Handouts/Materials
These materials can be used to plan instruction, elevate rigor, and increase cognitive demand.
STRETCH PROMPTS – A prompt chart download for analysis, problem solving, creative thinking for solutions, critical thinking, metaphorical thinking, debate, metacognition and transfer.
BUMPING UP BLOOM’S – A questioning guide to go “Beyond Bloom’s” taxonomy.
SCHEMA BOARD – An elevated Frayer Model, from Vertical Differentiation.
Other books and materials for purchase: Click here for Emily’s author and book page
Short Articles
What Makes Honors More Than a Name?
Many middle schools offer advanced, pre-AP, or honors classes in order to provide challenging learning experiences for students who demonstrate advanced readiness. Often, schools use strict criteria for students to get into these classes including test scores, grades, and teacher recommendations, but once students are placed in these classes, we see little differences in instructional approaches and curriculum compared to standard classes. Students in advanced classes might be assigned more homework, a different novel, a few additional “critical thinking” questions from the textbook, or a long-term project, but do these adjustments to the standard curriculum adequately challenge students?
Is There a Mindset Misconception with Giftedness?
Mindsets certainly matter in making strides towards achievement, but when its oversimplification is used to deny the uniqueness of being gifted, its misconception could unfortunately mask the gift.
Webinars and Podcasts
Spotlight – Differentiation for High-Potential Students
In this podcast, Emily Mofield shares instructional strategies that can be used to “bump up” the rigor and the challenge within educational activities.
Podcast- True Grit – Fostering Tenacity and Resilience
When we don’t provide a challenge for our gifted kids at school and let them fly under the radar, they can develop internal monologues that equate being smart with everything being easy. Emily Mofield and Megan Parker Peters, authors of “Teaching Tenacity, Resilience, and a Drive for Excellence,” on episode 24 of Mind Matters/Neurodiversity.
Webinar- Cultivating Resilience
In this webinar for NAGC, Dr. Emily Mofield and Dr. Megan Parker Peters discuss cultivating resilience among gifted students.
Research Articles & Book Chapters
An archive of research articles are available at Google Scholar, with over 870 citations. Some selected full-text articles are listed here:
Research Articles
Examining Students’ Perceptions of Giftedness, Need for Cognition, and Goal Orientations (Parker Peters & Mofield, 2024)
Considerations for Professional Learning Supporting Teachers of the Gifted in Pedagogical Content Knowledge (Weber & Mofield, 2023).
Understanding the Interplay of Psychosocial Competencies in Talent Development: Typologies and Differences for Gifted Students (Mofield & Parker Peters, 2022)
Benefits and Barriers to Collaboration and Co-Teaching: Examining Perspectives of Gifted Education Teachers and General Education Teachers (Mofield, 2020)
Applying a Christian Perspective to Educating Gifted Students through Talent Development Framework (Mofield & Mofield, 2021)
Understanding Underachievement: Mindset, Perfectionism, and Achievement Attitudes Among Gifted Students (Mofield & Parker Peters, 2019)
Mindset Misconception? Comparing Mindsets, Perfectionism, and Attitudes of Achievement in Gifted, Advanced, and Typical Students (Mofield & Parker Peters, 2018)
Shifting the Perfectionistic Mindset: Moving to Mindful Excellence (Mofield & Parker Peters, 2018)
Perfectionism, Coping, and Underachievement in Gifted Adolescents: Avoidance vs. Approach Orientations (Mofield, Parker Peters, and Charkraborti-Ghosh, 2016).
The Relationship Between Perfectionism and Overexcitabilities in Gifted Adolescents (Mofield & Parker Peters, 2016)
Multidimensional Perfectionism Within Gifted Suburban Adolescents: An Exploration of Typology and Comparison of Samples (Mofield & Parker Peters, 2015)
Addressing Multidimensional Perfectionism in Gifted Adolescents With Affective Curriculum (Mofield & Chakraborti-Ghosh, 2010)
Book Chapters
Teaching Psychosocial Skills and Modeling Habits of Achievement (Mofield, 2022) In Unlocking Potential.
Engaging Gifted Teachers in Professional Learning about Content Curriculum (Weber & Mofield, 2021) in Best Practices for Profesional Learning & Teacher Preparation.
Concept-Based Curriculum Design and Practice in the United States (Stambaugh & Mofield, 2017) in Curriculum for High-Ability Learners.