We are offering three courses this summer. Del Siegle will be teaching EPSY 5194 Section 001 (Seminar on Giftedness) and James Kaufman will be teaching EPSY 5750 Section 001 (Enhancing Creativity in the Classroom) on campus from July 1 to July 12. Seminar will be in the morning (8:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.) and Creativity will be in the afternoon (1:15 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.). Joe Renzulli will join us remotely for some of our seminar classes. We only offer EPSY 5194 and EPSY 5750 every other summer (even numbered summers), so you should enroll in them this summer to stay on schedule if you need these courses.
Catherine Little is teaching EPSY 5740 Section 001 (Strategies for Differentiating the Grade Level Curriculum) online asynchronously from June 3 to July 19. EPSY 5740 is offered every summer, so you may have some flexibility when to take it.
You register for classes at studentadmin.uconn.edu. The course payment schedule for our summer classes falls within the first summer session, so registration and payment for your summer classes are due May 10. Contact del.siegle@uconn.edu if you need a permission number to register for a summer courses.
You will need to purchase one book for EPSY 5194 (Seminar): Cross, T. L., & Olszewski-Kubilius, P. (2020). Conceptual frameworks for giftedness and talent development: Enduring theories and comprehensive models in gifted education. Routledge. (ISBN 9781646320486)
You do not need to purchase a book for EPSY 5750 (Creativity).
You will need to purchase two books for EPSY 5740 (Differentiation): Tomlinson, C. A. (2017). How to differentiate instruction in academically diverse classrooms (3rd ed.). ASCD and Wormeli, R. (2018). Fair isn’t always equal: Assessing and grading in the differentiated classroom (2nd ed.). Stenhouse.
Please review the online syllabus for seminar (https://delsiegle.education.uconn.edu/epsy-5194-seminar-on-the-gifted-and-talented-summer/). Prior to coming on campus, you will need to analyze eight chapters from the course textbook, so check the syllabus now.
You should plan to be on campus Sunday, June 30, 2024, in the afternoon and early evening for an orientation meeting. (Update: Orientation meeting has been cancelled) Some of you may elect to stay in the dorm for the two weeks of classes. Stephanie Huntington (stephanie.huntington@uconn.edu) will send you information about staying in the dorm.
We will hold study sessions for the comprehensive exam during lunch for those taking it this summer. You will take the comprehensive exam on Saturday morning, July 13.
We will have a free banquet for all of our summer students on Saturday, July 13, starting at 5:30 p.m. in the Alumni Center. We hope all of you can attend.
Confratute this year is on campus (July 14-18), which is the week after our classes finish. If you need Confratute for credit, you will want to register for Confratute and Confratute credit. Stephanie Huntington will send Information about Confratute later. Master’s and Sixth Year students receive a discount for campus Confratute registration.