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Matthews, Dona; Foster, Joanne – Parenting for High Potential, 2014
Embarking on the standardized testing process often leads parents of gifted children to other questions about intelligence, tests, and assessment practices. What is intelligence? Do IQ tests measure it? Are there better ways of deciding who needs gifted programming? What can parents request by way of results and their interpretation? Should…
Descriptors: Intelligence Tests, Standardized Tests, Intelligence Quotient, Student Evaluation
Vrotny, Vinnie – Parenting for High Potential, 2014
How can parents help their children become positive digital citizens, leverage tools for learning and creativity, while maintaining a healthy balance in a digital age? In this article, the author offers a framework in helping parents become guides and mentors for their children in the dizzying digital age. The following guidelines are presented:…
Descriptors: Parent Role, Technological Literacy, Information Technology, Educational Technology
Manzella, Teresa Ryan – Parenting for High Potential, 2014
As families get together for various brands of holiday merry-making, parents of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (GLBTQ) youth can play a key role in making these gatherings more comfortable for their kids. This brief article offers tips on ways to handle various social and family situations over the holidays to make this time…
Descriptors: Stress Management, Gifted, Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation
Smutny, Joan Franklin – Parenting for High Potential, 2014
Parents of gifted children play a powerful role in expanding their world and helping them discover what they love. When gifted children have impassioned, open-minded, and creative family members, they are free to discover what they love and who they are as people. For gifted learners, curiosity, passion, and interest are absolute essentials.…
Descriptors: Gifted, Parent Education, Family Environment, Problem Solving
Foster, Joanne – Parenting for High Potential, 2014
This brief article offers tips for parents, caregivers, and teachers on how to nurture children's gifted and high-level development together to support and enhance learning. Tips relate to four "r"s: rationale, receptiveness to change, resourcefulness, and reassurance. [Note: An earlier rendition of "R We There Yet?" by Joanne…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Parent Role, Teacher Role, Talent Development
Dailey, Debbie – Parenting for High Potential, 2014
The enthusiasm for science displayed by students in early elementary grades is unparalleled. If not nurtured in elementary school, the spark for learning science diminishes. Unfortunately, the amount of time spent on science in Grades 1-4 has steadily declined since the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. In 2012, the National…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Elementary School Students, STEM Education, Science Interests
Chung, Rachel U.; Hertzog, Nancy B. – Parenting for High Potential, 2014
Early college entrance is a form of acceleration, or the process of advancing students in academic programs faster than their same-aged peers. Many early entrants have demonstrated academic ability to achieve at high levels but they exhibit tremendous variety in their age, specific abilities, social and emotional maturity, family support, and…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Early Admission, College Admission, Academically Gifted
Tassell, Janet; Maxwell, Margaret; Stobaugh, Rebecca – Parenting for High Potential, 2013
Gifted children crave meaning through learning experiences, and they are naturally inquisitive. This article provides a teaching framework that parents can adapt for use with gifted children to help facilitate STEM knowledge and skills. The CReaTE Framework, adapted from an evolving lesson plan framework, can promote learning in a nontraditional,…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Learning Experience, Gifted, Parent Education
Motivating Children to Develop Their Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Talent
Andersen, Lori – Parenting for High Potential, 2013
Motivation in mathematics and science appears to be more important to STEM occupational choice than ability. Using the expectancy value model, parents may be able to recognize potential barriers to children's selection of a STEM occupation and take actions to help facilitate talent development. These are especially important for parents of…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, STEM Education, Science Careers, Elementary School Students
Davis, Joy Lawson – Parenting for High Potential, 2013
An effective and meaningful classroom for high-ability students is one in which teaching and learning is focused on meeting students' intellectual, academic, and psychosocial needs using specific strategies to impact their learning today as they prepare for tomorrow. As parents become more engaged with teachers, it also is important for them…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, High Achievement, Educational Environment, Student Needs
Foster, Joanne – Parenting for High Potential, 2013
The author of this article implores parents to take the word "I" off the table. Instead of thinking "What can I do for my children?" consider, "What can they
do for themselves?" How can one invoke children's independence and initiative? Start by inspiring them to investigate, imagine, and use their intellect.…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Role, Interests, Cognitive Development
Foster, Joanne – Parenting for High Potential, 2013
The old saying, "life is a journey" may sound cliched, but the words are nevertheless true. Children can learn a great deal from the travels and directions chosen by others, and especially from people whose life stories or experiences offer inspiration by virtue of their effort, perseverance, and acquired success. This article presents a…
Descriptors: Professional Personnel, Musicians, Athletes, Politics
Miller, Erin – Parenting for High Potential, 2013
It is report card time at your child's school. You are curious as to how your child is being perceived and how well the teacher is meeting his or her needs. As you expect, there is a neat line of good grades. At the bottom is written this note: "(Your child) is doing well on her school work, but she does not suffer fools gladly."…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Parent School Relationship, Parents, Student Needs
Hasan, Melissa R – Parenting for High Potential, 2013
Melissa Hasan believes that Conceptual Physics saved her sanity. A seemingly unimportant metallurgical fact she learned in high school has made parenting her toddler possible on most days. The most important thing she learned in High School from Conceptual Physics, and Interpersonal Relationships was that what is rigid breaks. In high school, she…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Parenting Styles, Gifted, Coping
Lindbom-Cho, Desiree R. – Parenting for High Potential, 2013
The new year brings about one's desire to change and to improve one's self. These emotions quickly fade and turn into lofty resolutions that are not fulfilled. For parents of gifted children, many parallels can be made between making New Year's resolutions and setting more long-term goals related to their education and/or career.…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Academically Gifted, Gifted, Goal Orientation