Quests and Quandaries
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Quests and Quandaries

Intellectual Pursuits and Problem-Based Learning for Advanced and Gifted Students

  1. 176 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Quests and Quandaries

Intellectual Pursuits and Problem-Based Learning for Advanced and Gifted Students

About this book

Take your students on a learning journey to discover their personal intellectual interests and develop expertise. Using a research- based approach, the lessons in Quests and Quandaries are designed to teach students how to think and behave as a scholar. Along the way, students will write SMART goals, use the Depth and Complexity Icons to conduct research, solve problems using the steps in the problem-based learning model, and synthesize what they learn into an Expertise Expo project/presentation.

Designed for gifted students in grades six and up using the National Common Core Standards for Language Arts and NAGC's Learning and Development Standards this unit will guide teachers through the process of helping students' identify an area of interest and then develop expertise over the course of a quarter, semester, or year.

Teacher friendly with supplemental resources and tips for how to use the unit online, this book is a must have for educators looking for an engaging, student-centered curriculum for their classroom.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9781040222232
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Introduction
  7. Standards and Objectives
  8. Lesson 1 A Hungry Mind
  9. Lesson 2 Investigating Individual Interests
  10. Lesson 3 The Power Level Profile
  11. Lesson 4 What Is a Scholar?
  12. Lesson 5 It’s Decision Time
  13. Lesson 6 SMART Goals for Smart Students
  14. Lesson 7 Unanswered No More
  15. Lesson 8 The Governor’s Invitation
  16. Lesson 9 The Lexicon of Learning
  17. Lesson 10 The Power of Perspective
  18. Lesson 11 Morals, Ethics, and Controversies… Oh My!
  19. Lesson 12 Zonks or Zillions
  20. Lesson 13 You Can’t Stop the Clock
  21. Lesson 14 Patterns Within Patterns
  22. Lesson 15 The “Ups and Downs” of Research
  23. Lesson 16 Everything’s Connected
  24. Lesson 17 Zooming Out
  25. Lesson 18 Research Wrap-up
  26. Lesson 19 Envisioning the Future
  27. Lesson 20 Itching to Iterate
  28. Lesson 21 Silo Demolition
  29. Lesson 22 Reflect then Perfect
  30. Lesson 23 Appraising Your Progress
  31. Lesson 24 A Problem-Solving Palooza
  32. Lesson 25 Choose Your Own “Problem”
  33. Lesson 26 A Truncated Trial Run
  34. Lesson 27 Presentation Day
  35. Lesson 28 Crossing the Finish Line
  36. References
  37. Depth and Complexity Research Notebook
  38. My Plan to Become a Scholar Workbook
  39. Master Materials List
  40. About the Author