Gifted Students

Gifted Students

1. are

   • Children with above average intelligence (an IQ of 130 or higher)

2. Areas of giftedness

   • Intellectual
   • Academic
   • Creative
   • Visual and performing arts
   • Leadership

3. Characteristics

   • Precocity
     • They begin to master an area earlier than their peers
   • Marching to their own drummer
     • They learn in a qualitatively different way than other children, they require less support from adults to learn
   • A passion to master
     • They display an intense, obsessive interest and an ability to focus, they have a high degree of internal motivation.

4. Issues

   • Nature-Nurtune
     • Is giftedness a product of heredity or environment?
       • Both, they need to show signs of high ability, but they also need supportive parents and practice
   • Developmental Changes and Domain-Specific Giftedness
     • Do children who are gifted become gifted and highly creative adults?
       • They become experts in well-established domains, but they don't become major creators
   • Educating Children Who Are Gifted
     • Teachers must challenge children who are gifted to reach high expectations. Underchallenged children who are gifted can become disruptive, skip classes, and lose interest in achieving.
     • Programs for gifted children
       • Special classes
         • It can be during regular hours or in non-school time
       • Acceleration and enrichment
         • Early admission, grade skipping, completing two grades in a year and others
       • Mentor and apprenticeship programs
       • Work/study and/or community-service programs
         • Problem-based learning, having children do projects, creating portfolios, and critical thinking.