Look Out! Spotting High Potential Through Inquiry-based Experiences

Friday, November 18, 2022

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM

Location: JW Marriott, White River G

Janine M. Firmender

Professor
Saint Joseph's University, Pennsylvania
Elizabeth A. Fogarty

Assistant Professor
University of St Thomas, Minnesota
Catherine A. Little, PhD

Professor
University of Connecticut, Connecticut

Short description: Inquiry-focused lessons provide opportunities for all children to demonstrate high-potential behaviors in response to open-ended or slightly ambiguous tasks with various entry points or multiple reasonable answers. Session participants practice an approach to designing inquiry lessons for primary classrooms, focusing on inviting engagement and exploration, encouraging high-potential behaviors, and challenging children to apply thinking skills in core content areas.

Learning Outcomes:

Discuss the ways in which high potential can emerge in young children from all backgrounds

Apply an inquiry-focused model for lesson development

Articulate the connections between inquiry-oriented instruction and demonstration of advanced potential by identifying "LOOK FOR" moments in a lesson