SCHOLARLY SPEECHES AND PRESENTATIONS
Keynote
Addresses (International)
Content
Organization and Teaching Strategies for Developing
Higher level Thought Processes.
Presented to
General
principles of Curriculum Development.
Presented to the Third Annual Teachers'
Conference on Gifted Education sponsored by
The Leonardo Trust, London, England,
1982.
Where
Have We Been?
Where are We Going?
Trends in Gifted Education.
Presented to the 1984 Conference of the
Association of Educators of Gifted, Talented,
and Creative Children in British Columbia and
the British Columbia Association for the
Gifted, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, 1984.
Curriculum
and Teaching Strategies for Gifted Students.
Presented to the First Portuguese
Conference on Gifted and Talented Education:
Developing Their Potential, The Portuguese
Association for the Gifted and Talented and
the World Council for Gifted and Talented Students,
Oporto, Portugal, 1986.
Identification
of Multiple Intelligences:
Research Models and Findings to Date.
Featured Speech presented to El Niño
Hispano Sobredotado, Universidad de las Americas
and the California Association for the Gifted
Conference, Mexico City, Mexico, 1987.
Trends
in Identifying and Nurturing Gifted Hispanics.
Opening Keynote Address presented to
El Niño Hispano Sobredotado, Universidad
de las Americas and the California Association
for the Gifted Conference, Mexico City,
Mexico, 1987.
Strategies
for Teaching the Gifted in the Regular Classroom.
Featured Address presented to the Second
Conference on the Gifted and Talented in Portugal:
A Model for Portugal, The Portuguese
Association for the Gifted and Talented and
the World Council for Gifted and Talented Students.
Oporto, Portugal, 1987.
Integrating
the Concepts of Intelligence and Creativity
through Problem Solving.
Part I:
A Problem-Solving Continuum.
Presented to Gifted Symposium:
Intelligence Applied, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada, 1988.
Increasing
the Power and Will to Create:
Ancient Wisdom and Modern Science.
Keynote address presented to the Eighth
World Conference on Gifted and Talented Children,
Sydney, Australia, 1989.
Curriculum
Development and Teaching Strategies for the
Gifted: 1982 to 1996. Presented to the Victorian
Association for Gifted an Talented Children,
Melbourne, Australia, 1996.
Problem
Solving: The Core Curriculum for the New Millennium.
Presented to the Conference on Creation
and Success sponsored by the Beijing Institute
of Education and the China Institute of
Promoting Eminent Teachers
What
a Quality Education Can Be.
Presented to the Albuquerque Association
for Gifted and Talented Students First Annual
Spring Conference, Albuquerque, NM, 1980.
Discovering
and Teaching Gifted Hearing Impaired Children.
Presented to the Annual Symposium
on Research and Utilization of Educational Media
for Teaching the Deaf, Lincoln, NE, 1981.
Make
It Happen.
Presented to the Albuquerque Association
for Gifted and Talented Students Second Annual
Spring Conference, Albuquerque, NM, 1981.
A
Special Population:
Meeting the Needs of the Gifted Handicapped.
Presented to the Oregon Federation
of the Council for Exceptional Children,
Portland, OR, 1981.
Curriculum
Development.
Presented to the Florida Association
for Gifted Children Conference, Miami, FL,
1982.
A
New Look at Quality Education for Gifted Minorities.
Presented to the United States Department
of Education (Region VIII) Conference on Excellence,
Colorado Springs, CO, 1982.
Education
of the Gifted:
Where Has It Been -- Where Is It Going?
Presented to the Albuquerque Association
for Gifted and Talented Children Annual Conference
for Parents and Educators, Albuquerque,
NM, 1983.
Curriculum
Development.
Presented to the Western Exchange
Conference on the Gifted, Las Vegas, NV,
1983.
Quality
Education for Gifted Minority Students.
Presented to the Montana Association
for Gifted and Talented Education, Butte,
MT, 1983.
Basic
Principles of Differentiating a Curriculum for
the Gifted.
Presented to the South Dakota Department
Education's Fifth Annual Summer Conference on
Gifted Education, Sioux Falls, SD, 1983.
Integrating
Meaningful Content with Process in Teaching
Gifted Students.
Presented to Western Kentucky University's
Summer Workshop for Parents and Teachers of
Gifted Students, Bowling Green, KY, 1983.
Where
Have We Been?... Where Are We Going?
