In my last post in this series, I talked about the idea of how we service gifted students across the country. One of the methods for organizing gifted education is different than the others, so I saved the concept of gifted pullout services to have its own post. There's a lot of hype and ... READ the POST
Why I Don’t Give My Gifted Students “More” Work
In today's educational world, gifted education comes in many forms: inclusion, cluster grouping and pull out are the three most common models. They vary widely across the nation due to the funding structure of gifted education. Most states do not require schools to service gifted students. {Ohio, ... READ the POST
The Social-Emotional Needs of Gifted Learners
Have you ever taught a child who is easily frustrated by assignments in your class? Perhaps they are frustrated because the content is too easy, or perhaps they are frustrated because you are challenging them and they're not used to that. Either way, the social-emotional needs of a gifted learner ... READ the POST
Gifted Students Should Not Be Peer Tutors
Raise of hands -- how many of you have one or more gifted students in your classroom? I think we all do. We all have a child... or five, or fifty-five... who falls into that Gifted category. We've been told many things about those kids - how they learn, what they do, who they are, and why they ... READ the POST