Teaching Gifted Students
Myth : Gifted students are always successful in School
Gifted students may be successful in school , but not all the time
- Gifted students are driven to succeed often causing them to easily burnout or become exhausted which then affects their learning
- Gifted students may develop self esteem issues due to social awkwardness
- Being academically successful may cause other students to bully them
- Gifted students generally have trouble making or keeping friends
- Test and exam writing can be difficult due to high self expectations
- Gifted students can become frustrated or impatient with themselves causing them to abandon activities
- Students may avoid activities they are not good at, for example, sports
- Organization skills or attention an focus may be difficulty due to being easily distracted or bored
Instructional Strategies Suggestions
- Provide opportunities for open-ended and self directed activities
- Encourage the use of creativity
- Ask higher level line of questioning
- Use a learning log for independent or outside learning
- Establish a timeline for long range assignments
- Create a study contract for the student to achieve outcomes
- Tiered assignments
- Independent Study