Renzulli Learning Overview Spalding Drive Charter School Sandy Springs, GA

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Renzulli Learning OverviewSpalding Drive
Charter SchoolSandy Springs, GA

• Originally presented by
• Gara B. Field, Ph.D.
• gfield_at_uga.edu

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TECHNOLOGYWhat do you want technology to do for
your child?
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A Roadmap for today

• Introduction and overview of Renzulli Learning
• From theory to practicality
• How to Guides
• Questions and Answers

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Dr. Joseph Renzulli Director, National Research
Center on the Gifted and Talented at the
University of Connecticut
Dr. Sally Reis Past president National
Association for Gifted Children Principal
Investigator, National Research Center on Gifted
and Talented at UCONN.
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Dr. Joseph Renzulli on IQ
I've always said that IQ tests tell us
something. But they don't begin to tell us
everything, and in some cases they may not even
be telling us what is most important about a
young person's potential.
3-Ring Conception of Giftedness
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WHAT MAKES GIFTEDNESS?
Task Commitment
Above Average Ability
Creativity
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What is differentiation?

• Matching the given content area with a students
  interests, abilities, and learning styles through
  various instructional strategies. Sally
  Reis

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• Content
• what students learn
• Process
• how students go about making
• sense of the what
• Product
• how students demonstrate the what
• Tomlinson, 2000

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Renzullis 5 Dimensions of Differentiation
Content (knowledge)
Process (pedagogy)
Teacher
Products (expression styles)
Classroom Organization (management)
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No significant learning occurs without a
significant relationship. Dr. James Comer
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Where did the idea for Renzulli Learning come
from?
A portfolio of tools and instruments that
represent the best in pedagogical research...
Digitized!
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The Renzulli Differentiation EngineTM
matches required content
with each students interests, abilities,
learning styles, and preferred product styles.
State Standards
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Top 3 Interest Areas
Top 3 Learning Styles
Top 3 Product Styles
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Renzulli Learning-- Currently over 30,000
enrichment activities!
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The Wizard Project Maker walks students through
the research process, provides an organizational
system, and stores the information gathered.
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A Better Use of Web Programming

• Google Search of Fractions yields
• 461mm results
• Complete with advertisements and uncertainty

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A Better Use of Web Programming

• RLS Search of Fractions yields
• 63 results
• Categorized across 14 Enrichment areas covering
  exploratory opportunities, creativity and
  analytical how-to training, and work product
  creation.

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The Renzulli System is where learning and fun
collide! 2nd grader
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Questions?
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It all began with a simple question
Do you like to read?
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Literacy and thinking are socially-constructed
achievements and not simply mental achievements
of the mind. More specifically, people read with
a sense of purpose and bring their life
experiences to what they are reading. James
Paul Gee, 2003
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METHODOLOGY
2 Research Sites n 383 (203 males/180
females) Oak Hills Elementary School - Oak
Park, CA Treatment and control groups 3rd,
4th, and 5th grades (n 106 treatment/ n 92
control) Middle class suburban
neighborhood Inman Middle School - Atlanta, GA
Treatment and control groups in 6th, 7th, and 8th
grades (n 96 treatment/ n 89 control) Title
I urban school
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OAK HILLS DEMOGRAPHICS
Ethnic Distribution of Students at Oak Hills
Elementary School and State levels
Ethnicity Oak Hills State
African-American 3 8
Asian 15 8
Caucasian 76 30
Hispanic 4  48
Multi-racial lt 1 2
Note Data obtained from http//www.greatschools.n
et/cgi-bin/ca/other/7636 and the California
Department of Education, 2005-06
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INMAN DEMOGRAPHICS
Ethnic Distribution of Students at Inman Middle
School, District, and State levels
Ethnicity Inman District State
African-American 55 86 38
Asian 1 .59 3
Caucasian 38 8 49
Hispanic 2  4 8
Multi-racial 3 .93 2
Note Data obtained from http//www.atlanta.k12.ga
.us/content/aps/FastFacts_0607.pdf and
http//www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/ga/other/35
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METHODOLOGY
Random selection of treatment control
groups (Teachers also randomly selected at Oak
Hills) 16 week intervention 2 - 3 hours of RL
each school week in heterogeneously mixed
classrooms Two-way Repeated Measures ANOVA -
RQ 1 - 4 One-way Repeated Measures ANOVA - RQ
5 - 7
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Reading Reading
Social Science Fluency
Comprehension Studies
Science did not meet statistical significance
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Social Studies Results
ITBS SS standardized mean scores by groups
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Social Studies Results
Difference between pre post ITBS SS by group
for all students
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The things we know best are those things we have
not been directly taught.
Luc de Clapier, Marquis de Vauvenargues
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On-line workshop
http//www.renzullilearning.com
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Questions?