Gifted & Talented Students

John Lizzi, Sarah Griffin, Julie Feigenbaum, Rachel

Rodziewicz, Emily Kiesewetter

Definition

• Developmentally advanced• Requires special provisions to meet Ed needs• High Performance in areas • General or specific intellectual ability• IQ above 130

What they say… Scholars

• “Gifted children may be impatient with friends, parents, and even teachers who do not share their interests or abilities. (pg. 151)

• Gifted adolescents, especially girls, are more likely to be depressed and to report social and emotional problems ( pg 150).

What they say…Educators • Not enough $$$• Not enough training

• Quote from ohiovalley.k12.oh.us, "TAG kids require services beyond those offered in regular school programs in order to realize their potential contributions to themselves and society."

• Links• http://www.coloradogifted.org/

• http://www.bvsd.org/schools/douglass/tag/default.aspx

• http://www.ohiovalley.k12.oh.us/ovsd/Talented%20and%20Gifted.htm

What they say…Media

• MOVIE: Beautiful Mind– Portrays individual as social inept

“Our education system has little ideas how to cultivate the most promising students.“

(Cloud 2007)

What they say… Parents

• Parents are frustrated child not being challenged

• Parents are pushing for advanced placement in younger children

• Parents are struggling to keep up with the children

• They cannot often relate to their children, and/or they are intimidated

TAG on Motivation

• Positive Impact: Can be intrinsically motivated, has great potential, more opportunities

• Negative Impact: TAG student is bored, socially awkward, no sense of “belongingness”, underperforming

Theory to Practice

• http://www.teachersfirst.com/gifted/strategies.html

-Provide the students with authentic tasks; make accommodations in the general classroom (i.e. assign more work)- Part-time assignments in higher level learning (i.e. a middle school student in a college class)-Acceleration of grade levels-More teacher training; teachers need to do more observing of their students to develop a greater understanding of their needs-Group with peers

Bibliography • Cloud, John. Are We Failing Our Geniuses? (2007).

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1653653,00.html.• Woolfolk, Anita. Diversity and Convergences. Educational Psychology (2007). Boston: Pearson. • Parents.com• Nagc.org• Gifted.uconn.edu