Banquet Speech presented to the Ohio
Association for Gifted Children Conference.
Toledo, OH, 1983.
Trends
in Education of the Gifted:
Where Have We Been?
Where Are We Going?
Presented to the Kansas Association
for the Gifted/Talented/Creative Annual Conference,
Topeka, KS, 1983.
Curriculum
Modifications Appropriate for Gifted Students.
Presented to the Maine Educators of
the Gifted, Creative, and Talented, Portland,
ME, 1984.
Integrating
Content and Processes in the Teaching of Gifted
Students.
Presented to the Oklahoma Association
for Gifted Children, Tulsa, OK, 1985.
Curriculum
Development:
Integrating Content and Processes. Presented
to the Michigan Association for the Gifted,
Lansing, MI, 1985.
Integrating
Content and Process in Teaching Gifted Children
and Curriculum Development:
A Suggested Process and Some Sample Products.
Presented to the Midwest Institute
for Advanced Gifted Studies, St. Paul, MN,
1985.
General
Principles for Teaching the Gifted, Integrating
Significant Content with Processes in Teaching
the Gifted, Questioning Strategies to Develop
Thinking Skills, and Curriculum Development:
A Process and an Example.
Presented to the Intermountain Conference
on Education for the Gifted and Talented,
Ogden, UT, 1985.
Gifted
Children Are Gifted 24 Hours a Day!
Regular Classroom Situations Need to
be Modified to Meet Their Needs.
Presented to the Northeast Educational
Services Cooperative Conference on Teaching
Gifted Students in the Regular Classroom,
Watertown, SD, 1985.
Growing
Up Gifted:
Challenges for Parents and Educators.
Presented to the Second Annual Montgomery
County Conference on Gifted/Talented Education,
Silver Spring, MD, 1986.
Trends
in Gifted Education:
Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going?
Presented to the Third Annual Texas
Association for the Gifted and Talented (TAGT)
Conference, sponsored by West Texas State
University, Texas Tech University, and TAGT,
Canyon, TX, 1986.
Frames
of Discovery:
A Process Approach to Identifying and
Nurturing Giftedness in All Cultural Groups.
Presented to the Florida Association
for the Gifted Annual Conference, Orlando,
FL, 1986.
Frames
of Discovery:
A Process Approach to Identifying Giftedness
in Special Populations.
Presented to the National Association
for Gifted Children Mid-Winter Institute,
Dallas, TX, 1986.
New
Directions in Identifying and Providing Programs
for Gifted Hispanic Students.
Presented to San Diego Association
for Bilingual Education Symposium, San Diego,
CA, 1988.
Instructional
Delivery Models; and Curriculum Organization.
Presented to the Second Annual Business-Education
Partnership Conference, Portland, OR, 1990.
The
Handicapped Gifted:
A Special Challenge.
Presented to the College of William
and Mary Conference on Serving the At-Risk Gifted
Learner, Williamsburg, VA, 1990.
Extending
Learning for Gifted Students in Regular Classrooms. Presented to the Montana Association
of Gifted and Talented Education, Butte,
MT, 1993.
Giftedness
and diversity in young children.
Featured speeches presented to the Council
for Exceptional Children’s Institutes on Nurturing
Giftedness in Young Children, Bethesda,
Maryland and Seattle, Washington, 1995.
Finding
and nurturing diverse gifts and talents in diverse
learners: Lessons from the children.
Keynote address presented to the Montana
Association for Gifted and Talented Education,
Kalispell, MT, 1996.
Assessing
and providing for the very young gifted child.
Keynote address presented to the Ohio
Association for Gifted Children, Columbus,
OH, 1996.
Nurturing
giftedness in young children.
Public speech presented to Ohio University
faculty, staff, students, and community, Athens,
OH, May, 1996.
Identifying
giftedness in young children.
Public speech presented to Ohio University
faculty, staff, students, and community, Athens,
OH, October, 1996.
Listen
to the Children: DISCOVERing and Nurturing Diverse
Gifts and Talents.
Presented to the Fifth National Conference
on Gifted and Talented Education for Native
People, Albuquerque, NM, 1998.
Listen
to the Children: DISCOVERing and Nurturing Diverse
Gifts and Talents through Bilingual and Alternative
Education. Presented to the Annie M. Edlen
Foundation Conference on Bilingual and Alternative
Education, Ashland, OR, 1998.
DISCOVER
Assessment: A Useful Tool for Identifying Gifted
Minority Students.
