Batavia Local Schools 
Gifted Education

SUGGESTIONS FOR CLASSROOM TEACHERS

All students need to think at higher levels, but this is essential for meeting the academic needs of gifted students.  The following is a chart adapted from Bloom’s Taxonomy by Susan Winebrenner in Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom (1992). 

Category

Definition

Trigger Words

Products

 

 

Synthesis

 

 

 

Re-form individual parts to make a new whole

 

Compose, Design, Invent, Creat4e, Hypothesize, Construct, Forecast, Rearrange parts, Imagine

 

 

Lesson Plan, Song, Poem, Story, Ad, Invention, New Game, Show

 

 

Evaluation

 

 

 

 

Judge value of something based on a set of criteria

 

Judge, Evaluate, Give opinion, Viewpoint, Prioritize, Recommend, Critique

 

Decision, Rating/Grades, Editorial, Debate, Critique, Defense/Verdict

 

 

Analysis

 

 

 

 

Understand how parts relate to a whole

Understand structure and motive

Note fallacies

 

Classify, Categorize, Compare, Contrast, Solve, Simplify, Survey

 

Survey, Questionnaire, Plan, Solution, Report, Prospectus, Chart, Diagram, Graph

 

 

Application

 

 

 

 

Transfer knowledge learned in one situation to another

 

Demonstrate, Use guides, maps, charts, etc. Build, Cook

 

 

Recipe, Model, Artwork, Demonstration, Crafts, Scrapbook, Diagram, Collection, Puzzle

 

 

Comprehension

 

 

 

 

Demonstrate basic understanding of concepts and curriculum

 

Translate to other words

 

Restate, Give examples, Explain, Summarize, Translate, Show symbols, Edit

 

Drawing, Diagram, Response to question, Revision

 

 

Knowledge

 

 

 

Ability to remember something previously learned

 

Tell, Recite, List, Memorize, Remember, Define, Locate

 

Workbook pages, Quiz, Test, Exam, Vocabulary, Facts in isolation

 

 

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Compacting

Learning Contracts

Strategies for Differentiated Instruction

Differentiation in Mathematics

Differentiation in Language Arts

Differentiation in Science

Differentiation using the Arts

Parents
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Brochure

Handbook

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Links

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