Sentences with phrase «extremely gifted students»

In a study of students selected not on IQ but on mathematical or verbal aptitude, Dauber and Benbow (199012) compared the popularity, peer acceptance and peer interaction of extremely gifted students who had scored 700 or more on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (Mathematical) or 630 or more on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (Verbal) before age 13 (an achievement placing them at the top 1 in 10,000 among their age - peers) with those of moderately gifted students who scored at the 97th percentile on a grade - level math or verbal achievement test.

Moderately gifted students were viewed both by themselves and by their age - peers as being more popular, more socially active and more socially valued than were the extremely gifted students.

This is one of many reasons why teachers and schools make such inadequate response to extremely gifted students.

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When I visited Eagle Rock School in Colorado, an excellent school that targets at - risk kids from all over the country, I found many students who fit this description, many who were extremely gifted in writing, visual arts, or music, but had been a problem in their schools because they were so bored.

California is not required to pay for the tuition of an extremely gifted 13 - year - old student who is enrolled in college, a state appeals court has ruled.