Keynote Address presented to the Quarterly
Meeting of the Directors of Special Education
Programs in New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM,
1999.
A
New View of Gifted Learners: Looking through
the Lens of Multiple Intelligences.
Evening address presented to the Distinguished
Lecture Series for the San Diego City Schools,
San Diego, CA, 1999.
The
Hilda Taba Teaching Strategies.
Keynote Address and Demonstration presented
to the 1999 Summer Institute on Gifted Education
at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte,
Charlotte, NC, 1999.
Live
Your Passion!
Graduation speech presented to the Moving
Ahead Professionally (MAP) program, The
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 1999.
Problem
Solving:
The Core Curriculum for the New Millennium.
Presented to the Seventh National
Conference on
Giftedness,
Diversity, and Problem Solving.
Presented to the Idaho and Northwest
Regional Conference on Gifted
Problem
Solving: The Core Curriculum for the New Millennium.
Presented to the Annual Conference
of the Arizona Association for Gifted and Talented
Students, Phoenix, AZ, 2000.
Sample
Units and Curriculum Plans for the Gifted.
Presented to the British Columbia
Division of the Association for the Gifted,
Vancouver, British Columbia, 1980.
The
Gifted and Handicapped, Teaching Strategies
and Curricula for Developing Abstract Reasoning
Skills, and Basic Principles of Curriculum Development
for the Gifted.
Presented to the Anglo-American Teacher
Conference on Gifted Education, London,
England, 1980.
Integrating
Significant Content with Process in the Teaching
of Gifted Secondary Students and Integrating
Significant Content with Process in the Teaching
of Gifted Elementary Students.
Presented to the 1984
Integrating
Significant Content with Processes in the Teaching
of Gifted Students.
Invited address presented to the First
Latin American Conference on Gifted and Talented
Child Education (a regional conference sponsored
by the World Council for Gifted and Talented
Children), Mexico City, Mexico, 1984.
Identification
of Gifted Students from Undeserved Populations. Presented to the Sixth World Conference
on Gifted and Talented Children, Hamburg,
Germany, 1985.
Teaching
the Gifted:
Focus on Higher Levels of Thinking.
Presented for Department of Defense
Dependents Schools in the Philippine Islands,
Angeles City, PI, 1985.
Integrating
the Concepts of Intelligence and Creativity
through Problem Solving.
Part II:
The Domains of Abilities.
Presented to Gifted Symposium:
Intelligence Applied, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada, 1988.
Project
DISCOVER:
The Concept and its Application to Identification
and Education of Gifted Hispanic Students; and
Project DISCOVER:
Linguistic and Bilinguistic Intelligence.
Presented to First Conference of Special,
Bilingual, and Bicultural Education, Tlaxcala,
Mexico, 1988.
I
Identifying
and Developing Multiple Intelligences and Giftedness
in Native Children.
Presented for R.S. Philips and Associates
in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,
Canada, 1992.
Problem
Solving: A Process Approach to Identifying
Giftedness in Special Populations.
Presented to World Council on Gifted
and Talented Students Conference, Toronto,
Ontario, Canada, 1993.
D
Multiple
Intelligences Theory.
Invited seminar presented to Institute
de Investigacion y Educacion del Talento,
Mexico City, Mexico, May, 1996.
The
future of education for the gifted:
Issues and trends.
Post-conference seminar for leaders of
gifted education in Victoria, Victorian
Association for the Gifted Annual Conference,
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, June, 1996.
Curriculum
development and teaching strategies for multiple
intelligences and gifted and talented students.
Presented at Scotch Oakburn College for
the Tasmanian Association for Gifted and
Talented Students, Launceston, Tasmania,
Australia, July, 1996.
A
Model Global Interactive Learning Center.
Invited Pre-Conference Workshop presented
(with T. Siler) to the 7th International
Conference on Thinking, Singapore, June,
1997.
Global
Interactive Learning Center.
Invited Demonstration Program (4 days)
coordinated by C. J. Maker and taught by C.
J. Maker, D. Anderson, E. Uzumeckis, & A.
Merrill, presented at the China-U.S. Conference
on Education, Beijing, China, July, 1997.
The
DISCOVER Assessment and Curriculum Models.
Presented to the faculty and students
of the Beijing Institute of Education,
Beijing, China, 1998.
Problem
solving, creativity, and critical thinking:
The DISCOVER approach.
