing curriculum for greater student engagement
Counseling and Guidance
All Gifties Go to Harvard....
Signature Series
Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth (SMPY): How 40 years of longitudinal research and theory development might shape educational policy and human capital initiatives
Professional Development
Gifted Education and a K-12 Commitment to Delivering Rigorous Educational Programming
NAGC
2011 NAGC/Ball State Administrator Award
Computers and Technology
1050: The Digital Natives Are Restless: Web 2.0 Tools to the Rescue!
Counseling and Guidance
1070: Procrastination and High-Ability Learners: If Not Now, When?
1080: Building a Safety Net to Bridge towards 21st Century skills
Curriculum Studies
1090: Raising the Bar: English/Language Arts Standards and Gifted Education
Middle Grades
1100: Assessing Higher Order Thinking in 21st Century Middle School Classrooms
Professional Development
1110: Exploring Case Studies in Professional Development
Research and Evaluation
1120: Discoveries from the National Twice-Exceptional Needs Assessment
Signature Series
1130: Successful Strategies for Underserved Gifted Students
Special Populations
1140: RtI & Twice Exceptional: A Promising Fit
STEM
1150: Creative Thinking through Classroom Science
1160: Mathematical Modeling in the Elementary and Middle Grades
Saturday, November 5, 2011
NAGC
7:30 AM to 8:00 AM
2011 Distinguished Scholar Award: Twenty-five Years of Research on the Psychology of Students with Gifts and Talents
Professional Development
1220: 2-Effective 21st Century Practices for Underserved Gifted Students
Research and Evaluation
7:30 AM to 8:30 AM
24.1 Building Thoughts and Ideas: Learning with LEGO Serious Play
Parent-Community
Homeschool Families: A Starting Point
Research and Evaluation
Davidson Fellows: Case Studies in Science Talent Development
Early Childhood
15.3 Lion's Share of Learning: How Inquiry-Based Instruction Led First Grade Scientists to the National Zoo
Computers and Technology
4.3 Technology for Teachers and Parents to Enhance 21st Century Skills
STEM
34.3 Jump Rope Geometry
Middle Grades
The Survey Toolkit: Integrated Curriculum Research Survey Projects
Arts
2.1 Creative Writing in the 21st Century - Thinking about the Future
Computers and Technology
Baby, You Can Drive My C.A.R.S.: Differentiating Instruction with the Collaborative Active Reading Strategy
Special Schools/Programs
31.2 Radical acceleration: The academic and social effects of grade skipping and early college entrance
Special Populations
To find and to serve: Experiences identifying and serving talented students in a low-income school
28.3 Extracurricular Interests of Gifted Minority Students: Opportunities for Student Engagement and Development
Curriculum Studies
11.3 Get a G.R.I.P. On Differentiation By Utilizing Interest-Based Projects
Special Schools/Programs
Building an Academic Future on the Pedagogy of a Successful Arts Conservatory
Curriculum Studies
Using Tiered Centers to Differentiate Instruction in Geometry
Middle Grades
16.4 Use Debate: Challenge Your Gifted Middle School Learners By Researching, Writing, Collaborating and Thinking
Counseling and Guidance
Risky Business: Gifted Adolescents Respond
Curriculum Studies
12.4 Weaving a Vertically and Horizontally Aligned 21st Century Curriculum: Crafting the Warp and the Weft
Professional Development
From Candidate to Accomplished: A Gifted Educator's Guide through the National Board Process
Creativity Division
Not the Same Old Project AGAIN...Let's Add a Creative Flair and Design Something New
Curriculum Studies
Advancing Potential in Analyzing Non-fiction Books: Focus on the 21st Century Skill of Critical Thinking
Early Childhood
Universal Design for Learning: Meeting the Diverse Needs of Twice-Exceptional Early Childhood Students
Computers and Technology
5.3 Virtual Learning Environments and Gifted Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Parent-Community
20.3 If Shes So Smart, Why Cant She? Looking Beyond the IQ Score
Special Populations
27.3 Promising Practices for Gifted ELLs and High-Potential Students from Low-Income Families
Creativity Division
8.3 What Neuroscience Says about the Creativity Process
Special Schools/Programs
32.3 Career Internships That Change Students' Lives--How to Start an Internship Program in Your District
Creativity Division
Creativity and focused attention: The yin and yang of our cognitive functioning
Early Childhood
Independent Study: 21st C. Skills for the Inquisitive Primary Mind
Special Populations
Systematic Child Find Strategies That Work - Increasing the Identification of Minority Gifted Students
Early Childhood
Building community through the lens of the socio-emotional needs of young gifted children in school
Research and Evaluation
Effects of Differentiated Reading Instruction on Middle School Student Achievement
Parent-Community
Help! I Want to be Creative With my Children But I Don't Know How!
