Penny teaches fifth-grade in a school that has received a grant to pilot a Creative Classrooms Project. The principal has asked Penny to create one month of lesson plans utilizing the Project's model of creative teaching. What are some main differences in teaching with this method? http://pzweb.harvard.edu/Research/CrClass.htm Twenty-five year old Crystal is having a discussion with her fifty-five year old grandmother, Jean, about which of them would make the best contestant on "Jeopardy" and "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire." Crystal says that she would naturally be a better contestant because she is quicker to understand the question and come up with some answer. Jean counters that she might be slower, but she knows more of the answers. Who is right? http://planeta.clix.pt/cpsimoes/art_quiz_eng.html Juan and Carmen's seven-year old gifted son, Nicholas, is in a school without a gifted program, but one where teachers try to create challenging learning situations within the normal classroom. Nicholas' teacher wants to meet with Juan and Carmen to discuss Nicholas' classroom behavior problems. What types of behavioral challenges do gifted children present in the classroom? http://www.nfgcc.org/ {ED: If possible link to "Classroom Problems with Gifted/Creative Children."} |