Presented to the faculty and students
of the Beijing Institute of Education,
Beijing, China, 1998.
Cooperative
research projects.
A discussion with the faculty and students
of the Beijing Institute of Education, Beijing,
China, 1998.
The
DISCOVER Assessment Process.
Presented to the International Center
for the Gifted, Hong Kong, 1998.
Recognizing
and Nurturing the Strengths and Talents of All
Students.
Presented to the Indigenous Education
Coalition, London, Ontario, Canada, 1998.
Multiple
Intelligences and DISCOVER: Invited Seminar
presented to parents and teachers at Niños
Brilliantes School, Juarez, Mexico, 1999.
Developing
Creativity: The DISCOVER Experience.
Invited Seminar presented to the Third
China - U.S. Conference on Education, Phoenix,
AZ, 1999.
Research
and Practice in the DISCOVER Project.
Seminar presented to Arabian Gulf
University, Manama, Bahrian, 1999.
Assessing
Problem Solving: The DISCOVER Model.
Presented to the Sixth Asia-Pacific
Conference on Giftedness,
Problems
in Cross-Cultural Testing.
Invited seminar presented to the Conference
on Gifted and Talented Navajos
The
Gifted Handicapped.
Invited seminar presented to the University
of Denver Conference on Education of the Gifted
Handicapped, Denver, CO, 1981.
Acceleration
vs. Enrichment.
Invited workshop presented to the National
Association for Gifted Children Professional
Training Institute, Phoenix, AZ, 1983.
Handicapped
gifted.
Invited seminar presented to the Western
Exchange Conference on the Gifted, Las Vegas,
NV, 1983.
Classroom
Strategies for the Gifted.
Invited workshop presented to Western
Kentucky University's Summer Workshop for Parents
and Teachers of Gifted Students, Bowling
Green, KY, 1983.
An
Experimental Program for Young Gifted Children.
Invited workshop presented for Western
Kentucky University's Seventh Annual Early Childhood
Conference, Bowling Green, KY, 1983.
Educating
Gifted and Talented Children for the Future
with Specific Emphasis on Curriculum Development.
Invited General Session presented to
the University of Oregon Conference on Education
for the Gifted, Eugene, OR, 1983.
Developing
a Scope and Sequence for a Gifted Program.
Invited preconvention seminar presented
to the National Association for Gifted Children
Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA, 1983.
Teaching
Strategies for the Gifted and Teaching Higher
Level Thinking Skills Through Future Studies.
Invited seminar and Short Course presented
to the University of Houston at Clear Lake
City Conference on Futures, Houston, TX,
1984.
The
Gifted and Talented -- General Principles of
Curriculum Development.
Invited seminar presented to the National
Association of Secondary School Principals,
Las Vegas, NV, 1984.
Gifted
and Talented Learning Disabled Students.
Invited presconference workshop presented
to the Association for Children with Learning
Disabilities Conference, New Orleans, LA,
1984.
Issues/Research
on the Learning Disabled gifted.
Invited panel discussion at the Association
for Children with Learning Disabilities Conference,
New Orleans, LA, 1984.
Developing
a Scope and Sequence for a Gifted Program.
Invited seminar presented to the Kephart
Memorial Symposium on Excellence in Education
sponsored by the University of Northern Colorado,
Aspen, CO, 1984.
Strategies
for Developing Abstract Reasoning Skills:
The Hilda Taba Teaching Strategies.
Invited preconvention Workshop presented
to the National Association for Gifted Children
Annual Convention, St. Louis, MO, 1984.
Developing
a Scope and Sequence for a Gifted Program.
Invited seminar presented to The Association
for the Gifted Division of the Council for Exceptional
Children, Anaheim, CA, 1985.
Developing
and Implementing Interdisciplinary Curricula
for Gifted Students.
Invited preconvention seminar presented
to the National Association for Gifted Children
Annual Convention, Denver, CO, 1985.
The
Curriculum Dilemma:
Perspectives for Planning Programs.
Invited Panel Discussion (with Harry
Passow, Sandra Kaplan, Joyce Van Tassel-Baska)
presented to the National Association for
Gifted Children Mid-Winter Institute, Dallas,
TX, 1986.
Developing
Thinking Skills Through Interdisciplinary Curricula
and a Modified Hilda Taba Teaching Strategy:
Focus on Intermediate, Middle, and High
Schools.
Invited preconvention workshops presented
to the National Association for Gifted Children
Annual Convention, Las Vegas, NV, 1986.
