Join us for workshops in gifted education through the Belin-Blank Center and the UI College of Education over the next two months! We have FIVE new workshops this summer, and whether you are new to gifted education, working on your endorsement, or have been in the field for years, there is a workshop that is right for you.
You can find the complete schedule at http://www.education.uiowa.edu/html/belinblank/Programs/Educators/Courses/Schedule.aspx, and the online courses are listed first.
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Megan Foley-Nicpon (Supervisor of Psychological Services at the Center’s Assessment and Counseling Clinic), Susan Assouline (Associate Director), and Rebecca Stinson recently published an article in Gifted Child Quarterly. The article, titled Cognitive and Academic Distinctions Between Gifted Students With Autism and Asperger Syndrome, examines differences in test scores and Verbal Comprehension Index scores between high ability students with autism and high ability students with Asperger Syndrome.
In late April, the Belin-Blank Center welcomed visitors from Moscow’s National University of Science and Technology (NUST) MISiS. Their activities included discussions with University of Iowa officials, learning about TILE (Transform, Interact, Learn, Engage) classrooms, touring College of Engineering labs, meeting with Belin-Blank Center administrators about facilitating the STEM pipeline, and even attending a hip-hop showcase!
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The program and most handouts were translated into Russian to facilitate understanding, even though participants could all read English-language materials.
Thanks to everyone who made this visit possible!
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Germine Alfonse discusses her research at the poster session.
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The banquet will feature high-ranking speakers from the Army, Navy, and Air Force, as well as presentation of the National Junior Science & Humanities Symposium Awards.
For the past eight years, the Belin-Blank Center has recognized Iowa’s high schools for creating Advanced Placement (AP) opportunities for high-ability students. Our vehicle for recognition is the Iowa AP Index, and today we publicly share the results of the 2012 Index. Once again, it gives me great pleasure to recognize and celebrate Iowa’s high schools for their efforts at providing meaningful and rigorous coursework.
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Pictured here with Belin-Blank Center Director Dr. Nicholas Colangelo, Belin-Blank Center Associate Director Dr. Susan Assouline, and University of Iowa Professor of Military Science LTC David J. Deyak, the winners of the 2012 Iowa Regional JSHS are Pearl Sawhney, Wesley Weirather, Germine Alfonse, Pavane Gorrepati, Surya Sawhney, and Camille Adajar. Congratulations and good luck at the national competition!
