PAT Curriculum NightOctober 2010

General Program

Overview

PAT Program Mission Statement

Recognizing that children are our greatest resource, the mission of the

Program for the Academically Talented is to promote awareness of

the unique social, emotional, and intellectual needs of gifted and

talented students and to impact the development of appropriate services

to meet these needs.

PAT Class Focuseson Teaching Students

to THINK WELL

Critical Thinking

Critical thinking is the art of analyzing and evaluating thinking with a view to improving it. It is self-directed, self-disciplined, self-monitored and self-correcting.

They will learn…

Critical ThinkingIntellectual Traits

•Fairmindedness

•Intellectual Humility

•Intellectual Courage

•Intellectual Integrity

•Intellectual Empathy

•Intellectual Independence

•Intellectual Perseverance

•Confidence in Reason

Standards:

Clarity, Accuracy, Relevancy, Logical, Fairness, Precision, Significance, Depth, and Breadth.

www.criticalthinking.org

Other Critical Thinking Strategies

Bloom’s Taxonomy

deBono’s 6 Thinking Hats

By doing…

Deducibles

Peter Puzzlemaker

Number Circuits

Deductive Thinking:using a sequential order to

analyze, evaluate, eliminate and draw conclusions.

They will learn…

By doing…

Logic Decimal Number Puzzle

Grid Logic

Quotation Quizzlers

Creativity is…

• the ability to imagine or invent something new • the ability to generate new ideas by combining,

changing, or reapplying existing ideas• an attitude• a process

They will learn…

Draw StartsBy doing…

By doing…

Substitute

Combine

Adapt

Magnify, minify

Put to other uses

Eliminate, elaborate

Reverse. rearrange

Problem Solving

• process that uses both critical and creative thinking together

• a variety of approaches to solve problems• develops thoughtful questions • plans, organizes, implements, evaluates,

and presents solutions

They will learn…

CPS

SPSBy doing…

Plexers

By doing…

K K

C C

U U

T T

S SWORDS WORDS WORDS WORDS

Red Herrings & How Comes

His stealing made his

parents proud. They did not

think of him as a thief.

How Come?

Leadership

• effectively influences group interaction• contributes ideas for group consideration• moves group towards completion of goals

They will learn…

By doing…

Build - A - Leader

Getting to Know You

Progress AssessmentPAT student progress is assessed in the following

areas:• Critical thinking• Creative thinking• Problem solving• Leadership

4 = Outstanding 3 = Strong 2 = Developing 1 = Unsatisfactory

Progress reported to

parents

at the end of each

semester.

Web 2.0

Be an Advocate for your child.

Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented

www.txgifted.org

National Association for the Gifted and Talented

www.nagc.org