Tag: gifted children
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Are there underachievers in your classroom? Part One.
An underachiever is a student who is not achieving to their potential. The underachieving gifted student is too common in classrooms today due to various factors , of which many we can change. Why underachieving gifted students? Many might think if a student is gifted then they find work easy, always want to do their…
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Being Gifted is not how well a child does at school, it is who they are.
Are you confused with the label of Giftedness? Perhaps you have heard it being used too often or not at all? For someone to be labelled as Gifted they are functioning at a higher level in their field of talent than the majority of the population. That field can be: Academic/Intellectual Creative Socio/Effective Muscular/Physical They…
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Building resilient learners
Without considering learning difficulties or underachievement, many gifted students cruise through their schooling years. I come across many gifted students who just cannot cope with a challenging task – although they are gifted, have tested highly or are anecdotal extremely able. They cry, they misbehave, they say ‘I’m hopeless’ at the drop of a challenging…
