Why do gifted students think and feel differently?

Gifted children are more advanced intellectually than their age peers. They can reason more rapidly and accurately with complex abstract material and this exceptional reasoning ability enables them to be more perceptive and insightful; grasping the essential elements of situations.

Why do gifted students act out?

Sometimes, gifted children are disruptive in classrooms because they don’t want to do what they consider busywork. One way to differentiate between giftedness and flat out misbehavior is to observe how your child acts in settings where he’s engaged in activities he likes with kids who share his interest and abilities.

Are Gifted kids highly sensitive?

Many gifted children are highly sensitive individuals. 1 They may take things personally and become upset by words and deeds that other children may easily ignore or get over quickly.

Why are schools eliminating gifted classes in some districts?

Districts are eliminating gifted classes and instead trying to teach all students together. In some places, it’s working — but schools also face challenges. Around the country, gifted and talented programs have come under fire for exacerbating school systems’ already stark racial and economic segregation. Julius Constantine Motal / NBC News

What do we mean by “General attributes of giftedness?

In their research about gifted students from diverse backgrounds, Frasier and Passow (1994) refer to “general/common attributes of giftedness”-traits, aptitudes, and behaviors consistently identified by researchers as common to all gifted students.

Would you rather be gifted or gifted?

With almost complete unanimity, children say they would rather be gifted. When you’re gifted, they say, everything is easy. Yet parents and children don’t realize that giftedness can be as much a cross to bear as, well, a gift.

Why do gifted children find age appropriate lesson plans boring?

Gifted children often find age-appropriate lesson plans boringbecause their cognitive skills may extend well beyond the schoolwork and lessons contained in those plans. On the playground, they can exhibit a trait termed an “unstoppable urge to create”by Dr. Joan Freeman, a specialist in the needs of gifted children.