Teaching
Gifted Learning Disabled Students and Strategies
for Parents of Gifted Learning Disabled Students.
Invited seminars presented to the 1986
Special Strategies Symposium:
Gifted and Learning Disabled Students
sponsored by Vincennes University and The Vincennes
Rotary Club, Vincennes, IN, 1986.
Frames
of Discovery.
Presented to the California Association
for the Gifted 26th Annual Conference, Santa
Clara, CA, 1988.
Trends
in Identifying and Nurturing Gifted Hispanics;
and Identification of Multiple Intelligences:
Research Models and Findings to Date.
Presented to Pre-Conference on the
Hispanic Gifted Child for the California Association
for the Gifted 16th Annual Conference, Santa
Clara, CA, 1988.
Integrating
the Concepts of Intelligence and Creativity
through Problem Solving. Part
I: A
Problem-Solving Continuum; Part II:
The Domains of Abilities; New Directions
in Identifying and Providing Programs for Gifted
Hispanic Students; and Giftedness, Bilingualism,
and Problem Solving.
Presented to 25th Anniversary Illinois
Gifted Education Conference, Chicago, IL,
1988.
New
Directions in Identifying and Planning Programs
for Gifted Hispanic Students.
Presented to The Arizona Association
for Gifted and Talented Annual Conference,
Phoenix, AZ, 1988.
Identification
of Gifted Minority Students.
Presented to Arizona Conferences on
Applied Psychological Issues,
Minority Assessment Conference, Tucson,
AZ, 1988.
New
Directions in Identifying and Providing Programs
for Gifted Hispanic Students.
Preconvention seminar presented to National
Association for Gifted Children 35th Anniversary
Convention, Orlando, FL, 1988.
Critical
Issues in Developing Curriculum for Special
Populations; and Scope and Sequence for the
Gifted:
The State of the Art (with Joyce Van
Tassel-Baska, A. Harry Passow, John F. Feldhusen,
Shirley Schiever, & Tommie Sue Anthony).
Presented to National Association
for Gifted Children 35th Anniversary Convention,
Orlando, FL, 1988.
Serving
Minority Gifted Youth.
Presented to Coordinators for Gifted
Education Programs Focus Symposium:
Spotlight on Gifted, Phoenix, AZ,
1988.
Designing
Curriculum for the Gifted in a Multicultural
World: How does the design of a multicultural
curriculum meet the needs of special populations?
Presented to the National Association
for Gifted Children Mid-Winter Institute,
Phoenix, AZ, 1988.
Bilingualism,
Language Acquisition, and the Identification
of Giftedness; and Education for Gifted Bilingual
and LEP Students.
Presented to the California Association
for the Gifted 27th Annual Conference, San
Diego, CA, 1989.
Developing
Creativity and Problem Solving through Multiple
Intelligences.
Presented to the American Creativity
Association Annual Conference, Houston,
TX, 1991.
Developing
and Identifying Multiple Intelligences and Special
Populations of Gifted Students.
Presented to Region IV Education Agency,
Houston, TX, 1991.
Developing
Creativity and Problem Solving in Multiple Intelligences,
and Connections:
University Perspectives on Gifted Education. Presented to Arizona Association
for Gifted and Talented 18th Annual Conference,
Tucson, AZ, 1991.
Problem
Solving as a Method for Identifying Giftedness
in Minority Students.
Presented to Project STEP-UP sites
in Lakeland, FL, Chinle, AZ, and Killeen, TX,
1991.
Multiple
Intelligences.
Presented to Project STEP-UP sites
in Tampa, FL, Lakeland, FL, Chinle, AZ, and
Killeen, TX, 1991.
Identification
of American Indian Students using Problem Solving. Presented to the Annual Javits
Gifted and Talented Education Grants Meeting,
sponsored by the US Department of Education,
Office of Educational Research and Improvement,
Programs for the Improvement of Practice, Washington,
D.C., 1992.
Background
Information, Problem Types, and Ideas for Observing
and Assessing Problem Solving in the Classroom.
Presented to IMPACT II, A Conference
sponsored by the Arizona Department of Education
and the Amphitheater Public Schools, Tucson,
AZ, 1993.
Assessment
Techniques to Identify the Gifted and Talented
LEP Child.
Presented to the Office of Bilingual
Education and Minority Languages Affairs Management
Training Institute, Houston, TX, 1993.
