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Kevin_K replied to Diane Brown's discussion 'Help with activities!'

Scratch programming from scratch.mit.edu could be good, if scratch can be downloaded to the netbook. Maybe also http://www.aimsedu.org/Puzzle/ Check out more pointers at http://users.soe.ucsc.edu/~karplus/abe/math_education.html

August 22

Kevin_K replied to Melissae Stiles's discussion 'Homework for High Ability'

Do students choose their own reading, or do you have assigned reading? We've had some trouble with assigned reading and reading times, because there isn't enough material to fill the time (my son reads at about 600wpm when reading fiction). While...

August 1

Kevin_K replied to Tina McIver's discussion 'Math Acceleration'

This was at a private school with only 16 kids per grade. At his previous public school, he had been allowed to do math on his own with the Singapore Primary Math series (which we provided), but he got no in-school instruction in math at his level.

July 13

Kevin_K replied to Tina McIver's discussion 'Math Acceleration'

The school my son attended for 4th to 6th grade scheduled math class simultaneously in the entire school. Each year kids were given math placement tests and placed in the appropriate level math class (independent of what grade they were in). There...

July 13

Kevin_K replied to jennifer augustat's discussion 'CogAT and ITBS'

Actually, the nonverbal test-taking skills can be taught, as can any test-taking skills. They are less often taught than the verbal components, so tend to be a measure that is not as correlated with education.

July 7

Kevin_K replied to Nancy's discussion 'Gender Equity'

The reason that gifted girls are encouraged to go into science and engineering is that so few do so if not specifically encouraged. Engineering schools are still running only around 25% female graduates, though there is nothing in engineering that...

July 6

Kevin_K replied to jennifer augustat's discussion 'CogAT and ITBS'

Likely to be gifted---certainly worth further testing if there are any gifted programs that she would qualify for with the testing.

July 6

Kevin_K replied to IAGCGifted's discussion 'Aug. 10, 2009, Illinois - Unique Lives of Gifted Children - Linda Silverman'

I've head Linda Silverman speak. She is an enthusiastic speaker, but a little too fond of sweeping generalizations. Her writing suffers from some of the same flaws. If your kid fits her model of what a gifted kid is like, then you may find her a v...

June 12

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Country, State, Province, other:: California

school/district/affiliation to gifted ed: parent, other

What age of student/person do you have an interest in mostly?: currently, pre-teens

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At 8:16pm on October 10, 2007, Kevin said…: Great picture Kevin_K!

At 10:27pm on October 8, 2007, Ginger Lewman said…: Hi Kevin! I've been trying to figure out how you drew your pic. Is it software or an online tool?

Thanks for posting--keep them coming!