Gifted Programming Models Graphic Organizer
Candidates’ Summary Notes                                                                   Rena Ingram
Curriculum        Question #1                     Question #2            Question #3                                              Question #4
Models            What is the background on       What is the basic structure of    Why would this model be helpful in            What evidence of this model is available
                  this model?                     this model?                       meeting the learning needs of gifted          either in our district or other
                                                                                    students K-12?                                schools/school systems?
                                                  This model focuses on
                                                                                    This model focuses on enrichment for all
                                                  developing the strengths and
                                                                                    students through high levels of               Based on 20 years of extensive research,
Topic A:          SEM evolved from the work       talents of all students by
                                                                                    engagement and the use of enjoyable and       this model appears to be most effective at
                  of Joseph Renzuilli’s           highlighting the Three Ring
                                                                                    challenging learning experiences that are     servicing high-ability students, including
                  original Enrichment Triad       Conception of Giftedness in
Schoolwide                                                                          constructed around students’ interests,       those with learning disabilities and
                  Model, developed in the         collaboration with the
Enrichment                                                                          learning styles, and preferred modes of       underachievers, in a variety of
                  mid-1970s and was initially     Enrichment Triad Model to
Model (SEM):                                                                        expression. It also takes the varying         educational settings and in schools
                  implemented in school           increase challenge, interest,
Renzulli & Reis                                                                     abilities, backgrounds, experiences, and      serving diverse ethnic and socioeconomic
                  districts in New England.       and engagement through
                                                                                    learning styles of each student into          populations.
                                                  service delivery components
                                                                                    account.
                                                  and school structures.
                  ALM was first published by      This model focuses on
Topic B:          George T. Betts in 1981. It     students becoming learners        This model teaches students how to            This model works with all grade levels
                  was originally developed        and teachers becoming             discover information on their own which       and is most beneficial with gifted
                  both with and for high          facilitators through the use of   encourages them to be self-directed and       students who usually have the ability to
Autonomous
                  school students in order to     five key dimensions: 1)           responsible learners. Moreover, students      work independently and have the
Learner Model
                  target both the achieving       orientation, 2) individual        are given an opportunity to explore an        emotional maturity to reflect on
(ALM): George                                     development, 3) enrichment,       area of their interest while working with a   themselves as both gifted individuals and
Betts             and non-achieving gifted
                  learner.                        4) seminars, and 5) in-depth      interest-related mentor.                      gifted learners.
                                                  studies.
                  In 1948, Marie-Therese
                  Maurette created the
                  framework for the IB
                                                  IB is comprised of four           This program model provides students
Topic C:          Diploma Program which
                                                  programmes (Primary Years         with a rigorous learning experience that
                  was joined with the
                                                  for ages 3-12, Middle Years       helps them develop an disciplinary
                  International Schools
International                                     for ages 11-16, Diploma for       understanding of self and the world at        IB offers an education for students from
                  Examinations Syndicate in
Baccalaureate                                     ages 16-19, & Career-Related      large. It gives them a well-rounded,          age 3 to 19 and is currently only available
                  the 1960s by a group of
(IB) and                                          for ages 16-19) that focus on     global instructional experience by            in FCS at Riverwood High School and
                  Switzerland teachers to form
Advanced                                          teaching students to think        allowing them to explore global cultures      Westlake High School.
                  the IB Programmes. It was
Placement (AP)                                    critically and independently,     and languages. Moreover, it helps them
                  originally created to provide
                                                  and how to inquire with care      develop intellectual, emotional, personal,
                  an internationally acceptable
                                                  and logic.                        critical thinking, and social skills.
                  university admissions
                  qualification system for high
                  school students.
                                               Gifted Programming Models Graphic Organizer
                                                         Candidates’ Summary Notes                                                                  Rena Ingram
Curriculum       Question #1                    Question #2            Question #3                                            Question #4
Models           What is the background on      What is the basic structure of   Why would this model be helpful in           What evidence of this model is available
                 this model?                    this model?                      meeting the learning needs of gifted         either in our district or other
                                                                                 students K-12?                               schools/school systems?
                 The AP program was
                 developed in the 1950s as a
Topic C:         response to the Cold War as
                                                                                 This program model provides students
Continued…       American policymakers          AP curriculum is created by a
                                                                                 with a differentiated approach to content
                 began to fear that high        panel of experts and college-
                                                                                 with a pace at which the material is
                 school was not adequately      level educators. AP courses
International                                                                    presented different from that of a general
                 preparing students for         are offered in a wide range of                                                Advanced placement options are
Baccalaureate                                                                    education class. Most importantly, it
                 college and post-graduate      areas of study such as World                                                  available at all FCS high schools.
(IB) and                                                                         allows high school students to take
                 study. The first AP exams      History and Environmental
Advanced                                                                         college level courses to earn college
                 were administered in 1954      Science to Art History and
Placement (AP)                                                                   credit, and students who do well qualify
                 with strong performances       Culture.
