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A pyramid with six levels, each representing a different level of cognitive thinking: remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating, and creating.

 

Wise Elementary students attend a special G/T class for a 45 minute weekly session. Gifted and Talented students are also serviced with differentiated activities in their homerooms as well to stimulate critical thinking and advanced learning. 

Wise offers its G/T program students opportunities to participate in robotics as well as attend Region 7 competitions.

What is Gifted and Talented?

A gifted/talented student is a child or youth who performs at or shows the potential for performing at a remarkably high level of accomplishment when compared to others of the same age, experience, or environment and who

  • exhibits high performance capability in an intellectual, creative, or artistic area;
  • possesses an unusual capacity for leadership; or
  • excels in a specific academic field. (Texas Education Code §29.121)