Gifted Curriculum Framework
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When developing curriculum for gifted learners, it is important that the following areas are addressed within curricular units developed. While not a unit in and of itself, social emotional learning does need to be addressed throughout the curriculum.
Acceleration
of content
- Fewer tasks to mastery
- Standards clustered by HOTS
- Pre-assessments used
Complexity
in process and content
- Thinking and process skills
- Use of complex texts
- Use of multiple sources
Depth
of content, process, product
- Concepts from multiple applications (math, language arts, social studies, etc)
- Original research (in area of passion as well as other areas)
- Product development
Challenge
in content and process
- Reasoning skills
- Advanced resources (above grade level)
- Cross disciplinary
- Stimulating and sophisticated content
- Technology
Creativity
in product and process
- Oral and written communication
- Real world audience and application
- Alternatives for tasks/products (generate real responses, not choosing from choices)
- Problem solving
- Technology
