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The Mathematically Gifted Student

Identifying, Educating and Assessing the Mathematically Gifted Student


Elementary and Middle
School TAG Mathematics
Why do we need it?

International Comparisons of
Mathematics Achievement
THE U.S. IS
FALLING
BEHIND!!!!!!!!!!!
PISA=26
th
out of 34
Get them Young!
Boredom is the bane of a students
and a teachers day.
Unchallenged brains are unhealthy
brains.
The Ego-Cliff
By teaching students that their intelligence is an innate ability rather
than a trainable skill we are teaching them to undervalue themselves.
These bright students dont know how to learn!!!
What is a mathematically gifted student?
Intuition
Able to identify relationships among math ideas and non-related topics
Understands mathematics on a more abstract level
Demonstrates number sense without instruction (especially Pre-K)
Understand the concept of a mathematical idea even before they have
mastered the computation
Recognizes and isolates important ideas


Able to generalize numerical and special relations
Discerns problems and makes decisions about them
Fluent in performing mathematical tasks and operations
Quickly acquires and then speaks the math language fluently
Visualizes problems and relations
Carries out analogies and heuristics



Curious about math
Shows initiative about acquiring math knowledge
Flexible mind capable of switching operations fluidly and of reversing
mathematical processes and reasoning
Persistent
High energy mathematics


Acquires and masters mathematical skills quickly
Display elegance including higher reasoning and shortened precise reasoning
Has a better mathematical memory
Apply sequentially proper segmented logic, especially linear though processes


IQ tests
Standardized (High Stakes Testing)
Reasoning ability tests
Above level assessments
Cognitive nonverbal ability test
Classroom performance
Interviews
Observations of behaviors (rating
scales) and analysis of performance
tasks
Creativity tests

Pros
Assess working memory
Spatial relations
Cons
Biased against ELL students
Does not assess qualities and goals
of mathematics (higher order
thinking)
Cannot determine the ceiling of a
students abilities

Pros
A good starting point
Cons
Increased anxiety
No ceiling
Do not assess reasoning


Pros
Can assess ability
Cons
Accuracy is dubious

Pros and Cons
Assesses mathematical reasoning
Assesses mathematical problem solving
Correlates with students liking of
mathematics
Knowledge can mask some of the aptitude
Expensive
Examples
TOMAG (K-6)
Talent Search (7-12)
3M Aptitude Tests (6-8)

Pros
Raise the ceiling
Increase variability

Cons
TIME!!!!!
A lot of assessment

Pros
Identifies ELL students
UNIT research proven effective
test
Identifies hearing impaired and LD
gifted students as well
Cons
Time
Requires a lot of one on one time

Pros
Teacher insight
Student insight

Cons
Teachers can be biased
Observing the math behavior of all
of your students

Pros
A creative mathematician is usually
gifted
Cons
Not all gifted mathematicians are
creative
EDUCATING MATHEMATICALLY
GIFTED STUDENTS
oRequire more individualization due to their faster rate
of acquisition.
oDo not need constant repetition (Spiraling)
oNeed to nurture their passion and desire to explore
mathematics
The Common Core Standards as Applied to
the Mathematically Gifted Student
Think, reason, make sense and go deeper
Collaborate
Generalize, form opinions and be able to
support those opinions
Justify Conclusions
Create new ideas, solutions and questions
Coherently record solutions, reasoning and
further questions
Investigate questions
Create math problems and solutions
Lastly the NAGC (National Association of
Gifted Children) recommends the addition of
one more standard in mathematics for the
mathematically gifted child Solve problems in
novel ways and pose new mathematical questions of
interest to investigate. The second half of that
standard is adequately covered, but the
encouragement of new methods is not and is
one of the cornerstones of mathematics.


Differentiation
More challenging problems
Mathematical reasoning
Higher grade level work
Enriched study (for example you can
foster interest by getting mathematicians
of all genders and cultures to come and
speak about their experiences and uses of
math, you can also use puzzles logic
activities and strategy games.) Enrichment
should occur daily.
Searching for new patterns
New applications
Transferring concepts to other subjects
Changing strategies
Reflection and imagination

Criterion for Evaluating Websites
High level of sophisticated ideas
Opportunities to extend the topic into multiple paths and challenges
The content is customizable
Encourages higher-order thinking (problem solving, math reasoning,
research, exploration)
Extends beyond the textbook

Some useful websites
Mathwire.com- (http://mathwire.com)
Think-Quest-(http://www.thinkquest.org/en/projects/index.html)
Mathematics in Movies-(http://www.math.harvard.edu/knill/mathmovies)
Scratch- (http://scratch.mit.edu)
Gapminder- (http://www.gapminder.org)
FDA
(http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/Guidanc
eDocuments/Sanitation/ucm056174.htm)

Assessment
Content Based Assessment
Alternative
Above level assessment
1. Knowledge
2. Skills
3. Attitude
4. Maturation- (thinking and ideas are becoming more
sophisticated)

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