[Ohiogift] creative thinking

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One of the gifted service options my districts consider for creative thinking IDs, involves also examining the Iowa Assessments Reading/ELA Total & Math Total, as well as OAA scores - if available.  
If a student has a decent score (80th percentile or higher) in either or both of those areas, we will offer a trial period for service with the GIS - who is teacher of record for reading and/or math.  If it's a good fit and the student is keeping up with the work & pace, he/she stays.  If it's not a good fit & the student struggles with the level of work & pace, he/she goes back to the regular classroom - though the regular ed. teacher is encouraged to "beef" up the level of questioning and thinking skills to further challenge the student.  

Many of my districts are small, rural schools struggling to keep gifted programs alive.  Creative thinking IDs help boost the enrollment & keep the programs viable.  If the CT kids are in grades where the OAA have been given, we plot those scores and the Iowa reading and/or math scores to look for consistency in achievement levels which would support placement in the gifted class.  

LeAnn Moser, NwOESC Gifted Education Coordinator
567-444-4800, ext. 4840
NwOESC
205 Nolan Parkway
Archbold, OH 43502

2014-15
Helping educators understand the special needs of high-ability students in the following NwOESC member school districts:
Edgerton, Edon, Evergreen, Holgate, Liberty Center, Millcreek-West Unity, Montpelier, North Central, Patrick Henry, Pettisville, and Stryker.

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Subject: Re: [Ohiogift] creative thinking

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<mailto:ohiogift at lists.osu.edu>> wrote:

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!

Lori Ebert
Math & Reading Teacher
Green Local Schools Gifted Program
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