Education Of The Gifted And Talented Student

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child, each exhibits
unique qualities. Yet, there are fundamental characteristics that are
commonly associated with giftedness and are generally observed in different
levels in most of these children. An article in the Instructor categorizes
these qualities as "..creative, perfectionistic and intellectual" and
asserts that gifted and talented children exhibit advanced development in
these general areas. Through my research I have found that there are
general consistencies among these students, and many do fall under these
basic categories.
Many gifted and talented students use and demonstrate an understanding
of an advanced vocabulary and display an outstanding and precise memory.
They might exhibit very efficient thought processes with a quicker
understanding of concepts and an ability to make sense of new and
unfamiliar information. Often, they are highly perceptive to subtleties
and able to make connections between apparently unrelated concepts. These
intellectual ...

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limitations.
Gifted and talented students need a curriculum that will challenge
their skills and abilities and will be appropriately modified to
accommodate their individual and advanced "pace of learning" (Silverman,
1995). Far too many gifted and talented children become stagnated in the
regular classroom with consistently no intellectual stimulation. There are
many productive methods of educating the gifted and talented child, each
with a platform to provide a curriculum that will cultivate the natural
abilities of each child in organized, efficient and lasting ways. Some
basic platforms are acceleration, enrichment and curricular compacting.
Acceleration is a plan that ...

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