We are always trying to improve our Master of Arts in Education: Special Education: Gifted program and our endorsement in Gifted Education and request your assistance. Please fill out this brief survey indicating skills you now have as a result of your degree program and/or endorsement and return it to the Department of Teacher Education
Please respond to the following questions by circling the appropriate number. 1 is "strongly agree" and 5 is "strongly disagree."
- I have the ability to design cognitively complex learning experiences for gifted learners based on their cognitive and affective characteristics.
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- I have the ability to design guidance/counseling strategies to facilitate the social and emotional development of gifted learners based on their cognitive and affective characteristics.
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- I have the ability to select and apply a combination of standardized and informal methods of assessment to identify gifted learners.
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- I know how to develop programs for gifted learners based on philosophical, theoretical, and empirical evidence and understand the management of such programs.
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- I know how to develop and disseminate materials to increase educator, parent, and community understanding of gifted learners and their cognitive and affective need for appropriate programming.
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- I know how to work effectively with K-12 gifted learners, their parents, educational colleagues, and other stakeholders in the community.
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- I know how to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate seminal research and original inquiry within the field of gifted education.
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