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Working with a gifted student can be both a joy and
a frustration. To understand why, we need to be clear about
definitions. A gifted student is one whose intelligence -
typically described as an IQ score resulting from one or more
tests - is 130 or above. That is, giftedness is a measure of
innate ability, not performance. The result is a
paradox.
A motivated student who works hard, gets
straight "A"s, and behaves well in class may not be
gifted.
A student who doesn't perform well, is
disruptive, and clowns around in class may well be gifted.
To read more go to: http://www.teachersfirst.com/gifted.cfm
Joy and Loss: The Emotional Lives of Gifted
Children
There is a myth that gifted children are
better adjusted, more popular, and happier than average
children. The challenging reality is that more frequently,
nearly the opposite is true.
To read more go to:
http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content4/joy.loss.
eq.gifted.html
Helping Adolescents Adjust to Giftedness
Young gifted people between the ages of 11 and 15
frequently report a range of problems as a result of their
abundant gifts.
The developmental issues that all
adolescents encounter exist also for gifted students, yet they
are further complicated by the special needs and
characteristics of being gifted. Once counselors and parents
are aware of these obstacles, they seem better able to
understand and support gifted adolescents.
To read
what you can do to help, go to: http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content/adjus
t_to_giftedness.html
Providing Curriculum Alternatives To Motivate Gifted
Students
How to get the best performance from
every student is a challenging task, especially in classrooms
where there are many different levels of ability. Often,
students who are gifted are not challenged to perform to their
full capacity because they seem to be doing just fine.
This digest presents two strategies to help highly
able students get more out of school.
To read more of
the digest,go to:
http://www.kidsource.com/education/motivate.gifte
d.html
Also try the following for helpful
classroom ideas to better accomodate gifted
students.
http://ericec.org/digests/e513.html
http://www.teachersfirst.com/gifted/strategies.html
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| A Better You |
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Natan Sharansky isn't the only author to write
about democracy, or the Middle East. To help educate readers
on this vastly complex topic, JBooks has asked historian Gil
Troy and anthropologist Philip Carl Salzman, both of McGill
University, to create a reading list. Now grab a highlighter,
and get to work!
To read their list of, FIVE GREAT
BOOKS ON DEMOCRACY AND THE MIDDLE EAST
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