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  • 🧠 Are We Teaching What We Prefer—or What Students Actually Need?

    🧠 Are We Teaching What We Prefer—or What Students Actually Need?

    Using the Science of Learning to Make Better Instructional Decisions By Beth Smith, M. Ed. | #smithingifted As educators, we spend a lot of time discussing instructional strategies. Direct instruction or inquiry-based learning? Teacher-led or student-centered? Explicit teaching or discovery? Acceleration or enrichment? Everyone seems to have a favorite approach. But I think we’re asking…

  • Gifted Students Need Scaffolding Too!

    Support the Learner Without Taking Over the Thinking Beth Smith, M. Ed. | #smithingifted | Learning & Innovation Lab There is a misconception in gifted education that gifted students should be able to figure everything out on their own. They’re gifted, right? Shouldn’t they just know what to do? Absolutely not. Gifted students need scaffolding…