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  • #smithingifted Teacher Lab: Where Teaching Ideas Get Tested

    #smithingifted Teacher Lab: Where Teaching Ideas Get Tested

    The #smithingifted Teacher Lab is a place where teaching ideas move from theory into real classrooms. I’ll share the successes, challenges, surprises, and adjustments that come from using gifted education, STEM, robotics, technology, and creative-thinking strategies with real students. But the Teacher Lab isn’t just about my classroom—teachers who use #smithingifted curriculum can share their…

  • Helping Gifted Learners Become Better Thinkers: SEL, Productive Struggle, and Real-World Problem Solving

    Helping Gifted Learners Become Better Thinkers: SEL, Productive Struggle, and Real-World Problem Solving

    By Beth Smith, M. Ed. | #smithingufted Gifted students need more than harder assignments. They need opportunities to understand how they think, recognize what happens when learning becomes difficult, manage frustration, make mistakes, consider different perspectives, and keep going when the answer is not immediately obvious. That is exactly what I wanted this curriculum to…