Middle Grades
Knowing Your Adolescent Reader: How An Instructional Model Affects The Emotional Lives Of Bright Students
Curriculum Studies
Portraits of Student Work Produced in an Elementary Mathematics Classroom Using Problem-Based Learning Curricula
Upgrading Grading in the Standards Era with Side Benefits for Gifted Students
Counseling and Guidance
7.4 High School Gifted: You Don't Have to Reinvent the Wheel
Special Populations
Help Build the NAGC Gay-Lesbian-Bisexual-Transgender-Questioning (GLBTQ) Special Interest Group!
Signature Series
Common Ground for Maximizing High Potential: Psychology, Neuroscience, and Education
Curriculum Studies
Hu(Mans): A Course of Study—A Legend Returns
1190: Assessing 21st Century Skills and Knowledge through Creative Products
Parent-Community
1200: The Perfect Storm, When factors converge with bullying to cause tragedy for gifted preteen boys
Signature Series
1230: Common Core State Standards and Smarter Balanced Consortium: Implications for Gifted Education
1240: The 21st Century Learner: Implications for Gifted Education
Special Schools/Programs
1250: If You Build It, They Will Come: How We Started a School for Gifted Children
Curriculum Studies
VC-1: Artful Curriculum Design: A Practical Path
Parent-Community
VC-2: Kicking Learning Potential Up a Notch: The Effects of Praise
Computers and Technology
VC-3: If this is the 21st Century, where is my JETPACK?
Professional Development
8:00 AM to 8:30 AM
1260: 2-An Administrator's Toolbox: Blueprint for Facilitating Faithful Implementation of Curriculum
NAGC
8:45 AM to 10:15 AM
A Focus on the Arts: Arts Integration and Arts Programming for Gifted Students
1: Bullying of and by Gifted Children and Teens
1270: Connecting for High Potential: How Parents, Teachers and School Counselors Can Work Collaboratively to Reverse Underachievement for Gifted Students.
Research and Evaluation
10:30 AM to 11:00 AM
3-Needs of Parents of Gifted Children: Step One in the Development of a Research Tool
Parent-Community
10:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Successfully Parenting Your Gifted Child Using the SENG Formula
Conceptual Foundations
Gifted education goes Hollywood: A film-lover's guide to our field's future
Arts
2.2 Yoga & the Gifted Child: Breathing and Stretching Techniques to Calm and Focus the Mind
Counseling and Guidance
The Muddled Middle: Gender and Sexuality in Early Adolescents
Creativity Division
A new look at divergent thinking test scoring techniques
Special Schools/Programs
31.1 Hidden Gifts: The Power of Social Context at Residential High Schools for the Gifted
Curriculum Studies
11.2 Enriching learning experiences to stretch potentials in a Hong Kong classroom: Antarctica Expedition 2011
Special Schools/Programs
Quest for Knowledge and Competition Experience: Quiz Bowl for 4th and 5th graders
Computers and Technology
2.2 Rampaging Robots: Results of an intervention study of spatial ability and LEGO robotics
Counseling and Guidance
7.3 2e: The Paradox of Dual Exceptionality
STEM
Jazzed about Javits -- GEMS Data Showing Impact on Student Learning in Math and Science
Research and Evaluation
Academic Effects of Cluster Grouping on Gifted and General Students from Diverse Cultural Groups
Creativity Division
Lil' Wayne, Postmodern Rapper: A Study in Creative Development
Arts
Louisiana's Talented Arts Program
Research and Evaluation
25.2 Cognitive Abilities and Learning Styles: A Correlation Analysis
STEM
40 Years after the Founding of SMPY: What do we Know about Developing Mathematical Talent?
Special Populations
28.4 Linking Rampage Shootings to GT with Emotional/Behavioral Disorders: A Discussion
Early Childhood
He's too naughty to be gifted: Using differential diagnosis to increase identification of young children
Special Schools/Programs
38.2 Our 6th Grade Buddies: A Kindergarten Year of Collaboration
Counseling and Guidance
Gifted Adults: You Don't Just Outgrow It!