                                                                                 for advanced courses in college.
                 and in 1955, the program
                 was passed over to the
                 College Board.
                 ICM was first proposed by                                       This model is an approach to teaching        Research shows that gifted learners are
                 Joyce Van-Tassel Baska in      This model places emphasis       gifted students in a way that is sensitive   neglected in schools that utilize a policy
Topic D:         1986 during the NCLB Act.      on advance content               to their needs by 1) scaffolding their       that does not support the type of learning
                 It was designed to address     knowledge, relies on higher      learning in a worldly manner that gives      needed for gifted students as they learn
                 the lack of quality            order thinking skills and        them an opportunity to explore deep          best via accelerated study, content
Integrated
                 curriculum for gifted          focuses learning on major        understanding of content and concepts, 2)    acceleration, flexible grouping,
Curriculum
                 learners and is grounded in    issues that cross several        developing a means of further educating      differentiated curriculum, problem-based
Model (ICM):     her research literature on     disciplines by highlighting      students who have the background             learning, higher level questioning
Van-Tassel       what works with gifted         three components:                knowledge, 3) providing higher order         techniques, etc. It has shown students to
Baska            learners and the type of       overarching concepts, advance    thinking and processing skills, and 4)       shine in the area/subject of their interest
                 instruction needed for this    content, and process-product.    emphasizing teaching advanced content        via scaffolding and can be designed to
                 special population.                                             that further frames disciplines.             accommodate IEPs or 504s.
Curriculum       Question #1                    Question #2                      Question #3                                  Question #4
Models           What is the background on      What is the basic structure of   Why would this model be helpful in           What evidence of this model is available
                 this model?                    this model?                      meeting the learning needs of gifted         either in our district or other
                                                                                 students K-12?                               schools/school systems?
                                                  Gifted Programming Models Graphic Organizer
                                                                Candidates’ Summary Notes                                                                Rena Ingram
                                                                                     Gifted education programs have
                                                                                     traditionally identified and served a
                                                                                     limited number of students, often based
                    LoS was first introduced in     LoS is intended to serve all     on specific percentages of “cutoff” scores
                    1979 as the Individualized      students at all levels by        on tests of ability or achievement;
Topic E:            Programming Planning            integrating four levels into a   however, this model recognizes that there
                    Model (IPPM). In 1990,          school’s curriculum: 1)          are many more students with significant        New York, Nebraska, and Wisconsin are
Levels of Service   Donald Treffinger & Edwin       services for all students        potential than are identified in both          examples of states that use LoS in select
(LoS): Talent       Selby spearheaded its           (discovering and building), 2)   academic content areas and talent              middle and high schools. Additionally,
Development         transition to LoS. Since        services for many students       domains. Furthermore, it focuses on            there are also schools in New York City
Approach:           2003, the Center for            (curious and exploring), 3)      providing opportunities for recognizing,       that attribute to a reduction in chronic
Treffinger &        Creative Learning and the       services for some students       nurturing, and celebrating student             absenteeism to their talent development
Selby               Indiana Department of           (enthusiastic and performing),   strengths, talents, and sustained interested   approached curriculum.
                    Education have partnered to     and 4) services for few          by creating a partnership amongst the
                    establish, prepare, and         students (passionate and         students, teachers, and community to
                    support the LoS approach.       soaring).                        ensure their learning experience is
                                                                                     appropriate, challenging, and
                                                                                     differentiated.
Topic F:                                                                             This model provides teachers with a            This model is available through the use of
                                                    This model is made up of six
                    M3 was developed in 2000                                         variety of choices for instructors to          four instructional techniques: 1)
                                                    planning guided that help
Multiple Menu       by Renzulli and was driven                                       guided knowledge acquisition of gifted         objectives, 2) strategies, 3) sequences,
                                                    teachers narrow the scope of
Model (M3):         by extensive research                                            learners and allows the student to own the     and 4) artistic modifications, which can
                                                    information and weed out the
                    regarding strategies teachers                                    content by enabling them to become             be shown in TAG strategies: 1)
Renzulli                                            basic principles and concepts
                    can use to improve the                                           firsthand inquirers in a more inclusive        metaphorical expressions, 2) graduated
                                                    to create in-depth curriculum
                    curriculum writing process.                                      and productive self-directed learning          difficulty, 3) task rotation, and 4)
                                                    units
                                                                                     environment                                    performance task, respectively.
Curriculum          Question #1                     Question #2                      Question #3                                    Question #4
Models              What is the background on       What is the basic structure of   Why would this model be helpful in             What evidence of this model is available
                    this model?                     this model?                      meeting the learning needs of gifted           either in our district or other
                                                                                     students K-12?                                 schools/school systems?
