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Talents Unlimited Model
The Talents Unlimited Model (TU) was founded on the belief that all students, whether gifted identified or not, should receive enrichment services focused on fostering critical thinking skills. With a strong emphasis on teacher training, the Talents Unlimited Model stresses the importance of designing lessons that utilize the six talent areas: productive thinking. decision making, planning, forecasting, communication, and academic (Schlichter, 2009, p. 436).

Criterion 1: Respect for individuals with diverse abilities, strengths, and goals (FULLY MET)
The Talents Unlimited Model was created under the philosophy that all students, both those identified as gifted and those not, would benefit from enrichment programs. The …show more content…

The goal of the Talents Unlimited Program is to train teachers on how to utilize these skills in their classroom and within their instruction. There are five key components that must be modeled by the teachers: giving directions/asking questions that contain cues for cognitive tasks, providing proper reflection and response time, expanding on ideas, modeling thinking skills, and creating materials that best employ the talent areas. Through the use of these components, the students will learn to use problem solving skills (Schlichter, 2009, p. …show more content…

437). As a result, ALL students are provided with meaningful and challenging activities.

Criterion 9: Provide opportunities for self-exploration, development and pursuit of interests, and development of identities supportive of achievement, e.g. through mentors and role models (NOT MET)
As stated in the information provided in the Talents Unlimited Model, the talent skills can be applied across disciplines. It could then be assumed that a teacher could use differentiation to select content that match the interests of the students, but the model appears to be more focused on teaching the skills itself rather than providing the above mentioned criteria.

Criterion 10: Provide for enhancement of oral, written, and artistic forms of communication, recognizing students’ cultural context. (NOT

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