Strategies for Teaching the Gifted
Teaching the gifted and talented can be a pleasure and a serious challenge. Children showing precocity in one curriculum area may need tutoring or extra work in another. Measuring and defining advanced skills can be difficult at best. These articles give us information on how to understand, direct, and teach the gifted and talented.
In the 1970s, the United States Office of Education provided a loose definition of "high performance capability" in broad areas including intellectual, creative, performing arts, etc. and deemed such "gifted" children entitled to unspecified special services. They had earned the same right to special education as the handicapped, but with much less specificity. As a result, there is no clear universal offering; each district decides what it will offer gifted children, leaving a good part of the final decision making to parents.
Teachers and other educators offer information, discussions, and strategies for teaching gifted and talented children in this collection of articles. To follow this discussion further, read our Gifted Learners blog.Two of the contributors to the blog discussions, Jennifer Chandler and Jill White, are authors of lesson plans and articles on our site as well as active teachers of the gifted.
Articles
Many Kinds of "Gifted"
by Adele M. Brodkin PhD
Scholastic Parents |
April 22,2008
This article discusses gifted and talented children and explores talents not as easily measured by IQ tests.
Guiding a Gifted and Talented Child
by Adele M. Brodkin PhD
Scholastic Parents |
April 23,2008
Here is advice on how to determine the best educational program for an academically advanced learner.
by Toby Leah Bochan
Scholastic Parents | Tips on how to choose books for your advanced reader. Picking books that introduce different subjects, cultures, and ideas. Selecting books from different genres.
Smart and Bored
by Samantha Cleaver
Instructor Magazine |
Are we failing our high achievers?
Keeping a Gifted Child Challenged
by Ellen Booth Church
Scholastic Parents |
Explains what parents can do to keep their gifted child challenged, based on his particular talents. Discusses hands-on learning and independent study programs. Recommends letting the child learn at his own pace.
Your Gifted Child
by Andrea Atkins
Scholastic Parents |
Ways to help your gifted child reach his academic potential both at school and at home. Discusses the special needs of gifted children and how parents can fulfill them.
Balance Challenge and Burnout for a Gifted Child
by Adele M. Brodkin PhD
Scholastic Parents |
Do all gifted kids need a special gifted program, or can they be suitably challenged with enrichment at home and at school?
