The Talent Pool, SOCRATES, Accelerated, and SAA curriculum focuses on inquiry and research, critical thinking, creative/productive thinking, and communication skills. Affective development is included to enhance acceptance of self and others.

INQUIRY/RESEARCH

The gifted/talented students will:

• select topics
• define topics/research questions
• identify audiences
• determine possible products
• gather information
• organize information
• present original products

CRITICAL THINKING

The gifted/talented students will:

• analyze
  • fact/opinion
  • relevant/irrelevant information
  • reliable/unreliable sources
• question
• infer
  • meaning of statements
  • cause/effect relationships
  • generalizations
  • predictions
  • assumptions
  • point of view
• reason
  • inductive logic
  • deductive logic
• evaluate
  • judge
  • make/defend decision(s)

CREATIVE/PRODUCTIVE THINKING

The gifted/talented students will exhibit:

• fluency:   quantity
• flexibility:   variety
• originality:   uniqueness
• elaboration:   expansion/embellishment
• complexity:   interrelatedness
• curiosity:   inquiry
• imagination:   visualization
• risk taking:   courage

COMMUNICATION

The gifted/talented students will:

• determine purposes for a variety of settings and occasions
• listen critically to analyze, interpret, and evaluate
• appreciate spoken language
• evaluate visual images, messages, and meanings
• prepare, organize, and present a variety of informative visual images, messages, and meanings that communicate effectivel
• interpret messages, purposes, and perspectives
• utilize standard grammar and spoken language to communicate clearly

AFFECTIVE BEHAVIOR

The gifted/talented students will:

• respect authority
• respect learning
• respect others and their rights
• display and respond to humor appropriately
• use appropriate manners
• interact effectively in group situations
• tolerate imperfection in self/others
• accept praise, punishment, and criticism
• argue with logic, not emotion
• demonstrate independent action
• exhibit self-direction
• model trustworthiness
• accept consequences for action
• accept giftedness in relation to self/others