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We'd like to share you this article, How to Raise a Genius: Lessons from a 45-Year Study of Supersmart Children, as well as our thoughts on the article as well as the talented/ special education environment now in Taiwan, which also shows TrinityScholar's mission for our students.
We wanted to share this article because this essentially explains the origin and the history of the Center for Talented Youth (CTY) program at Johns Hopkins University, the pioneer of gifted education for children.
If you have time, it is an article that is worth reading for all parents. For busy parents, we have summarized a few key points.
We wanted to share this article because this essentially explains the origin and the history of the Center for Talented Youth (CTY) program at Johns Hopkins University, the pioneer of gifted education for children.
If you have time, it is an article that is worth reading for all parents. For busy parents, we have summarized a few key points.
- The data from the research contradicts the current prevailing focus in the United States and other countries on improving the performance of struggling students.
- Study “suggests that early cognitive ability has more effect on achievement than either deliberate practice or environmental factors such as socio-economic status.”
- spatial ability plays a major part in creativity and technical innovation. “I think it may be the largest known untapped source of human potential,” says Lubinski, who adds that students who are only marginally impressive in mathematics or verbal ability but high in spatial ability often make exceptional engineers, architects and surgeons. “And yet, no admissions directors I know of are looking at this, and it's generally overlooked in school-based assessments.”
- The SMPY data supported the idea of accelerating fast learners by allowing them to skip school grades. In a comparison of children who bypassed a grade with a control group of similarly smart children who didn't, the grade-skippers were 60% more likely to earn doctorates or patents and more than twice as likely to get a PhD in a STEM field.
- Many educators and parents continue to believe that acceleration is bad for children—that it will hurt them socially, push them out of childhood or create knowledge gaps. But education researchers generally agree that acceleration benefits the vast majority of gifted children socially and emotionally, as well as academically and professionally.
- For us, this article was quite refreshing and encouraging because the findings provided scientific support for some of the observations that we have made over the past 20 years in Taiwan.
- The point about spatial aptitude explains why we see many Taiwanese who seemingly fall through the cracks under Taiwan’s education system thrive when they go overseas and into an education system where this are multiple paths towards advancement.
- It also explains why there are no (or very few) “geniuses” in Taiwan despite the fact that Taiwanese are very “smart” as acceleration is not possible under Taiwan’s system and there are few opportunities even for gifted children to pursue their interests at an accelerated pace. We do believe in part this is due to cultural issues that place an overemphasis on seniority and “paying your dues.”
- Above all, I think this makes a very strong argument that the aim of good or effective education needs to be nurturing, personalized and inspirational as opposed to the rote memorization that is so prevalent in Asia. We particularly dislike the fact that a lot of content for children in Taiwan is “dumbed down” or patronizes kids.
Lastly, we hope this article will be useful for you as you think about how the activities that you guide your children toward may potentially impact them.
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Summer is just around the corner, what's on your list? There's still time to plan a fruitful summer.
Experience European Culture: Carl Duisberg Centren in Radolfzell, Germany
Carl Duisberg Centren's, set up in 1962, provides 2- to 4-week German language camp (aged 11-17), soccer camp (11-14), and dance camp (11-14) every summer in Radolfzell on Lake Constance, located in southern Germany, directly on Lake Constance near the Swiss Alps. At this safe, small town environment, in addition to the language courses with qualified trainers and target group oriented materials, students develop social and intercultural skills through contact with participants from all over the world and gain self-confidence and independence through time spent abroad without parents, with support and supervision from our experienced team in an informal atmosphere
Volunteer and Adventure: Rustic Pathways
Rustic Pathways provides teen adventure travel and community service programs since 1983. With over100+ culturally-immersive adventure and community service programs in 20+ countries, it focuses on culturally-immersive travel programs for students ages 12 to 22, customizable teacher-led trips for school groups, and gap year semesters for recent high school grads.
Earn Credits from Top Universities/ Internship: Summer Discovery
Summer Discovery is a pre-college enrichment program and internship programs for high school and middle school students that combines academics with fun, activities, and sports. Students experience college life while gaining independence, self-confidence, and social skills. Courses are taught by university instructors and students live on campus, exploring university towns for a robust, complete pre-college summer experience. For 53 years, it's helped more than 100,000 students learn and grow.
Want to learn more? Please email, call 886-2-27716002, LiveChat , or Line: TrinityScholar (@mqz4477g)
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First of all, congrats to our Grade 11 student, G.W., who just got his April ACT score report, and he got 34!! 34 out of 36, 99th percentile! We are all so proud of him. G.W. joined TrinityScholar since 2017, and back then his first ACT mock exam was 26. Over the last two years, G. has been with TrinityScholar for his Math, Chemistry as well as ACT via Skype during semesters and in-person when summer vacation. At TrinityScholar, we not only help you fulfill your dreams but also take them to higher heights.
- Log in your ACT account to get more details and updates about the test centers and seats available.
- NO test centers are scheduled in California or New York for the July test date.
- Register Deadline : by June 21, 2019 (or June 28th + late fee) However, we highly recommended to register ASAP to secure the seat, as we are not sure if there will be more test sites and days available any time soon.
Furthermore, SAT this December and next March (2020) is now open for registration. Register now to secure your seat or contact us to help you with the preparation plan as well as registration. For more test dates, you could find it on our website.
Welcome to join us this summer for SAT, ACT, L3 Reading and Writing group classes, or anytime for a trial lesson or a free SAT/ ACT combo test to see which one suits you best. Contact our team now for more information: call 886-27716002, email, or Line (TrinityScholar, @mqz4477g)
Welcome to join us this summer for SAT, ACT, L3 Reading and Writing group classes, or anytime for a trial lesson or a free SAT/ ACT combo test to see which one suits you best. Contact our team now for more information: call 886-27716002, email, or Line (TrinityScholar, @mqz4477g)
ACT Strategy:
- Session 1: 09:30am – 12:30pm, June 10 to June 27
- Session 2: 09:30am – 12:30pm, July 1 to July 18
- Session 3: 09:30am – 12:30pm, July 22 to August 8
- Session 4: 09:30am – 12:30pm, August 12 to August 29
- Each session includes 10 classes and 4 mock exams (till 13:30 on mock exam day)
- Session 1: 09:30am – 12:30pm, June 10 to June 27
- Session 2: 09:30am – 12:30pm, July 1 to July 18
- Session 3: 09:30am – 12:30pm, July 22 to August 8
- Session 4: 09:30am – 12:30pm, August 12 to August 29
- Each session includes 10 classes and 4 mock exams (till 13:30 on mock exam day)
- Session 1: 09:30am – 12:30pm (Junior) 13:30-16:30 (Core and Honors), June 10 to June 27
- Session 2: 09:30am – 12:30pm (Junior) 13:30-16:30 (Core and Honors), July 1 to July 18
- Session 3: 09:30am – 12:30pm (Junior) 13:30-16:30 (Core and Honors), July 22 to August 8
- Session 4: 09:30am – 12:30pm (Junior) 13:30-16:30 (Core and Honors), August 12 to August 29
- Each session includes 14 classes.