What qualifications are needed to take a course?
There are no specific requirements for a student to participate, and a student does not need to be a member of a Duke TIP Talent Search. Duke TIP’s Independent Learning courses are designed for gifted students and therefore are differentiated for higher levels of thinking skills, content acquisition, and assessment. Each course is enriched and accelerated beyond the grade levels specified. Students who take Duke TIP Independent Learning courses are more likely to be successful if they possess a great deal of self-motivation, self-discipline, and love of learning—traits that are necessary to learn independently. These courses are well-suited to gifted students identified by a school for advanced classes, cluster arrangement, pull-out study, or compacting/independent study. To determine if a Duke TIP Independent Learning course is right for a student, view the syllabus and sample lesson available at each course’s information page. Compare the content and skills that the student has alrea