Parent-Community
Include Students, Parents, and Teachers in the Process for Maximum Results
Early Childhood
15.2 Using a Continuum of Rubric-Based Performance Assessments to Support Young 21st Century Learners.
Parent-Community
Sustaining gifted youth and Their families in the new millenium: Case studies from Australia
Middle Grades
16.3 Enlivening Middle School Minds Through the Arts in English and History Class
Arts
Visual Arts Talent Development in Magnet High School Gifted Students
Curriculum Studies
13.1 Formative Assessment: Practical Strategies for Differentiating Instruction
Computers and Technology
6.2 SCRATCH: Computer Programming with Primary and Secondary Students
Special Populations
27.2 New ways of identifying potential gifted students without any tests
Special Schools/Programs
Action-Based Learning to Develop Your Brain
Middle Grades
18.2 Differentiating Across the Middle Level Curriculum Using Children's Literature: Graeme Base
Creativity Division
8.4 Innovatively Supporting Students with a "Fashionably Right" Mix: Teaching for Creativity with a Unique Curriculum
Professional Development
Using Wikis for Teaching and Learning Beyond Boundaries
Special Populations
Honoring Alexinia Baldwin and Mary Frasier: An Anthology of Multicultural Gifted Education
Professional Development
Pebbles, Rocks, and Boulders: Supporting Change from Direct Instruction to Facilitated Learning
Curriculum Studies
Developing Wisdom Using Understanding by Design: Examples from a Lesson
Special Schools/Programs
Preparing gifted students to succeed in specialized STEM high schools
Computers and Technology
Beyond the Page: Teaching Talented Readers 2.0
Professional Development
Mentoring pre-service teachers: approaches, merits, and pitfalls of field experience and student-teaching in gifted classrooms
23.4 PLC Book Studies: TLC for Educators of the Gifted
Special Schools/Programs
Three New Rs: Research, Rubrics, and Realities in Saturday, Weekend and Summer Programs
Counseling and Guidance
College Counseling for Twice-Exceptional Youth
NAGC
Graduate Student Committee
Curriculum Studies
1280: Twelve Stories of Academic Acceleration
1290: The CLEAR Curriculum: What Works in Gifted Education
Early Childhood
1300: Paths to a Growth Mindset
Signature Series
1310: To Group or Not to Group, That is the Question
Special Populations
1320: Using the NAGC Pre-K-Grade 12 Gifted Programming Standards in Identifying Students from Diverse Backgrounds
Counseling and Guidance
1490: Developing Future Moral Leaders: Striving for excellence above and beyond academics
Professional Development
VC-4: Using the 2010 NAGC Pre-K-Grade 12 Gifted Programming Standards in Professional Development
STEM
VC-5: STEM Starters Toolbox: Nuts, Bolts, and Tools for Elementary Gifted Teachers
Curriculum Studies
VC-6: To Group or Not to Group: Is That the Question?
Research and Evaluation
11:00 AM to 11:30 AM
3-Tiger Mother Parenting Is the Best? Investigation of Social Capital Role in Supporting Educational Aspirations
Curriculum Studies
11:45 AM to 12:30 PM
It Sounded So Good at Conference: A Journey to Implement Socratic Seminars in Elementary School
Multicultural Gifted Education: Another Way to Differentiate the Curriculum
Arts
Jazzin' it Up: Integrating Literature, Social Studies and the Arts to teach about the 1920's
Curriculum Studies
Make It "Notebookable"!
Research and Evaluation
High-Achieving African American Male College Students: Reasons for Their Academic and Career Choices in STEM
Early Childhood
If They Can Say Tyrannosaurus Rex, They Can Say Triangular Prism: Nurturing Children's Mathematical Language
Computers and Technology
The Sky's the Limit!
