As of Thursday, March 1, 2012 The courses listed below are full, and we are unable to place more students in these classes: SD3235.1 Programming in Java (AM) SD3239 Computer Engineering SD3259 Business & Finance While our application deadline has passed, we are continuing to accept applications if space permits. However, we are unable to […]
Read More →On “Rethinking Giftedness and Gifted Education”
Interim Director Adena Young interviews ATDP Faculty Director and Talent Development Researcher Frank Worrell on his recent article in Psychological Science in the Public Interest.
Read More →Community Newsletter, Vol. 4, I. 2
Inside this issue… News & Announcements Nine Tips for Navigating the Application Process Course Catalogs Ready for 2012 – See What’s New! Spotlights How to Get to Sesame Street: A San Francisco Counselor Finds Herself in Nigeria Bragging Rights: Christina Büchmann, Advanced Reading & Writing Unlikely Twins: Making Peer Effects Explicit Inside ATDP Courses Take […]
Read More →Course Catalogs Ready for 2012 — See What’s New!
We’ll soon be mailing our 2012 summer catalogs to students who attended in summer 2010 or 2011. It’s not only updated but also redesigned to make it easier for applicants to find the information they need.
Read More →Unlikely Twins: Making Peer Effects Explicit
Public mass transportation policy is a career path for two ATDP alumni. Their post-secondary education and career paths are as similar as their pre-collegiate lives were dissimilar, until each came to ATDP.
Read More →Functioning First Graders
A visiting high school teacher complained to an ATDP instructor that her students weren’t grasping the concept of functions. To help, they went to see Hannah Margulis-Kessel’s first-grade students performing “Mathmagic!”
Read More →New Elementary Division Classes in 2012
At ATDP’s Elementary Division, our goal is to offer classes that allow students to gain deep knowledge in a specific subject. We also aim to give students something different from what they already study during the school year. And, very importantly, we strive to have classes that are taught in an engaging way that will […]
Read More →Bragging Rights: Christina Büchmann, Advanced Reading & Writing
I know that this email conversation belongs in the Bragging Rights column, but I can’t single out who’s bragging: the teacher, the student, or ATDP for having the privilege of working with such teachers and students. This conversation begins on December 5th, when Dr. Christina Büchmann, ATDP’s 2010 and 2011 Advanced Reading and Writing instructor, […]
Read More →How to Get to Sesame Street: A San Francisco Counselor Finds Herself in Nigeria
Many Secondary Division students, especially middle schoolers, know and have enjoyed working with Amy Abdallah as our ATDP-GearUp counselor. Amy had worked at the San Francisco Unified School District for years, but all of a sudden this past fall, I couldn’t find her. Just as I was starting to wonder “Where in the World is […]
Read More →Abraham Liao on Computer Engineering in 2012
The interview below is a part of a series on New Secondary Division Courses for 2012. Abraham Liao discusses his upcoming course, Computer Engineering. Read the course description here. 1. You’ve been with ATDP over the years as a student, a TA, and an instructor. What did you find most valuable about your ATDP courses […]
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