Differentiated Instruction to Extend the Creative, Critical Thinking2013-07-15Review and discuss the definitions of giftedness and the implications of the characteristics of the linguistically gifted on curriculum design.
Discuss and innovate differentiation strategies based on the strategies familiar to most of the English teachers to enhance the creative thinking (fluency, flexibility, originality, and elaboration), the critical thinking (the 15 Core Critical Thinking Skills advocated in Joyce’s Parallel Curriculum Model), and the language development of the gifted/more able in the regular English classroom. Share examples and frameworks to differentiate instruction in lessons and develop the English Language curriculum across levels with the Core Critical Thinking Skills for the gifted