[Ohiogift] creative thinking

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This is such an interesting question, Lori, and it gets at the root of the gifted services challenge. There should be a continuum of services for identified gifted students. If you look at a child identified in creative thinking and his or her math and reading scores are just at grade level, placing him/her in an advanced math class or pull-out could just be an exercise in frustration. However, if they are in a self-contained gifted class where there will be a lot of flexible grouping, this might work for him/her. Using the Creative Thinking score is one way to increase minority participation in services and that needs to be considered as well. In this case, the child may blossom in a gifted class. So it is really a question of fit between the child's needs and the service options. I encourage you to look at multiple scores and data points to determine if placing students in gifted programming is to their advantage. Hope this helps a little...
Susan

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> On Dec 4, 2014, at 2:05 PM, Gifted and Talented in Ohio Discussion List <ohiogift at lists.osu.edu> wrote:
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> I'm looking for some ideas about how districts are serving students identified as gifted in creative thinking.  Is anyone simply including them in the same gifted service settings provided for the specific academic and / or superior cognitive kids? Thanks for your input!
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> Lori Ebert
> Math & Reading Teacher
> Green Local Schools Gifted Program
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