The Multiple Menu Model

The Multiple Menu Model uses the major underlying theories of knowledge and instruction to create "templates" respecting sound theory, but at the same time provides guidance for the practical tasks of selecting and sequencing content and deciding upon objectives, activities, and outcomes. The goal of the Multiple Menu Model is to achieve balance and coordination between knowledge and instructional technique and to proceed from the abstract to the practical in the process of curriculum development. The Theory of Blended Knowledge depicted is intended to guide all curricula for the gifted in a direction that produces creative/productive outcomes. The Instructional Strategies menu provides a broad range of teaching strategies representing ways in which teachers organize learning situations. The Instructional Sequences Menu is based on the work of major learning theorists. The Instructional Products Menu deals with the outcomes of learning experiences.