Broadcast on January 10, 2026
Models and Frameworks for Differentiating Instruction and Developing Expertise and Talent
Tamra Stambaugh
Whitworth University
Description
How can we modify lessons that support students’ learning, talent development, and expertise? What does it mean to add depth, complexity, and abstractness as part of differentiated and advanced instruction? Frameworks and models are important tools teachers can use to create challenging learning opportunities, promote advanced thinking, and make thinking visible. Students can rely on models and frameworks to guide their own thinking and to engage in practices of the discipline. Add to your pedagogical toolkit and learn various models and frameworks that help students examine problems, relationships, and concepts in different disciplines and guide teacher questioning.
About the presenter
Dr. Tamra Stambaugh is the Margo Long Endowed Chair in Gifted Education at Whitworth University. Her research focuses on students in rural settings, students living in poverty, curriculum design, and instructional interventions and frameworks that promote talent development. Dr. Stambaugh is the co-author/editor of several scholarly articles, books, chapters, and award-winning curriculum. Stambaugh has held elected positions on the NAGC Board of Directors and the AERA gifted special interest group. She has been recognized for her scholarship and service with awards such as NAGC Distinguished Service and the Margaret the Lady Thatcher Award from the College of William and Mary.