Gifted and Talented Students

Working with Gifted Talented Students

• The term "Gifted and Talented", when talking about students, means evidence of high achievement capability in such areas as intellectual, creative, or academic fields, and who need services not ordinarily provided by the school in order to fully develop those capabilities."

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• Working with a gifted student can be both a joy and a frustration.
• Just like adapting to the needs of disabled students, working with gifted students requires classroom and curriculum modifications.

How to spot a Gifted Student

• However, this also means that the students easily get "off topic". As well as, impatient when not called on in class. They become easily bored and completes work quickly but sloppily.
• Gifted students usually ask many questions and are very curious. They Learn new information quickly and fully retain it. In addition, they finish classwork quickly.
• Gifted students possess some common characteristics. If a student exhibits these characteristics on a consistent basis, there is a good chance he or she is gifted.
• Gifted students usually ask many questions and are very curious. They Learn new information quickly and fully retain it. In addition, they finish classwork quickly.

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• However, this also means that the students easily get "off task" or "off topic". As well as, impatient when not called on in class. They become easily bored and completes work quickly but sloppily.

Meeting the Need of Gifted Students in the Classroom

• What sets gifted children apart from other students is primarily the ability to absorb abstract concepts, organize them more effectively, and apply them more appropriately.

Independent Projects

• Independent Projects are a great way for many gifted students to fill up the extra time they have after completing their assignments. Use this time to help them develop their creativity by allowing them to explore a special area of interest related to the topic being studied.

Use Blooms Taxonomy

• Gifted students should be asked to utilize the upper three levels - analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.
• For example, for Analysis ask the students to compare/contrast, solve, investigate, and examine. As a result, this will help them with report, conclusion, plan, and survey.

Technology

• Let gifted students use technology when completing assignments. This will help them be creative, work with other gifted students and connect with what they are learning.

Three Strategies

• For a teaching strategy I will try to always think out of the box with the assignments I give my students. As well as, help them discover different perspectives about what they are learning.

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• I will create assignment questions that will help the student reach the learning levels of analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.

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• I will have my students use technology with their assignments. For example, if the subject we are learning is about African lions then the class will do the worksheet/activity I created. The gifted student can make a more in depth powerpoint presentation and then share it with the class.