T.A.G.

Chris Allegretti, Steve Charette, Nicole Shook, Jessica Vargas

T.A.G. Definition

Students identified as having a higher intellectual ability through testing, teacher identification, parent recommendation and excelling in the classroom.

Findings and ReportPositives

Social recognitionExtrinsic rewards lead to intrinsic motivation

Challenging the Intellectual AbilitySelf-directed, literature based, problem-based

Findings and ReportNegatives

Downside to being talentedDamaging to social and emotional development

Lack of fundingNCLBRedistribution to low achieving groupsFinancially Biased

Parental pressureNeed to fulfill expectations

T2PDirected course of action

Differentiated learning

Informing students of opportunities

Collaborative learning

Identifying goals

ReferencesThistlethwaite, Donald. (2001) Effects of social

recognition upon the educational motivation of talented youth. Journal of Educational Psychology, 50(3), 111-116. PsycINFO

Plucker, Jonathan and Levy, Jacob. (1959) The downside of being Talented. American Psychologist, 56(1), 75-76. PsycINFO

Collier, Mary. USA Today. 2006.