Gifted Education

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Across
  1. 4. A critical turning point for the underachieving child is the discovery of a
  2. 5. Many of the symptoms of _________ disorders can be controlled behaviorally.
  3. 7. The accuracy of a test
  4. 8. The use of reading material. Usually teen or young adult literature, to help students cope with emotional or social problems.
  5. 10. These tests provide an objective basis for determining the levels of information and skills that a child has mastered.
  6. 11. Also called independent study or correspondence courses
  7. 13. intelligence in which a person understands their own cognitive strengths and weaknesses, thinking styles, feeling, emotions, and intelligence
  8. 14. A poor __________ is a primary characteristic of underachievement.
  9. 16. This is an important component of the reversal of underachievement, between parents and teachers
  10. 18. mathematical intelligence
  11. 19. Any strategy that results in advanced placement or potential credit
  12. 21. Students who have exceptionally high ability in one or more areas of learning while having significant weaknesses in others.
  13. 23. bodily intelligence
  14. 26. With this type of mindset students understand that their efforts will develop their talents over time.
  15. 27. Expecting oneself to do things a certain way or to achieve a high level of acomplishments.
  16. 30. low personal control
  17. 32. instruction in which a teacher anticipates and responds to a variety of student needs in the classroom
  18. 34. Children with disabilities must be encouraged to develop the ability to learn ___________.
  19. 37. This program consists of college-level courses and examinations for high school students
  20. 39. A young person who performs at the level of a highly trained adult
  21. 40. Parents and teachers need to take this word out of their vocabulary at home and at school.
Down
  1. 1. intelligence involving extensive knowledge of the living world
  2. 2. intelligence which includes abilities such as pitch discrimination and sensitivity to rhythm, texture, and timbre
  3. 3. This provides the only basis for identifying gifted students who do not perform well on any test, due to poor test taking habits.
  4. 6. Strategies that supplement or go beyond standard grade-level work, but do not result in advanced placement or potential credit
  5. 9. These are often considered "gold standard" tests
  6. 12. This is the characteristic found most frequently and consistently among underachieving children
  7. 15. The degree to which the instrument measures what it is supposed to measure
  8. 17. Parents' identification with their children
  9. 20. When teachers determine what competencies certain students have and give them full credit for what they already know.
  10. 22. Volunteers should be given the option to take this at the beginning of a unit.
  11. 24. intelligence including ability to understand the actions and motivations of others
  12. 25. Act passed in 2001 that targeted boosting the achievement of the lowest-achieving students
  13. 28. This type of motivation is an experience in which students become absorbed in a task
  14. 29. intelligence involving the capacity to represent and manipulate three-dimensional shapes
  15. 31. With this type of mindset students believe that their abilities are permanent and they can't do anything about them.
  16. 33. The discrepancy between a measure of potential and actual productivity
  17. 35. verbal intelligence
  18. 36. This Intelligence Scale is the most frequently used for the identification of children with learning disabilities.
  19. 38. Father of the gifted education movement