Critical Thinking Skills for Gifted and Talented Learners

Critical Thinking: Overview of Gifted and Talented Learners; Teaching and Assessment Methods for Gifted and Talented Learners

• Describe the characteristics of gifted and talented learners.
• Identify gifted education programming standards and curriculum models.
• Analyze the teaching and assessment implications of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) on gifted education.
• Describe critical thinking theories and new developments in improving students’ thinking.
• Analyze the influence of problem-based and project-based learning on the development of critical thinking skills.
• Describe methods for differentiating the process of learning for gifted learners.
• Support the case for developing research skills in gifted and talented learners.
• Identify methods of assessing critical thinking skills in gifted and talented learners.

Critical Thinking: Instructional Strategies for Gifted and Talented Learners

• Identify approaches to teaching analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Describe specific instructional strategies that foster critical thinking.
• Describe an educational environment that encourages critical thinking dispositions.
• Analyze teaching strategies that cultivate creativity alongside critical thinking.

Critical Thinking: Twice Exceptional Learners

• Describe the characteristics of twice exceptional learners.
• Identify guiding principles of curriculum development for twice exceptional learners.
• Create instructional strategies to enrich critical thinking in twice exceptional learners.

Critical Thinking: Beyond the Classroom

• Evaluate methods of integrating critical thinking across the curriculum.
• Plan a schoolwide program that supports critical thinking.
• Propose ways to encourage families to foster critical thinking at home.
• Identify ways to use technology to support critical thinking in and beyond the classroom.