Achievement is affected by a number of factors, including motivation and the match between student needs and the classroom environment. This session focuses on practical interventions you can use to address underachievement, enhance motivation, and develop resilience especially among culturally-diverse, economically disadvantaged, and twice exceptional students.
Presentation: Enhancing Motivation and Resilience for Gifted Students from Special Populations
In this MasterMinds Session, gifted education and equity researcher Marcia Gentry will take participants through the recent System Failure/Access Denied report examining underrepresentation in gifted education by income and race, including specific information on how Texas measures up.
This special MasterMinds conversation brings together three experts on identification and equity, Karen E. Rambo-Hernandez, Ph.D., Susan K. Johnsen, Ph.D., and April Wells, in an open, honest discussion about the struggles of overcoming issues related to equity and identification and practices you need to adopt to improve your identification practices.
This keynote is the second essential part of addressing underrepresentation – the retention of students of color in gifted and talented education. National data are shared, along with equity-based goals. Fundamental theories and models are presented as resources for educators to be more culturally responsive with Black and Hispanic students.
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