12/9/2023 0 Comments Teaching gifted studentsYou’re in the business of helping students to develop their abilities. Don’t be afraid to think outside the box. Strategies that work for one group of gifted students won’t necessarily work for all gifted students. As a teacher, you will likely encounter students who are moderately gifted, highly gifted and, perhaps if you’re lucky, even a few who are profoundly gifted. And, research indicates that giftedness occurs along a continuum. Research consistently shows that curriculum based on development and ability is far more effective than curriculum based on age. You will not harm a student by offering him/her opportunities to complete work that is more advanced. In order to be an effective teacher, whether it’s your first year or your 30th, the best thing you can do for yourself is to let go of the idea of “normal.” Offer all students the opportunity to grow from where they are, not from where your teacher training courses say they should be. Either way, a few simple changes to their academic experience can dramatically improve the quality of their lives - and, mostly likely, yours! Some choose to be successful given the constructs of public school and others choose to rebel. This is often the experience of the gifted child. Or, from a more historical perspective, what if you were Mozart and you were told you had to take beginning music classes because of your age. Imagine what your behavior and presentation would be like if, as a high school junior, you were told by the school district that you had to go back to third grade. Students who demonstrate these characteristics learn differently. Students who are intellectually gifted demonstrate many characteristics, including: a precocious ability to think abstractly, an extreme need for constant mental stimulation an ability to learn and process complex information very rapidly and a need to explore subjects in depth. Gifted students come from all ethnic groups, they are both boys and girls, they live in both rural and urban areas and they aren’t always straight A students. As such, it is important that you don’t allow yourself to be distracted by false stereotypes. Not all gifted students in your classroom will be identified and even those who are may not always appear to be gifted. Tip #1: Familiarize Yourself with the Characteristics of Intellectually Gifted Students We hope you will find these tips helpful. Without a doubt the most difficult student in your classroom is generally the one who finishes every assignment in less than five minutes and requires constant redirection. And, the most challenging part generally isn’t the teaching it is managing student behavior. It can seem as though you’re being stretched in an infinite number of directions. There are so many curriculums to cover, so many standards to meet, and so many things to learn. Being a regular classroom teacher can be both an exciting and overwhelming experience.
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