Creativity Division
Alive and Kickin: Engaging Students through Arts Integration and Problem Solving
Curriculum Studies
Differentiation and Technology: An Instructional Match
STEM
STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math in the Design of a Miniature Golf Course
Creativity Division
Grandfather Tang-A Side of Tangrams
Professional Development
Art-Inspired Poetry/Songs as Poetry -Analysis, Writing, Creating
Counseling and Guidance
Teaching Gifted Students to Use Biographies as Career Mentors: A Road Map to Success
Research and Evaluation
What Works in Gifted Education: Integrated Reading Curricular Models for Gifted Students
Middle Grades
Middle School Readers...What We've Learned
Creativity Division
Tinkering Child, Adult Scientist: Creativity and Integrated Art/Science Curricula
The Business of Creativity: Y.E.S. for Arkansas
Research and Evaluation
The DNA of Moral Compass in Careers of Gifted
Counseling and Guidance
Lovingkindness Practice for Managing Intensity and Sensitivity for the Gifted
Computers and Technology
Differentiating for the Gifted using Interactive Knowledge Organizers
Conceptual Foundations
Factoring In Service Learning: Developing Dabrowskian Developmental Potential Through Community Service
Counseling and Guidance
College major choices of gifted students
Early Childhood
Arts in investigative projects: A method to advance thinking and learning in young children
Counseling and Guidance
Coordinating Services for Gifted Secondary School Students
Middle Grades
Using Childrens Literature to Teach About Wisdom
Special Populations
Teach Writing Processes to Build Academic Success
Professional Development
Learning to Lead
Counseling and Guidance
1340: Meeting the Needs of Twice-Exceptional Students: Techniques from a Researcher and Classroom Teacher.
Research and Evaluation
1370: Action Research: Becoming a Teacher Researcher
Special Schools/Programs
1380: Igniting 21st Century Skills with Highly Engaging Real-World Projects
Creativity Division
1430: Creativity: It's Not Just For Art Class
710: Instructional Applications of Creative Problem Solving Style
Conceptual Foundations
VC-7: Talkin' 'Bout My Generation: Examining Giftedness from a Generational Perspective
Curriculum Studies
VC-8: Challenging Talented Readers With 21st Century Skills
Professional Development
VC-9: A Crash Course in Practical Counseling Strategies for Teachers of the Gifted
STEM
12:45 PM to 1:10 PM
1-Delving into Data: Nurturing Our Talented Elementary Mathematicians
Parent-Community
12:45 PM to 1:30 PM
Heightened Senses: The Superpowers of the Gifted
Curriculum Studies
All in Good Time: Giftedness and the Use of Collaborative Improvisation in the Classroom
Deconstructing Blooms Taxonomy: Letting Go of Bloom
Special Populations
Establishing Equity - One School at a Time
Professional Development
One Degree from Kevin Bacon: Six Simple Rules My Students Taught Me
Computers and Technology
Tech Tool Time: Jazzing up Lessons for 21st Century Learners
Counseling and Guidance
A Framework for Affective Growth: Developing Social-Emotional Autonomy
Parent-Community
Look Both Ways Before Crossing the Street: Instilling Digital Responsibilities for the Digital Highway
Special Populations
Scaffolding for Maximum Output for the English Language Learner and Student of Poverty
Parent-Community
Building Bridges of Communication Between School Districts and Parents
Global Awareness
If You Want Global Citizens, Teach Global Art: Banking on Banksy and an Educated Mind
Special Populations
Programming for Gifted, Talented and Diverse Learners: Rigor and the Culturally Responsive Classroom
Creativity Division
Dungeons and Dragons and Gifted Students: Sating Dabrowski's Imaginational Overexcitability Through a Cross-Curricular Approach
Research and Evaluation
The Nature of Leadership Practices on Teacher Implementation of a Newly Introduced Gifted Curriculum
Special Populations
Double the Label; Double the Need: Strategies for Twice Exceptional Children Every Educator Should Know
Curriculum Studies
Teaching in Context - The Key to Improving Academic Outcomes
Arts
Art History, Appreciation and Interpretation through Puppets, Song Writing, and Movement
Early Childhood
Constructing Rubrics & Criteria Cards for Young Gifted Learners
Professional Development
Partners in PBL: Harmony is in All Things 21st Century
Special Schools/Programs
Radical Programming for the Highly Gifted
Arts
Viola Spolin Theater Games
Professional Development
How do you motivate gifted learners? Changing underachievement and maladaptive perfectionism into optimal motivation.
