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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Franklin-Rohr, Cheryl – Understanding Our Gifted, 2012
Twice-exceptional students can shine in the STEM fields because Science, Technology, Engineering and Math use higher levels of thinking skills like application, synthesis, creativity and evaluation. In this article, the author discusses what parents and teachers can do to open the STEM doors for twice-exceptional learners.
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Gifted Disabled, STEM Education, Children
Franklin-Rohr, Cheryl – Understanding Our Gifted, 2012
Tier 1, the first level of instruction in the RtI (Response to Intervention) framework, is designed to meet the needs of 80% of students within the regular classroom. The only way to accomplish this goal is to use differentiation. Differentiation is not a singular process; it is rather a complicated process of adapting instructional strategies so…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Strategies, Teaching Methods, Interest Inventories
Franklin-Rohr, Cheryl – Understanding Our Gifted, 2012
Bullying has been an ongoing problem for students, but the issue is becoming more critical with changes in the society and the school systems. A bully is no longer "a person who hurts, frightens, threatens, or tyrannizes over those who are smaller or weaker". According to Tracy Cross, the definition of a bully now is evolving to include any person…
Descriptors: Bullying, Communication Skills, Gifted Disabled, Power Structure
Franklin-Rohr, Cheryl – Understanding Our Gifted, 2012
As a teacher in a public school system, the author had a different perspective on the need to home school the twice-exceptional learner. She thought that schools could provide differentiation for all students and she thought that certified teachers were the only adults who should be providing instruction. Yet, she realized that there are times…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Home Schooling, Gifted Disabled, Individualized Instruction
Franklin-Rohr, Cheryl – Understanding Our Gifted, 2011
Response to Intervention (RtI) promotes a well-integrated system connecting general, compensatory, gifted, and special education in providing high quality, standards-based instruction and intervention that are matched to students' academic, social-emotional, and behavioral needs. There are three levels to this framework. Tier 1 (or Universal) is…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Response to Intervention, Small Group Instruction, Student Evaluation
Franklin-Rohr, Cheryl – Understanding Our Gifted, 2006
Secondary schools are not meeting the needs of students, and the call has gone out for reform. The application of rigor, relevance, and relationships is a current model of instruction. One teacher can make a difference to a twice exceptional student who is struggling. They must create classroom environments that welcome diversity, not just in…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Change, Secondary Education, Teaching Models