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12 Easy Ways to Put a Creative Spin on Differentiated Instruction
By Shannon Anderson, author of Mindset Power: A Kid’s Guide to Growing Better Every Day Differentiation can be daunting. In your classroom, you probably have some kids who know the material before you even begin and others who need your … Continue reading
Sustaining and Evaluating Progress in a Cluster Grouping Model
By Dina Brulles, Ph.D., coauthor of The Cluster Grouping Handbook: A Schoolwide Model: How to Challenge Gifted Students and Improve Achievement for All (Revised and Updated Edition) The last in a four-part series on successful cluster grouping. Click here for part … Continue reading
5 Expert Tips for Cluster Grouping Success
By Dina Brulles, Ph.D., coauthor of The Cluster Grouping Handbook: A Schoolwide Model: How to Challenge Gifted Students and Improve Achievement for All (Revised and Updated Edition) The third in a four-part series on successful cluster grouping. Click here for … Continue reading
Is It Underachievement or Underlearning?
By Diane Heacox, Ed.D., coauthor of Differentiation for Gifted Learners: Going Beyond the Basics (Revised & Updated Edition) Underachievement amongst gifted learners has long been a concern for educators. Underachievement is defined as a severe and persistent discrepancy between potential … Continue reading
5 Ways School Administrators Can Support Cluster Grouping
By Dina Brulles, Ph.D., coauthor of The Cluster Grouping Handbook: A Schoolwide Model: How to Challenge Gifted Students and Improve Achievement for All (Revised and Updated Edition) The second in a four-part series on successful cluster grouping. Click here for … Continue reading