Abstract
The Talents Unlimited project is an effective inservice education model for training both regular classroom teachers and specialists in gifted education in the development of students' creative and critical thinking skills. Four categories of training activities which comprise this model closely approximate the components which inservice research suggests are critical in helping teachers master new instructionalapproaches: Presentation of theory or description of strategy; modeling of skills; practice in simulated and classroom settings; feedback about performance; and coaching for application of skills to the classroom. The effectiveness of the Talenfs Unlimited model in enhancing teacher skills in the identification and instruction of students with varying backgrounds and diverse abilities is discussed.
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