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Gifted and Talented Program Sample Questions and Answers1. Describe your child's strengths To what I know, the gift program requires the elementary student to have the following strengths: 1) Ability to understand abstract/ difficult concepts quickly 2) Lucid expression of understanding orally 3) Lucid expression of understanding, in writing 4) Ability to link ideas and concepts 5) Development of own ideas 6) Thirst for knowledge 7) Independent thinking 8) Analytical thinking 9) High powers of reasoning 10) Ability to transcend the confines of the work set You can according to these "guidelines" help to explain your child’s abilities. 2. Describe your child acquires and retains information quickly? Explain. Your answer should be confirmative. Tell them how your child learns information quickly. a) Your child recites facts (to acquire and retain information) either through notes or verbal recitation. b) Your child can imagine something in his/her head when recitation may not be the best course of action. c) Your child makes sure he/she retains information by trying to explain it to himself/herself and/or others. d) Your child can remember information quickly by associating the new information with information that he/she has already learned. e) Your child frequently reviews his/her book/notes so that he will not forget the information that he has learned. 3. Does your child design, create, or develop projects without adult direction or assistance? Please describe. A copy or photograph of such products may be sent to include in the letter-sized profile folder. Of course, you’ll need to say yes. I give you two links as a reference, but I can’t really help you since I have already forgotten what level fourth graders show in their projects. http://www.openc.k12.or.us/sitedocs/osliselem/oe_projprofile.html http://www-ed.fnal.gov/lincon/el_proj_examples.shtml Some advice would be to find an actual project that your child did (that is similar to those on the website) and describe the process of your child doing it. (Right here I omitted a portion of my son's research paper.) Tell your child that in order to find the materials needed to write the report, he/she should Google using the key terms and examine all the results very closely, comparing information to confirm its authencity. Finally, you can create your report. 4. Does you child show insight or the ability to solve problems in everyday situations? Please give examples. Follows are the steps to solving a problem. You can choose your own problem and then apply the following methodology to solve it. Step 1: Determine what information is given in the problem and what you need to find. Step 2: After you understand the problem, select a strategy for solving it. Step 3: Solve the problem by carrying out your plan. Step 4: Finally, examine your answer carefully. See if it fits the facts given in the problem. 5. Please share any other information that helps in deciding your child's learning characteristics. For example: Did your child show advanced development in some area at an early age? (What? when?) Does your child display behaviors that seem advanced compared to his/her peers? Here, you should introduce and describe some of the academic and behavioral strengths of your child. Then, you can discuss why your child likes academic challenges. You can say that your child likes academic challenges because 1)it presents problems and questions to him at a fitting level to prevent boredom 2)it enhances his overall understanding of the subject manner by carefully analyzing the problem and 3)such academic challenges are highly motivational. | |
| posted by Jian | |
| comments (8) |
| 1# Jian 2010-10-30 22:55 | |
| By the way, as far as I heard, formerly when testing for gifted program, parents would also need to be tested. But this is no longer true. Also, some more comments for the gifted program: if the kid is not suitable or ready for it, you don't need to push too hard. Maybe wait for another year to take the test would be good enough. | |
| 2# visitor 2010-11-22 20:21 | |
| Thanks, this gifted and talented examples is very helpful. | |
| 3# visitor 2011-01-06 18:25 | |
| I think some brainteaser games/questions could be good as training or sample questions for elementary gifted programs, right? | |
| 4# oldcat 2011-01-06 18:30 | |
| I think so! We always buy some good brainteaser games and books when they are on sale. And my kids love them. Some good games you might be interested are the ThinkFun Games. | |
| 5# oldcat 2011-09-08 18:52 | |
 My son loves these Murderous Math Series books, they are very good to enlighten your kid's intellectual ability as well as having fun. The books could also be good for adults as well to enhance their mental ability. | |
| 6# Jian 2011-11-10 11:48 | |
| This book on gifted programs could be an interesting read: Parents' Guide to IQ Testing and Gifted Education  The book mentions various gifted education programs, and how those programs may or may not serve your gifted child. Also the disadvantages to being gifted. It also talks about the common sensitivities of the gifted child, and the possible effects on the child's self-esteem. | |
| 7# Jian 2012-01-05 13:11 | |
| If you have a Kindle at home, you might be interested in the Parents Guide to Gifted Education (kindle version). It is cheaper than the printed book. The Kindle version sells for $9.99 while the book sells for $15.95. | |
| 8# Jian 2012-01-19 20:06 | |
Here is another educational toy that is VERY good for your kid, the Snap Circuits SC-300. It sells for $64.99 but currently on sale for only $30.33. A must-have to teach the inner-workings of electronic circuit boards. | |
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