1. Meeting the instructional needs of all of the learners in your classroom

2. Diversity in Learners Interest Readiness Level Learning Style Multiple Intelligences (Gardner) Personality Type (Myers-Briggs) Overexcitability (Dabrowski)

3. Learning Style Personality Type Academic Interest Extracurricular Interests (2) Random Overexcitability Multiple Intelligence

4. Students often complain that school is boring and unrelated to the real world. Do you remember feeling that way? OECD Statistics on Boredom in Schools Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development 1.Academic Interests 2.Extracurricular Interests 3.Service Interests

5. Gifted students often learn material quickly or already know content to be covered in class. Again, how can we avoid boredom? 1.Most Difficult First 2.Exit Questions 3.Formative Assessments 4.Informal Performance Assessments

6. Students take in information in different ways. How can we identify students’ learning styles? How can we build instruction to meet their needs? 1.Visual 2.Auditory 3.Kinesthetic

7. Gifted students report feeling “different” from other learners. Teachers can serve gifted and non-gifted students by communicating that all students learn differently. 1.Verbal/Linguistic 2.Visual/SpatialVisual/Spatial 3.Logical/Mathematical 4.Bodily/Kinesthetic 5.Musical/Rhythmic 6.Interpersonal 7.Intrapersonal 8.Naturalist

8. Seventy percent of gifted learners are introverted. According to research, public schools are difficult for introverts. Is your classroom safe? 1.E or I: Extravert or Introvert 2.S or N: Sensing or Intuitive 3.T or F: Thinking or Feeling 4.J or P: Judging or Perceiving

9. Gifted students tend to be emotional learners. Understanding the areas that create intense emotional reactions can improve instruction. 1.Psychomotor 2.Sensual 3.Imaginational 4.Intellectual 5.Emotional

10. Select your multiple intelligence using the Alien website or the simple survey. Take the online survey to find your personality type. Make your marks on the whiteboard so that we can learn about the group with which we sit each day.