The Kingore Observation Inventory (KOI)
Equitable Practices to Recognize & Differentiate for High Ability, 3rd ed.
Bertie Kingore, Ph. D.
$40.95
Grades K-8
ISBN: 978-0-9904206-1-3
- 300-page book
- Perfect bound
- Downloadable reproducibles
Nurture every student to recognize and appropriately challenge high-ability learners among ALL populations!
The Kingore Observation Inventory (KOI) screens and identifies through seven observable characteristics of giftedness and high aptitude that apply to all learners, including low-income, linguistically different, and culturally different populations. Expanded into two levels, K-3 and 4-8, the KOI characteristics are:
• Accelerated Learning,
• Advanced Language,
• Analytical Thinking,
• Meaning Motivation,
• Perspective,
• Sense of Humor, and
• Sensitivity.
Experience and document the myriad of ways students manifest giftedness in similar learning environments with hundreds of effective learning experiences and techniques that integrate curriculum to support, nurture, and document talents. Learn more and share by expanding your communication with the students’ home environment through provided informative letters and questionnaires.
Interpret the results, develop student profiles to recommend services, establish district norms, and continue professional development using the tools provided.
This process also helps teachers immediately initiate appropriate differentiation in the classroom. The KOI enables educators to enrich the learning environment for all learners while identifying gifted and talented students.
The Kingore Observation Inventory (KOI) is celebrated and valued for its effectiveness and efficiency. It has been successfully implemented for over 30 years in every state in America and several other countries, including Mexico, Canada, and Australia.
The KOI increases teachers’ effectiveness in identifying and differentiating instruction by:
- Clarifying students’ response patterns over time;
- Providing an ongoing series of enriched learning opportunities to all students that elicit advanced potentials; and
- Implementing standards for observations and student products that document teachers’ insights about their students to other educators.
Scroll through the preview pages to the right, and click on an image to enlarge it. Downloadable PDFs are included on the Learning Experiences page to implement and distribute.
Included within this publication are:
- Over 55 classroom activities correlated to the KOI categories,
- Over 25 reproducible forms to integrate into your curriculum,
- Over 190 literature activities correlated to the KOI categories, and an
- Annotated bibliography of over 175 children and young adult literature publications correlated to the KOI categories.
