Gifted students5/17/2023 ![]() ![]() Gifted does not connote good or better it is a term that allows students to be identified for services that meet their unique learning needs. This advanced capacity requires modifications to the regular curriculum to ensure that these children are challenged and learn new material. The label “gifted” in a school setting means that, when compared to others his or her age or grade, a child has an advanced capacity to learn and apply what is learned in one or more subject areas or the performing or fine arts. It is certainly true that all children have strengths and positive attributes, but not all children are gifted in the educational sense of the word. Similarly, gifted students benefit from classroom interactions with peers at similar performance levels and become bored, frustrated, and unmotivated when placed in classrooms with low or average-ability students. Watching or relying on someone who is expected to succeed does little to increase a struggling student’s sense of self-confidence. Myth 3: Gifted students make everyone else in the class smarter by providing a role modelĪverage or below-average students do not look to the gifted students in the class as role models. What’s more, 73 percent of teachers agreed with this statement: “Too often, the brightest students are bored and under-challenged in school-we’re not giving them a sufficient Achance to thrive.” This report confirms what many families have known: Not all teachers are able to recognize and support gifted learners. A national study conducted by the Fordham Institute found that 58 percent of teachers have received no professional development focused on teaching academically advanced students in the past few years. Myth 2: Teachers challenge all the students, so gifted kids will be fine in the regular classroomĪlthough teachers try to challenge all students, they are frequently unfamiliar with the needs of gifted children and do not know how to best serve them in the classroom. The role of the teacher is crucial for spotting and nurturing talents in school. Their resulting boredom and frustration can lead to low achievement, despondency, or unhealthy work habits. Many gifted students may be so far ahead of their same-age peers that they know more than half of the grade-level curriculum before the school year begins. Would you send a star athlete to train for the Olympics without a coach? Gifted students need guidance from well-trained teachers who challenge and support them in order to fully develop their abilities. ![]() Myth 1: Gifted students don’t need help they’ll do fine on their own (For a student’s perspective, watch The Top 10 Myths in Gifted Education, produced by teens in the Baltimore County Public Schools for the Maryland State Department of Education.) The following is a list of the most prevalent myths in gifted education, accompanied by evidence rebutting each of them. How often have you heard, “Gifted students will do fine on their own?” This is just one of the many myths that become barriers to properly educating millions of high-potential students. ![]()
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