Classroom Diversity: Gifted Students

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Classroom DiversityGifted Students

• The more there are,
• DIVERSE
• it gets.

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Who are these kids?

• Einsteins?
• Mutants?
• Alien Scout Patrols?

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What are their Demands?

• Inclusion?
• Exculsion?
• More Collegiate Chess Scholarships?

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What happens if we dont meet their demands?

• Underachievement?
• Social Ostracism?

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• Cancellation of Social Security when they take
  power?

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Traits of the Gifted

• Talented and Gifted (TAG) children are those
  identified by professionally trained persons who
  by virtue of outstanding abilities are capable of
  high performance
  Sidney Marland

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Superior Intellect

• Spearmans g-factor
• Higher than average IQ
• Average score - 100
• Gifted tend to score 140 or higher

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Specific Academic Aptitude

• Gardners Multiple Intelligence
• Excels in a specific set of disciplines

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Creative or Productive Thinking

• Weaves other concepts into answers
• Often uses new approaches with problems
• Artsy-Fartsy Inclinations

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Leadership Ability

• Capable of Showing Confidence
• Capable of Directing

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Aptitude in Visual or Performing Arts

• The artsy-fartsy side of life
• Drama
• Painting
• Sculpture
• Dance
• And so on .

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Psychomotor Ability

• Rethinking the Dumb Jock Stereotype.
• A Multiple Intelligence category
• Above Average Skill

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What Dey Isn't

• Maladjusted Misfits
• Studies show they are often mature, tolerant and
  confident in their ability.

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• Adjustment and self-esteem stem from mastering
  challenges and experiencing success.

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Tips On Teaching the Gifted

• Curricula
• Arrangement
• Style
• Communication

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Curricula

• Challenging
• Relevant
• Flexible
• Allows In-Depth Exploration

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Arrangement

• Mixture
• Class
• Pairings
• Group
• Individual

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Style

• Open Ended Questions
• Explore Unorthodox Answers
• Assessment

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Style, Continued

• Vary Your Instruction
• Gifted Students wilt with constant drill and
  skill, methods.
• Use Student Interests
• Challenge Them
• Push them to defend all answers

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Communication

• JUST TALK TO THEM!!!!
• Find out what they want, need, like, hate etc.
• Student Survey

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Obstacles

• Recognition
• Resentment
• Resources

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Recognition

• Cultural Differences
• Late Bloomers
• Multiple Intelligences

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Resentment

• Equity vs. Excellence
• Underdog
• Anti-Elitism
• Special Needs of Gifted

• Other Problems
• -Limited Resources
• -Lack of Input
• -Attitudes

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Benefits of Inclusion

• Better Methods Benefit All
• Needs of Gifted Met
• Trust, Understanding and Tolerance
• Among students
• Among educators

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Works Cited

• Allan, Susan and Mary Ruth Coleman, Mary Landrum,
  Carol Ann Tomlinson, Anne Udall. Interface
  Between the Gifted Education and General
  Education Toward Communication, Cooperation and
  Collaboration. Gifted Child Quarterly v40 no. 3
  Summer 1996. 165-169.
• Colangelo, Nicolas, and Gary A. Davis. Handbook
  of the Gifted. Needham Heights Allyn Bacon(a
  division of Simon Schuster). 1991.
• Culatta, Richard, and James R. Tompkins.
  Fundamentals of Special Education What Every
  Teacher Needs to Know. Upper Saddle River, NJ
  Merril (an Imprint of Prentice Hall). 1999.
• Fadden, Margaret M. , and Julia Eggis. What
  Happens to Gifted Education Within Inclusive
  Schooling? Special Education in the 21st Century
  Issues of Inclusion and Reforms. Margret A.
  Wisner, and Kas Mazurek, eds. Washington D.C.
  Gallaudet University Press. 2000. 142-145.
• Hisinuma, Earl S. Motivating the Gifted
  Underachiever Implementing reward Menus and
  Behavioral Contracts Within an Integrated
  Approach. Gifted Child Today. V19 July/August
  1996. 30-34, 43-48.
• Meador, Karen. Meeting the Needs of Gifted
  Students. Childhood Education. V73 Fall 1996.
  6-9.
• Wisner, Margret A., and Kas Mazurek, eds.
  Special Education in the 21st Century Issues of
  Inclusion and Reforms. Washington D.C.
  Gallaudet University Press. 2000
• Sheppard, Jim and Dr. Jo-Anne Lau-Smith. What
  is So Special About TAG Kids? 2003Southern
  Oregon University. August 30, 2003.
  http//campus.sou.edu/shep0941/actionresearch.htm
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• Parker, Wayne D. Psychological Adjustment in
  Mathematically Gifted Students. Gifted Child
  Quarterly v40 no.3 Summer 1996. 154-157
• Riley, Tracey L. and Frances A. Karnes.
  Tracking Interest Rates Curriculum Interests
  of Elementary Intellectually Gifted Students.
  Gifted Child Today. V19 July/August 1996.
  36-37.
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