Signature Series
Publish with NAGC
Computers and Technology
1390: Ideas Worth Spreading: Using TED Talks to Create Socratic Seminars
1400: Integration of iPads and iPods
Conceptual Foundations
1410: Growing Even Smarter Brains: How Everyone Can Increase His/Her Intelligence
Counseling and Guidance
1420: Developing Optimism in Gifted Adolescents
Early Childhood
1440: Space that Teaches: Why Environment Matters
Parent-Community
1470: MIND THE CONNECTIONS: Growth Model, RtI, and Academic Acceleration
Signature Series
1480: Rethinking Giftedness and Gifted Education: A Proposed Direction Forward Based on Psychological Science
Middle Grades
VC-10: Self-Regulation: Critical Skills for Adolescent Gifted Learners
VC-11: Building Momentum in Your School For Gifted Programming
Professional Development
VC-12: Technological Tools to Teach and Practice Differentiating the Curriculum
STEM
1:10 PM to 1:30 PM
1-Going Green with Math Manipulatives
Professional Development
1:45 PM to 2:15 PM
1-What About Me Can't You Teach?
Curriculum Studies
1:45 PM to 2:45 PM
11.1 Thinking Like a Writer: Creativity, Identity, and New Perspectives on Anne Frank
Special Populations
27.1 Blurred Boundaries: Exploring the Expectations and Aspirations of Gifted Asian Indian Females
Curriculum Studies
Infusing Service Learning into Advanced Curriculum
Arts
2.3 Prison Cells to Classrooms: Applying Lessons from an Ex-Offender Writing Workshop to Gifted Children
Research and Evaluation
The Effects of a STEM Project on Teachers' Science Process Skills and Science Content Knowledge
Special Populations
29.1 Partnerships between Foundations and Summer Programs: Advancing the Potential of Underserved Gifted Students
Arts
The Development of Identification Measures for Artistically Gifted Students from Low Income Families
Early Childhood
Engaging the Young Advanced Reader in Quality Literacy Experiences
Global Awareness
Skyping with Kyrgyzstan: Opportunities in International Education for Student Involvement And Professional Development
Special Schools/Programs
30.4 Ways that Gifted Schools Support Social and Emotional Needs
Computers and Technology
4.2 Gifted 2.0
Counseling and Guidance
7.2 SENG (Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted) We're Here for You!
Research and Evaluation
R&E 2011 Dissertation Award winners present their research
Parent-Community
Goldilocks Parenting: Effects of Too Much, Not Enough, and Just the Right Amount of Involvement
Special Schools/Programs
Profoundly gifted students benefit from specialized schools and specialized learning opportunities
Early Childhood
15.1 Get Your Hands Dirty! Project Based Learning for Preschool and Primary Gifted Students
Parent-Community
18.3 Planning the Home Activities for Gifted Students A Case Study: Atalay Family from Turkey
Professional Development
23.3 Addressing the Under-Identification of Gifted Minority Students with School-Based Professional Development for Educators
Counseling and Guidance
Bullying: How it impacts G/T students and how you can root out a major cause
Special Populations
Creating Positive Personal Growth for Diverse Gifted Learners
Research and Evaluation
On Becoming Themselves: The 1964-1968 Presidential Scholars 45 Years Later
Parent-Community
Celebrating Intensity, Diversity and Discrepancy
Curriculum Studies
13.2 Using the Purdue Three-Stage Model to Design Theme-based, Interdisciplinary Curricula
Research and Evaluation
Does Birthdate Affect Recognition of Giftedness?
Global Awareness
Beyond Environmental Education: Ecological Literacy for Gifted Students
Special Schools/Programs
32.4 The State of Gifted Education in 21st Century Independent Schools
Research and Evaluation
Introduction and Application of Program Evaluation in the Gifted Education Context
Creativity Division
A Comprehensive Model for Evaluating Creative Problem Solving Programs
Parent-Community
Making the Impossible Possible: Fifteen Strategies for Overcoming Adversity and Building Resilience
Creativity Division
Fostering Creativity Through Technology: Critically and Creatively Thinking about Collaborative Communication
9.1 Meaningful Economics, a Competition Promoting Individual and Group Creativity
Parent-Community
20.1 Parenting Possibility: How to Help Your Daughter Cope with the Gift of Multipotentiality
STEM
36.3 Ocean Explorations: Hands-on science in the classroom and beyond!
Special Schools/Programs
Gifted: Eliminating an Imposed Ceiling
STEM
Fractions Aren't Trains - They Don't Run On A Schedule, They Happen All Year Long
Professional Development
Transforming Top-Down into Grass Roots: Creating Buy-In in Required Professional Development
Computers and Technology
5.4 Using technology and creativity to differentiate for the talented foreign language learner
Creativity Division
Take the "A" Train: Jazz Improvisation as an Intellectual Construct and Vehicle for Creative Development
Counseling and Guidance
The Academic, Social, and Emotional Implications of Entering College Early: A Case Study
STEM
35.1 How the parents of Promising ELL students respond to their low math achievement?
Signature Series
What if you could design a perfect environment for adolescent talent development? Would it take the form of a special high school?
