Billy Mitchell was the founding father of what is now the Air Force. His legacy of tragedy and triumph resonates with the proposition that success always starts with failure. The tragedy of his court martial‚ subsequent resignation after a long military career‚ and early death ended in triumph because his vision became a reality in the creation of today’s independent Air Force. Mitchell’s vision for the Air Force past and present was a theory of airpower not based on a single idea but on the combined
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Shona Hemphill July 22‚ 2009 EDSP 4510 sec. 476 Structuring Gifted Programs If I had to pick the most important model from the Structuring Gifted Programs figure in chapter eleven‚ I would have to choose Individualized Instruction. This model breaks down instructions for assignments in a manner that is unique to an individual’s understanding. If a student does not understand the instructions‚ the teacher will personally come to the student and explain the instructions to him/her
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Article Review Gifted‚ Talented and Separated Introduction to Special Education EEX2000 Gifted‚ Talented and Separated “The most recent federal definition of gifted and talented‚ enacted in 1993‚ identifies gifted and talented students as those who exhibit the capacity for intellectual‚ creative‚ or artistic high performance and show unusual leadership ability or excel in an academic field. This current definition uses the term “outstanding talent‚” rather than “gifts and talents‚” and emphasizes
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Determination Determination can be a huge factor to success. Both determination and success are displayed in the Gifted Hands novel.Sonya Carson has persevered in the most difficult of situations‚ as have her sons. Her youngest son‚ Ben Carson‚ is one of the world’s leading neurosurgeons. He is also running for president. The other‚ Curtis Carson‚ is currently a great engineer. This family itself is a perfect example of what great determination can lead to. When Curtis Carson was in junior high
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The gifted student and poverty are two incredibly diverse topics that meet in underfunded and misunderstood programs. In an attempt to define gifted and talented (GT) students‚ as well as our understanding of poverty‚ the assumptions and misinterpretations of our knowledge slowly becomes evident through research analysis. First‚ seeking to define the problem and then to create change‚ the fundamental flaw is exposed; scholars do not agree on what poverty is and what necessarily defines social economic
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code ("Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch" – § 488 et seq.). This makes the short documentation possible‚ and‚ more importantly‚ protects issuers and investors. ■ The favorable accounting treatment of Schuldschein loans is one of their attractive characteristics. Plain vanilla Schuldschein loans do not have to be mark-to-market‚ but can be reported at amortized cost. This holds true both under German accounting rules and IFRS‚ hence avoiding P&L volatility‚ which would be the consequence of fair value
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For my assignment‚ I got the opportunity to learn more about exceptional learners. I took an in depth look at what defines a child as gifted‚ how the life course of the gifted can be described‚ and some options for educating students who are gifted. I began by taking a look at what defines a child as "gifted". Our book describes gifted children as those that have a combination of an extreme talent in subjects such as music‚ mathematics‚ and art‚ and an above average intelligence‚ which is usually
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Early life[edit] Elliot was born in Portland‚ Oregon‚ to Fred and Clara Elliot. Fred was of Scottish heritage; his grandparents were the first of his family to settle in North America. Clara’s parents moved near the turn of the 20th century from Switzerland to eastern Washington‚ where they operated a large ranch. They met in Portland‚ where Clara was studying to be a chiropractor and Fred‚ having devoted himself to Christian ministry‚ was working as a traveling preacher with the Plymouth Brethren
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The issue of gifted education revolves around two main elements- identification of gifted learners and maximising their learning outcomes. Senate Employment‚ Workplace Relations‚ Small Business and Education References Committee Inquiry into the Education of Gifted and Talented Children (2001) emphasised on the need for special educational approach towards the gifted children. The Melbourne Declaration on the Educational Goals for Young Australians (MCEETYA‚ 2008) also expects of Australian school
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the Effects of Gifted Programming in Mathematics and Reading Using the ECLS-K. Gifted Child Quarterly‚ 56(1)‚ 25-39. The article looked at the overall effect that funded gifted programs have on the gifted students and the detrimental effects this funding has on the non-gifted population in the areas of school achievement as well as the effects and attitudes of school achievement for non-gifted students. Arguments have been made that funding for gifted programs puts non-gifted students at a disadvantage
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