Need help with researching colleges? Join our expert-led session where you’ll learn top tips for effectively conducting college research and building a list of schools that are the best fit academically, socially, and financially.
Selecting high school courses can feel daunting, especially when one considers their impact on the high school experience and college applications. Join our expert-led session to learn more about how advanced learners can shine academically, leverage their strengths, and select high school courses that align with their interests.
Learn how to go beyond perfect SAT scores, impressive test results, and outstanding GPAs and stand out among high-achieving applicants to top universities. Join our expert-led session about uncovering key strategies for your advanced learner to create a competitive application for highly selective colleges.
Learn how to conquer writer’s block and craft remarkable college application essays when you join our college counselors and admissions experts for this session about streamlining the college essay writing process. Discover exclusive strategies for creating an outstanding personal statement and essay that will capture the attention of college and university admissions committees.
In this interactive roundtable session, we consider how past and present research may impact the future of gifted education. Participants will interact and discuss hot research topics in the field of gifted education, including online learning, peer community, and AI. These small-group discussions will reflect on the past and present while looking to the future for educating advanced learners for the 21st century at CTY.
The rise of artificial intelligence is a trending topic in the world today. As AI continues to grow, some wonder how it can best be applied to enhance the student experience. CTY has decided to focus on growing AI concerns in education, especially regarding educating advanced learners for the 21st century. In this session, CTY staff and collaborators will highlight and demonstrate CTY’s application of AI as a potential learning tool in the classroom.
Online learning exploded in popularity as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic and continues to be a popular educational offering, but are online classrooms conducive to student learning? In this session, the CTY Research Team will present the results of a three-year study that explored whether cognitive skills could help predict course selection and successful learning in CTY online classrooms. They will discuss implications for the future of CTY’s virtual offerings and applications in advanced learning education.
The educational landscape is continuously evolving as new technologies and teaching innovations are introduced to the K-12 space. CTY is a center for innovation committed to serving advanced learners around the world, and we’re looking forward to carrying out our strategic roadmap. In this session, staff will share details about CTY’s new strategic roadmap by highlighting the CTY experience and our vision for educating advanced learners in the 21st century.
CTY’s more than 160,000 alumni are an integral part of the organization and its future. This evening session is an opportunity to hear from CTY alumni reflect on their experiences at CTY and discuss how they envision its future. Join us for an enjoyable evening of stories, connections, and reflections with our CTY alumni.
After taking a test, have you ever wondered whether your score is really an accurate representation of your knowledge and skills, or if your test scores are being used in the way they were intended? These are common questions that continue to arise in test development, especially in tests used to identify advanced learners. In this session, CTY executive director Amy Lynne Shelton, PhD, and CTY director of research Kathryn Thompson, PhD, will discuss the history of testing with a focus on advanced-learner identification methods.