Middle Grades
1520: I Luv Sh8spr: Teaching 21st Century Skills Through the Timeless Classics of The Bard
1530: Escalating Language Arts/Reading for Talented Middle Grades Readers and Writers
Parent-Community
1540: mLearning: Personalized Gifted Education in Every Parent's Pocket
Special Populations
1560: Moving Beyond Budget: Implementing & Supporting Diverse Programs/Services with Limited Resources. OrWhy Leadership Matters!
Parent-Community
1630: Following the Autonomous Learner, a proactive approach to the development of the gifted and talented
Signature Series
VC-13: Our Sputnik Moment
Curriculum Studies
VC-14: Differentiation and the Brain: Using 21st Century Knowledge to Support Student Growth
VC-15: I Hate School: Addressing Affective Needs In Your Gifted Curriculum
Professional Development
2:15 PM to 2:45 PM
1570: 1-Eight Essentials for Engaging Gifted Learners 3:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Zoom-A Perspective of Gifted Education in the Classroom
Arts
3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
2.4 No Sewing Required: Quilts in the Fabric of Curriculum
Early Childhood
To Infinity and Beyond: Challenging Highly-Able Primary Mathematics Students
Special Populations
26.4 Cinematherapy, Aspergers, and Meeting Social and Emotional Needs for Students and Parents
Parent-Community
Underachievement Among Gifted Black Students: Update, Issues, and Recommendations
Special Populations
From Assessment to Instruction: Application of the Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Tests
Curriculum Studies
Connecting Gifted Curriculum to Content Standards Using Current Brain Research Approach
Special Schools/Programs
30.3 Summer Enrichment for Gifted Learners
Curriculum Studies
10.4 Teaching Talented Writers
Thinking critically about effective curriculum and instruction for mathematically talented elementary students
Rules, Schmules: How Effective Classroom Management Benefits the Gifted Learner
Creativity Division
Fabulous Failures! Welcoming the 4Cs into the 21 Century Classroom.
Research and Evaluation
An External Evaluation of the Schoolwide Enrichment Model: What do Students and Teachers Think?
Professional Development
22.1 Asset Mapping for Gifted Education
Special Schools/Programs
GT@UT: A Summer Program Kickin It Up a Notch
Computers and Technology
6.4 Technology Tools That Are Cool
Creativity Division
9.4 Creative & Critical Thinking Skills From Our Brains To Yours!
STEM
35.2 Networked Learning for the Net Generation
Early Childhood
Developing Thinking Skills in Young Children: Research-based Strategies from Psychology and Neuroscience
Professional Development
A 3 Tiered Comprehensive Approach to Providing Online Training and Certification to Gifted Teachers
Parent-Community
Dreaming With Your Eyes Open: Engaging Gifted Parents and Children Outside of the School Day
