Road Map for GATE in Creating Innovative Differentiated Approaches to Skill Development

Abstract

This chapter discusses differentiated instruction for the gifted and talented educator. The first section focuses on the foundations of differentiated instruction (DI) including the definition with examples of DI. The second section discusses specific skills identified for the GATE teacher with examples of instructional methods for the skill and examples of specific assessments to evaluate the skill. The chapter concludes with a wrap up of skills and DI methods related to instruction and assessment for the GATE teacher.