Poster Session
NAGC Base Camp
NCSSSMST
and health lifestyle activities that are developmentally appropriate and provide success for all students. Learn 5 minute brain energizers for the classroom, paper plate dancing, and many more.
Threading Universal Concepts through the Fabric of Secondary Mathematics
Audience: Classroom Teachers K-5
In order to discover the breadth, depth, and complexity of secondary mathematics, students must be able to recognize the continuity between the seemingly discrete subject areas within the discipline. The teaching of mathematics using universal concepts or organizing principles function as the means by which cohesion between the branches of mathematics including algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and calculus is generated. This presentation models the design of curriculum centered around universal concepts and highlights how educators can create learning opportunities for their students to construct these inextricable and vital connections within and across the discipline of mathematics.
Room: 203
Using an Honor System to Create an Academic Community
Stuart Gluck, Andrew Moss, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Why should you implement an honor system? Gifted students need to understand the rationale behind expectations and play an active role in shaping them. Instead of simply dictating rules of conduct, an honor system is a framework and an opportunity for students and educators to collaboratively define a safe learning environment. Within this safe environment, students thrive as they work more cohesively and motivate themselves and one another. By reviewing various honor systems and applying the Theory of Collective Efficacy to education, participants develop an understanding of how to implement an effective honor system.
Jared DuPree, University of Southern California, Carson, CA
Audience: Classroom Teachers 9-12 Room: 701
Audience: Administrators, Advocates/Association Leaders, Classroom Teachers K-12, Coordinators, Parents Room: 103
STEM How Do We Attract Gifted Girls to STEM? Razel Solow, Hunter College, New York, NY
Despite the many advances of gifted girls in all academic areas over the past 20 years, too few young women enter and stay in STEM professions. Why do we still have so much trouble attracting these bright and capable females into STEM college majors? When they do major in science, math, engineering, or technology, why can’t we keep them in their careers? Current research from the gifted education and STEM fields helps answer these questions and illuminates ways for teachers, coordinators, and parents to stimulate and nurture gifted girls’ scientific interests from elementary school through college.
Colorado Night at the Museum The Colorado Association for Gifted and Talented invite you to the brand-new, state-ofthe-art History Colorado Center. The museum’s hands-on and high-tech exhibits take you on an inspirational journey that will ignite your imagination and touch your heart. Visit with convention attendees at Denver’s newest museum and be part of the story! Buses begin departing from the Colorado Convention Center Welton Street Entrance at 5:30 PM.
Saturday
Recorded Session
Audience: Administrators, Classroom Teachers K-12, Consultants, Coordinators, Counselors, Parents, Researchers Room: 606
59th Annual Convention
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November 15-18, 2012 | Denver, Colorado
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