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UGA to host 113 young students at Duke TIP March 27

Athens, Ga. – Some 113 academically talented 5th and 6th grade students from across Georgia and the Southeast region will participate in a day of enriching and challenging courses on Saturday, March 27, in the Duke-UGA Academic Adventures program hosted by the University of Georgia.

Academic Adventures, part of the Duke Talent Identification Program, introduces topics that are generally not available in students’ local schools. The experience sharpens skills, offers enrichment and provides an opportunity for students to interact with similarly motivated peers. Directed by the Torrance Center for Creativity and Talent Development in partnership with Duke University, the program is open to all 5th and 6th grade students who have participated in Duke TIP’s 4th/5th Grade Talent Search.

These talent searches help gifted students and their families find out how advanced the students’ abilities truly are, according to Elizabeth Connell, program coordinator for the Torrance Center.

 

“Traditional testing often fails to measure the variation among many gifted students who reach the upper limits of scoring on grade-level exams,” Connell said. “By taking advanced above-level—at least two years above a student’s current grade placement—testing through Duke TIP’s talent searches, gifted students and their families gain a far better understanding of where the student stands in relation to his/her gifted peers and what level of educational challenge is appropriate.”

The 4th/5th Grade Talent Search gives students the opportunity to take the EXPLORE test for 8th graders, an assessment tool created by of the American College Testing program.

Students will participate in such courses as:

For more information on these and other programs, see the Torrance Center’s Web site at www.coe.uga.edu/torrance/ or call 706/542-5104.

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