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Fewer assigned tasks are needed for mastery

Abstractness = connections made across academic disciplines by teaching generalizations or essential understandings.

Content from literature, science, and the arts are appropriate for interdisciplinary connections with social studies.

Aspects of inquiry in science include

Examples of conceptual units include the following

The inquiry process can be implemented in social studies learning by using

Identify the scientific habits of mind.

The general education curriculum aligns well with the needs of gifted children in the area of science.

Instructional philosophies of concept-based curriculum were developed by

Instruction in science for gifted is best taught via the use of traditional approaches such as lectures/lab activities.

Conceptual thematic interdisciplinary units do not address the general education curriculum.

Critical thinking skills are based upon values that transcend subject matter divisions which include

Concept-based curriculum is an approach in which students acquire an abundance of discrete factual information.

When the learning task requires model design/construction/choices

essays/performance-based tasks/portfolios

Factors associated with assessment of analytical and critical thinking skills for gifted learners

Reasons why Bloom's Taxonomy was revamped

Categories of social studies content

Instructional strategies for adapting the learning process for gifted learners in the area of social studies

According to Tomlinson, the following are ways to differentiate instruction

When developing a thematic, conceptual, interdisciplinary unit look first at what general education content areas?

To best differentiate instruction for gifted infuse differentiation features from VanTassal-Baska/Stambaugh/Tomlinson.