Your story gives yet another example of
how giftedness is dealt with in school — as a function of academic output.
Our response is that if they invest time in understanding
how giftedness and talent develop, they'll do a better job of working with the high - ability learners in their classrooms, they'll energize everyone, and they'll also recharge their own professional enthusiasm.
Not exact matches
It explains the traits of
giftedness and
how to tell if your child is gifted, but also covers under - identified gifted kids and some of the problems that come with being gifted such as emotional sensitivity.
How do you recognize true
giftedness... more
One way to differentiate between
giftedness and flat out misbehavior is to observe
how your child acts in settings where he's engaged in activities he likes with kids who share his interest and abilities.
Now, coming back to the issue of whether gifted students should remain in a program if they fail to perform is interesting when you look at
how the U.S. Department of Education and the NAGC consider
giftedness.
This is related to the fact that, as in the U.S., there's widespread uncertainty as to what exactly constitutes
giftedness and
how best to identify it.
How do we produce more gifted students when so many American kids, especially poor and minority youths, inhabit worlds utterly contrary to
giftedness — homes with too much TV and no books, anti-intellectual peer pressure, and absent or derelict parents?
Now, for my second point: Assuming I convinced you that the Buddha was a truly gifted guy,
how much of his
giftedness came from his practice of meditation or, in today's popular terminology, mindfulness training?
Comparison of the fields of gifted education and middle school education indicates some major differences in such areas as organizing for instruction,
how students learn, mainstreaming, delivery of instruction, affective needs, and the concept of
giftedness.
You would think, from the authors» refreshingly honest description of
how little we know about
giftedness, that they would recommend we move on to programs with better data and more support, such as ensuring that every fourth - grader can read.
How can schools do a better job of addressing the different levels of
giftedness?
I am now surrounded by people of my own age that truly understand
how my mind functions, and by people of varying severities of «
giftedness.»
Giftedness in children is not about academic achievement, or
how smart you are, nor is it about getting into the gifted program at school.
To understand your gifted child, it's a good idea to see
how your child's
giftedness can influence his or her behavior.
Giftedness is the neurological difference you were born with, the inherent way your brain functions — it is
how you think and who you are.
How does
giftedness affect our kids relationships, with their peers and teachers, with their siblings, with their parents and grandparents?
One of Gloria Sandford's areas of specialty is
how creativity and
giftedness relate to mental health.
Essential to our work is understanding
how exceptionalities (
giftedness or a physical challenge to their nature) influence individual's identity.