Using
Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences in
Assessment and Curriculum Development for Gifted
Minority Students.
Presented to North Carolina Exceptional
Education Conference, Raleigh, NC, 1993.
Using
Manipulatives to Assess and Develop Problem
Solving Abilities; Using Varied Problem Types
and Multiple Intelligences in Assessment and
Development of Problem Solving; and Identification
of Gifted Minority Students.
Presented to South Florida Thinking
Skills Conference, Miami, FL, 1994.
Kid
Watching: Assessing LEP Children's Problem Solving
Strengths. (With Aleene Nielson)
Presented to California Association
for the Gifted Conference, Palm Springs,
CA, 1994.
Problem
Solving in Multiple Intelligences: Observations
of Native American and Hispanic Children. Invited
presentation to the Esther Katz Rosen Symposium
on the Psychological Development of Gifted Children. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS,
1994.
Assessment/Observation
of Problem Solving and Multiple Intelligences
in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students.
Invited seminar (with A. Nielson and
J. Rogers) presented to the CEC Symposium
on Multicultural Exceptional Learners, San
Diego, CA, 1994.
DISCOVER
Problem Solving Assessment.
Presented to the Special Populations
Division Preconference Institute of the National
Association for Gifted Children Convention,
Tampa, FL, 1995.
Assessment
and Development of Students from Diverse Ethnic,
Linguistic, and Cultural Backgrounds.
Invited seminar presentation to The
National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented
Conference on Research and Classroom Practices
in Gifted Education.
Windsor Locks, CT, 1995.
The
DISCOVER process and multiple intelligences.
Invited seminar presented (with Aleene
Nielson) to Creative Learning, a conference
sponsored by The University of Arizona’s Extended
University, Tucson, AZ, 1996.
Broadening
our Conceptions of Who the Gifted are. Presented
(with B. Slatin) to the National Association
for Gifted Children Administrators Leadership
Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1996.
Nurturing
giftedness in young children birth to 8 years.
Preconference seminar presented (with
Margaret A. King and Joan McMath) to the National
Association for the Education of Young Children
Annual Conference, Dallas, TX, 1996.
Multiple
intelligences:
DISCOVERing and nurturing the strengths
of young children.
Presented to the Colorado Department
of Education Early Childhood Initiatives
Symposium, Winter Park, CO, 1996.
Language
minority students’ access to gifted and talented
education programs.
Presented to the U.S. Department of Education
Office for Civil Rights Gifted and Talented
Education Symposium, Chicago, IL, 1996.
Observation
of problem solving in multiple intelligences:
The DISCOVER assessment process, and Nurturing
giftedness and talent: The DISCOVER model. Invited seminars presented to the
Montana Association for Gifted and Talented
Education, Kalispell, MT, 1996.
Recognizing
and Nurturing Giftedness in Young Children:
Part II, Especially for Parents, and Recognizing
and Nurturing Young Gifted Children: Part III,
The DISCOVER assessment process.
Invited seminars presented to the Ohio
Association for Gifted Children, Columbus,
OH, 1996.
Multiple
intelligences theory and the arts: The DISCOVER
Project.
Presented to the Arts Connection invitational
symposium, Learning and the Arts: New Strategies
for Student Success, New York City, NY,
1997.
Multiculturalism
in Gifted Education; Multiple Intelligence Theory
and Gifted Learners; The Education of Native
American and Hispanic Gifted Learners; and Problem
Solving Assessments of Giftedness.
Invited seminars presented to the Nebraska
Association for the Gifted Annual Conference,
Kearney, NE, 1997.
Multiple
intelligences in practice.
Leadership Institute presented to the
University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney,
NE, 1997.
Recognizing
and Nurturing the Strengths of Native American
and Mexican American Students in Inclusive Classrooms.
Invited Pre-Convention Workshop presented
to the Council for Exceptional Children Annual
Convention, Salt Lake City, UT, April, 1997.
Giftedness,
Diversity, and Problem Solving in Multiple Intelligences.
Presented to the Western Iowa Consortium
of Educators of the Gifted.
West Des Moines, IA, October, 1997.
The
DISCOVER Project: Finding and Nurturing the
Strengths of ALL Students (Part I and Part II).
Presented (with Alisa Cook and Randal
Pease) to the Fifth National Conference on
Gifted and Talented Education for Native People,
Albuquerque, NM, 1998.
