GT+Links+and+Articles

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 * National Association for Gifted Children**

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 * Texas Education Agency - GT Dept**

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 * Texas Association of the Gifted & Talented**

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 * Gifted Development Center**

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 * Texas Performance Standards Project - Tasks and Assessments**

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 * Texas Performance Standards Project - This site contains form letters and info to**
 * help the teacher and students keep track of cross curricular work.**

**History of Gifted Education, Theories and Programming**
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 * Watch Them Soar Article - Philosophical Approaches to GT**

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 * E.A. Young Academy for the Gifted and Talented (Keller)**

[|www.giftedstudy.org]
 * Summer Institute for the Gifted**

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 * Epsilon Math Camp**

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 * Teacher Competencies to Teach GT Students**

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 * MYTHS about the GT Student**

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 * Child Prodigies**

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 * Overexcitabilities in GT Students**

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 * TAGT Survey of TX Schools and their GT Programs**

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 * Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted**

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 * Learning Disabilities**

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 * Duke Tip and Distance Learning for Math**

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 * Social and Emotional Development Female Specific**

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 * GT Kids in Generational Poverty**

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 * Stealth Dyslexia**

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 * ADD, ODD and Giftedness**

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 * Kid Source - Social and Emotional Needs**

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 * Accelerated Computer Games and Ideas**

[|www.bertiekingore.com]
 * Bertie Kingore's Identification materials**

[|www.khanacademy.com]
 * Khan Academy**

[|www.freetech4teachers.com]
 * Free Technology for Teachers**

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 * Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut**

Some research suggests there are actual characteristics that distinguish strong teachers from other teachers. For example, a survey of middle school students found the following (both lists are rank ordered; NASSP, 1997):

__Best Teachers__
 * Have a sense of humor
 * Make the class interesting
 * Have knowledge of their subjects
 * Explain things clearly
 * Spend time to help students
 * Are fair to their students
 * Treat students like adults
 * Relate well to students
 * Are considerate of students’ feelings
 * Don’t show favoritism toward students

__Worst Teachers__
 * Are dull/have a boring class
 * Don’t explain things clearly
 * Show favoritism toward students
 * Have a poor attitude
 * Expect too much from students
 * Don’t relate to students
 * Give too much homework
 * Are too strict
 * Don’t give help/individual attention
 * Lack control