Arts
4.1 Podcasts and Presentations Using Digital Media
Parent-Community
Accepted On Condition: What Perfectionism Is, And How To Help
18.4 Democracy in Action: A Community Drop Out Project
Professional Development
23.2 Passion - The Fuel of Achievement
Parent-Community
High Achieving Millennial Males and their Fathers
Middle Grades
18.1 Accepting the Challenge: Supporting, Measuring, and Reporting Academic Growth in Advanced Middle School Students
Curriculum Studies
Writing a Winning Curriculum: Guidelines for Curriculum Studies Competition
Research and Evaluation
25.3 Gender differences in cognitive abilities among the intellectually talented for the last 30 years
Conceptual Foundations
7.1 The paradoxical effects of praise, criticism, and no-feedback for underachieving gifted children
Creativity Division
Off The Charts Creativity for the Gifted
Curriculum Studies
The Return of a Legend: (Hu)Mans: A Course of Study
Early Childhood
14.4 Self-regulated learning abilities, learning styles, and perceived giftedness in Korean children K-6.
STEM
20.1 STEM in the Trenches
Special Schools/Programs
33.1 The Mentoring Program for Mathematically Gifted Students
Creativity Division
Using the Creative Constructs of the TTCT to Stimulate Creativity in Core Content Lessons
Research and Evaluation
Schizophrenia and Creativity: A Meta-analytic Review
Special Populations
29.2 One Valedictorians Freshman Year in Engineering School
Curriculum Studies
13.3 Harry, Katniss, and Percy: Learning Critical Reading Skills through Popular Literature
NAGC
2011 Early Leader Award: In Search of Under-Identified Students: Considering more than culture and poverty!
2011 Distinguished Service Award
Curriculum Studies
1590: Blowing the Dust off of History: Bringing Social Studies Alive for All the Senses
1600: From the Lorax to Fahrenheit 451: a Study of Utopian/Dystopian Societies
Global Awareness
1610: Connecting Gifted Students to the Global and Local Community
Professional Development
1640: CONNECTIONS: Preparing for the Next 25 Years in Gifted Education
1650: Teachers Reflect: How Does Interaction with Exemplary Curriculum Change Teachers Perceptions of Planning and Teaching?
1660: Teacher Training: Effective Methods for Confronting Bullying and Keeping Gifted Students Safe
Research and Evaluation
1670: Assessing the Creative Process: Development and Evaluation of the Creative Process Questionnaire
Signature Series
1680: Redefining Giftedness for a New Century: Shifting the Paradigm
1690: The New CogAT: An Ability Test for the 21st Century
Research and Evaluation
2: Gifted Students' Most Positive Experiences: Applying a Core Virtues Framework from Positive Psychology
Parent-Community
VC-16: Academic acceleration: Resources for identification, policy, and advocacy
Special Populations
VC-17: The Twice-Exceptional Learner: What Have We Learned and What is Next
Counseling and Guidance
VC-18: 21st Century Skills for Gifted Learners: Responsibility, Persistence, Collaboration, and Resilience
Professional Development
3:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Using data to design differentiated professional development: A fidelity approach
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Special Populations
8:00 AM to 9:00 AM
The Schoolwide Cluster Grouping Model: Restructuring Gifted Education Services for the Twenty-First Century
Middle Grades
Whats New in Young Adult Literature: 2011 Edition
Arts
Singing about Gifted Student Success: Collaborating with the Lyric Opera of Chicago
STEM
Without Geometry, Life Is Pointless Or Paper Folding and Mathematically Talented Students
Global Awareness
Sharing a World of 7 Billion: Lessons for Global Citizenship
Special Schools/Programs
The Renzulli Academy: Creation Of A School From The Bottom Up And The Outside In
Computers and Technology
The Google Geek Squad: Rockin' in the FREE World
Conceptual Foundations
Can Gifted Education Avoid Contributing to Social Inequality?
Curriculum Studies
Using Personality Factors to Support the Social, Emotional & Academic Health of Gifted Children
Counseling and Guidance
1710: Self Concept of Gifted Students: What teachers and counselors should know
Creativity Division
1720: Toward a Better Understanding of Creativity and Problem-Solving Styles of Talented Secondary School Students
Early Childhood
1730: Play Based Assessment: Identifying Gifted Preschoolers
Research and Evaluation
1750: Is giftedness a qualitative or quantitative construct?
Counseling and Guidance
9:15 AM to 10:15 AM
Laying waste
Creativity Division
Adding Complexity and Depth to Teaching for Creativity
Professional Development
Teacher instructional quality in a university-based enrichment program: Lessons learned from the observers perspective
Arts
Making the Arts Come Alive: Incorporating the Arts across the Curriculum
Parent-Community
Changing Family Structures: New Roadmap for the Future
Global Awareness
Teaching Tolerance to Tomorrow's Leaders
Computers and Technology
Jamming with Problem-Based Learning and Technology
STEM
Snapshots of Gifted Science Programs Inspiring and Engaging Elementary Students and Driven by Best Practices
Special Schools/Programs
Schoolwide Enrichment Model: Getting Enrichment Clusters to Work for You
Special Populations
U-STARS~PLUS Using Science, Talents and Abilities, Promoting Learning for Under-Represented Students: A Framwork for K-3 Programming
Conceptual Foundations
Gifted Education Is Fractured, Porous, and Contested: What Should We Do About It?
Research and Evaluation
The "G" Word: Defining or Dubunking Giftedness
Early Childhood
1760: Common Core Standards: What Does it Mean for Our Young Advanced Readers
Middle Grades
1770: Activities and Assessments for Gifted Middle School Students Using the Common Core Standards