Giftedness,
Diversity, and Problem Solving in Multiple Intelligences.
Presented to the 12th Annual Amana
Workshop for Gifted Education Advocates,
Cedar Rapids, IA, 1998.
Non-Biased
Assessment of Giftedness in Students from Diverse
Ethnic and Linguistic Groups.
Presented to attorneys and case workers
of the Office for Civil Rights, Denver,
CO, 1998.
B
Principles
of Teaching the Gifted for General Teacher Training. Special Session (with L.M. Cohen,
J. Van Tassel-Baska, S.N. Kaplan, J.H. Borland,
D. Ambrose, C. Tolson) presented to the 46th
Annual Convention of
the National Associaton for Gifted Children,
Albuquerque, NM, 1999.
Connecting
Disciplines through Curriculum.
Invited Seminar presented to the 1999
Summer Institute on Gifted Children sponsored
by the University of North Carolina at Charlotte,
Charlotte, NC, 1999.
DISCOVER
Assessment: Research and Practice.
Invited speech/seminar presented to the
Arizona State Task Force on Identification
of Gifted Students, Phoenix, AZ, 1999.
Talent
Development and Problem Solving.
Invited Seminar/Workshop presented to
the Charlotte Mecklenburg and Gaston County
Talent Development Program, Charlotte, NC,
1999.
Curriculum
Development and teaching Strategies for Gifted
Learners.
Seminar presented to the East Baton
Rouge Parish School District, Baton Rouge,
LA, 1999.
Multiple
Intelligences and Problem Solving in High School
Classrooms.
Presented to the Dean’s Forum for
the Advancement of Knowledge and Practice
in Education, Casa Grande, AZ, 1999.
Assessing
Problem Solving: The DISCOVER Model.
Presented to the Seventh National
Conference on Gifted and
Developing
Problem Solving: The DISCOVER Model.
Presented to the Seventh National
Conference on Gifted and Talented Education
for Native People, Hilo, HI, 2000.
Recognizing
and Caring for Special (Gifted) Children.
Presented to the Inter Tribal Council
of Arizona, Inc. Conference “Weaving Generations
Together”, Phoenix, AZ, 2000.
Curriculum
Development and Evaluation.
Panel Discussion (with A. Harry Passow,
Joyce Van Tassel-Baska, John Feldhusen) presented
to The Seventh World Conference on Gifted
and Talented Children, Salt Lake City, UT,
1987.
Developing
Sequenced Curricula and Teaching Strategies
for Gifted Students.
Seminars presented to The Seventh
World Conference on Gifted and Talented Children,
Salt Lake City, UT, 1987.
The
Spiral Model of Thinking as a Structure for
Differentiated Curriculum.
Presented (with Shirley Schiever) to
the Eighth World Conference on Gifted and
Talented Children, Sydney, Australia, 1989.
Project
DISCOVER:
Results and Implications.
Presented (with Shirley Schiever and
Diane Eckstein) to the Eighth World Conference
on Gifted and Talented Children, Sydney,
Australia, 1989.
Problem
Solving in Multiple Intelligences: Presented
(with Ali Lori and Gary Pears) to The 11th
World Conference on Gifted and Talented Children,
Hong Kong, 1995.
Nurturing
Children with Diverse Intelligences: The DISCOVER
Identification and Curriculum Model.
Presented to the China-U.S. Conference
on Education, Beiging, China, July, 1997.
The
DISCOVER Assessment Model.
Presented to the 12th World Conference
of the World Council for Gifted and Talented
Children, Seattle, WA, August, 1997.
DISCOVER
III: A Symposium on Culture-fair, Intelligence-fair
Alternative Assessment for Identification of
Gifted Individuals.
Presented with S. Griffiths to the 12th
World Conference of the World Council for Gifted
and Talented Children, Seattle, WA, August,
1997.
Core
Attributes of Giftedness as a Theorectical Framework
for Identifying and Educating Diverse Gifted
Learners.
Presented (with M. Frasier, J. Garcia,
D. Martin, & L. Roberts) to the 12th
World Conference of the World Council for Gifted
and Talented Children, Seattle, WA, August,
1997.
DISCOVER:
Project Results 1993-1998.
Seminar (with K. Serouphim, A. Lori,
A.Kassymov) presented to the 13th
World Conference on Gifted and Talented Students,
Istanbul, Turkey, 1999.
