Children who excel in different ways.
Linguistic and cultural backgrounds, economic and attitudinal factors, sociocultural peer-group expectations, cross-cultural stress, and intergenerational conflict may all influence efforts to recognize and provide appropriate learning opportunities.... [more]
They need to feel that their talents can create for them a unique and enduring place in the world.... [more]
Information and resources for gifted education.... [more]
Research and information on myths of gifted children.... [more]
Underachievement, first and foremost, is a behavior and as such, it can change over time.... [more]
Education programs for children identified as gifted and talented take many forms pull-out programs offering educational enrichment, honors classes.... [more]
Gifted and talented students in most schools now have access to computers in their classrooms, and an increasingly large percentage of these students have home computers.... [more]
Gifted children may face the same potentially limiting problems, such as family poverty, substance abuse, or alcoholism.... [more]
The most valuable experience a gifted student can have is exposure to a mentor. A true mentor relationship does not formally end. In this instance, both parties were energized by the process and said that they have continued to learn from one another, growing personally and professionally.... [more]
For able or gifted learners, flexible pacing generally means some form of acceleration, accomplished by moving the student up to advanced content or by moving advanced content down to the student.... [more]