Treffer: Lifting Learning Experiences: Supporting Change in Teacher Practice Over Time.

General education teachers often have limited background in recognizing and responding to advanced academic potential in the classroom. This often may mean that advanced learners experience little instruction that provides them with appropriate levels of challenge. Professional learning opportunities and instructional resources reflecting best practices in gifted education can support classroom teachers in challenging all learners and looking for learners who would benefit from more advanced instruction. Project LIFT engaged classroom teachers at grades K-3 in a professional learning initiative supporting their capacity to recognize and respond to high-potential behaviors. Teachers collaboratively developed and implemented inquiry-focused, standards-based lessons in reading and mathematics. Classroom observations demonstrated increases over time on key indicators of academic rigor and classroom discourse. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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