Research
on Gifted Children with Special Needs--Learning
Disabled Gifted Children and Adapting Teaching-Learning
Models for the Gifted. Seminars presented to the Council
for Exceptional Children Annual Convention,
Houston, TX, 1982.
Teaching-Learning
Models for the Gifted and Issues Involved in
Developing, Implementing, and Improving Master's
Degree Programs.
Workshops presented to the National
Association for Gifted Children, New Orleans,
LA, 1982.
Attribution
Theory and Its Applications to Gifted, Gifted
Underachievers, Gifted Handicapped, and Gifted
Minority Students.
Session presented to the Council for
Exceptional Children Annual Convention,
Washington, DC, 1984.
Creative
Ways to Involve Businesses in Education.
Panel Discussion (with Dorothy Sisk and
Hilda Roselli
presented to the National Association
for Gifted Children Annual Convention, Las
Vegas, NV, 1986.
To
Be or Not to Be:
A debate about the Concepts of Early
Childhood and Adult Gifted Learning Disabled. Debate (with Kenneth Kavale, Sharon
Vaughn, and Jeanne McCarthy) presented to the
Council for Exceptional Children 66th Annual
Convention, Washington, DC, 1988.
Business-Education
Cooperatives.
Presented to the Second Annual Business-Education
Partnership Conference, Portland, OR, 1990.
Problem
Solving as a Method for Identifying Giftedness
in Minority Students.
Presented (with Judith A. Rogers) to
the Arizona Association for Gifted and Talented
18th Annual Conference, Tucson, AZ, 1991.
Identification
of Giftedness in Minority Students through Problem
Solving.
Presented (with Judith A. Rogers) to
the National Association for Gifted Children
Annual Convention, Los Angeles, CA, 1992.
Identification
of Giftedness in Minority Students through Observation
of Problem Solving.
Presented to the Arizona Association
for Gifted Children, Phoenix, AZ, 1992.
Observation
of Problem Solving:
Methods for Cross-Cultural Identification
and Assessment of Giftedness and Creativity.
Presented (with Aleene Nielson) to Arizona
Association for the Gifted, Flagstaff, Arizona,
1993.
Kid
Watching: Assessing LEP Children's Problem
Strengths.
Presented (with A. Nielson and J. Rogers)
to Arizona Educators of the Gifted and Talented
Conference, Rio Rico, Arizona, 1994.
Modifying
Regular classroom Curriculum for Bright Students.
(with L. Kanevsky, J. Rogers, & A.
Nielson).
Presented to the Arizona Association
for Gifted Children Conference.
Scottsdale, AZ, 1994.
Problem
Solving, Diversity and Multiple Intelligences.
Presented (with J. Rogers, A. Nielson,
C. McArthur) at the Dean's Forum for The
Advancement of Knowledge and Practice in Education,
The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 1995.
Multiple
intelligences and problem solving in elementary
classrooms.
Presented (with Judith Rogers, Aleene
Nielson, Claudia McArthur, and Lee Nelson) to
the Dean’s Forum for the Advancement of Knowledge
and Practice in Education, Tucson, AZ, 1996.
Nurturing
Giftedness in Young Children Birth to Age 8.
Presented with Margaret King to the National
Association for the Education of Young Children
Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA, 1997.
DISCOVER
Assessment: Description, Use, and Results of
Research.
Presented with Randal Pease to the 45th
Annual Convention of the National Association
for Gifted Students, Louisville, KY, 1998.
DISCOVER
Curriculum: Nurturing Each Learner’s Unfolding
Within the Classroom.
Presented with Randal Pease to the 45th
Annual Convention of the National Association
for Gifted Students, Louisville, KY, 1998.
The
Artist in the Classroom: How to Recognize and
Nurture Artistic Gifts and Talents.
Presented (with Barry Oreck and Joanne
Haroutounian) to the 45th Annual Convention
of the National Association for Gifted Children,
Louisville, KY, 1998.
DISCOVER
Curriculum Modifications for Gifted Learners.
Presented (with Randal Pease) to the
46th Annual Convention of the
National Association for Gifted Children,
Albuquerque, NM, 1999.
The
DISCOVER Curriculum Model:
Problem Solving as the Core Curriculum.
Presented to the 47th Annual
Convention of the National Association for Gifted
Children, Atlanta, GA, 2000.
DISCOVER:
A Performance-Based Assessment of Problem Solving.
Presented to the 47th Annual
Convention of the National Association for Gifted
Children, Atlanta, GA, 2000.