                                                  Gifted Programming Models Graphic Organizer
                                                                Candidates’ Summary Notes                                                                 Rena Ingram
                    This model was developed
                    in 1973 by John Feldusen in    The framework of this model
Topic G:                                           relies on its three stages: 1)     This model appropriately challenges
                    partnership with Kathryn
                    Enden and Russell Ames. It     students learning basic content    students and has ascending levels of           This model is most appropriate for
Purdue Three-       was originally envisioned      knowledge, 2) students             intellectual demand. Moreover, it              students in 3rd grade and above and is
Stage               for use in higher education,   collaborating in small groups      provides an environment where students         designed not only for students with an IQ
Enrichment          but once it was seen to be     to apply creativity and critical   can interact with others who match their       score of 120+, but or students who have
Model:              successfully, developers       thinking, and 3) students          intellectual/creative ability to see how the   scored 95% or above on Achievement
Felhusen and        began to experiment with       working independently with         basic knowledge that they might acquire        tests in one or more subjects.
others              using the model amongst        real world problems to create      in school applies to real-world problems.
                    gifted elementary school       products of quality.
                    students.
                                                   This model is a set of four        The ascending intellectual demand
Topic H:                                           interrelated parallels (Core,      principle of this model allows teachers to
                    PCM was developed by Dr.
                                                   Connections, Practice &            adjust materials in order to scaffold to the   This model has shown to be very
Parallel            Carol Ann Tomlinson in an
                                                   Identity) that can be used         levels of student proficiency and adjust       accommodating to various classroom
                    effort to allow students to
Curriculum                                         singly, or in combination, to      the pace as necessary. Additionally, it        formats as well as fitting to the
                    “see the whole picture” of
Model (PCM):                                       create or revise existing          allows the student to create authentic         intellectual and socioemotional needs of
                    the curriculum –
Tomlinson,                                         curriculum units, lessons, or      work (instead of memorization and note-        the student. It can also be used
                    understanding what came
Kaplan, Renzulli,                                  tasks by offering a unique         taking) in the content area and the            collaboratively with both vertical and
                    before and improving upon
Purcell, Leppien                                   approach for organizing            emphasis it places on real-world               horizontal alignment.
                    what we’ve learned.
& Burns                                            content, teaching, and             applications greatly benefits ELL
                                                   learning.                          students.
Curriculum          Question #1                    Question #2                        Question #3                                    Question #4
Models              What is the background on      What is the basic structure of     Why would this model be helpful in             What evidence of this model is available
                    this model?                    this model?                        meeting the learning needs of gifted           either in our district or other
                                                                                      students K-12?                                 schools/school systems?
Topic I:                                           This is a teacher training                                                        It is designed to begin in elementary
                    Talents Unlimited (TU) was     model designed to help             This model embraces the philosophy that        school and service up to 12th grade
                    created by Dr. Schlichter at   educators develop the creative     traditional academic success is not the        (Talents Unlimited is for grades K-6 and
Talents
                    the University of Alabama.     and critical thinking skills and   only indicator of a student’s ability to       Talents Unlimited to the Secondary
Unlimited:          It is based on Calvin W.       talents of their students          think and solve problems and that a            Power is for secondary grades). The
Schlichter          Taylor’s Talents Model for     through six focus areas:           student can express his/her intellectual       program should be implemented for at
                                             Gifted Programming Models Graphic Organizer
                                                               Candidates’ Summary Notes                                                                    Rena Ingram
                                                                                     potential in a variety of forms. Moreover,
                 Teachers and J.P. Guilford’s    productive thinking, decision       it outlines a staff development program
                                                                                                                                       least two years to see student growth and
                 work on the nature of           making, planning, forecasting,      that will help teachers understand how to
                                                                                                                                       the progress of the program will follow
                 intelligence.                   communication, and                  nurture the varying student talents in the
                                                                                                                                       students as they matriculate.
                                                 academia.                           classroom.
                                                 This model stimulates
                                                 thinking about curricular
                                                 content in specific ways
                                                 through the use of prompts
                                                 that stretch learning
Topic J:                                                                                                                               This method is used heavily in Texas, but
                                                 experiences for all students.       This model allows for students to use
                 The Grid, also known as                                                                                               it can be used in any type of school and
                                                 Although it focuses on four         their gifts to the best of their ability, gives
                 “The Kaplan Model”, was                                                                                               can be applied to all ages and content
The Grid:                                        components (content, process,       them the freedom to “work beyond” what
                 created by Dr. Sandra                                                                                                 areas. In order for a successful
Constructing                                     products, and affective             is being taught in order to challenge
                 Kaplan with a focus of                                                                                                implementation, extensive planning time
Differentiated                                   concerns), there is no              themselves at their own learning level,
                 designing differentiated core                                                                                         is needed. For example, focusing on a
Curriculum for                                   prescribed way for                  and allows the learning to be more
                 curriculum for advanced                                                                                               them is a very important task for ELL
the Gifted:                                      implementing the required           customized to the pace of the student
                 learners,                                                                                                             students that are trying to make
Kaplan                                           differentiation, so teachers are    (self-directed).
                                                                                                                                       connections to the world around them.
                                                 given creative liberty to sue
                                                 classroom data to inform
                                                 instruction as it is steer by the
                                                 characteristics of the gifted
                                                 learner.