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Virtual Advocacy
How to Advocate For Your Child Virtually Many of us are learning firsthand how different remote learning is from face-to-face learning. It affects content delivery, socialization, and the school-life balance. As a result, the…
Book Lists for Gifted and Avid Readers
Have you ever had a conversation with your five-year-old about quantum mechanics, medieval Europe, or the connection between dinosaurs and birds? If so, you are probably a parent of an avid reader. For many…
The intellectual and psychosocial nature of extreme giftedness
This article by Philip Powell and Tony Haden compares the differences of average, moderately and extremely gifted individuals. The authors explore the psychological difficulties of the highly gifted, especially in terms of self-esteem and…
Potential to Purpose and Lifewide Learning
Potential is defined by Oxford Dictionary as “latent qualities or abilities that may be developed and lead to future success or usefulness.” It can be common to correlate potential to an overall goal of…
Basic educational options for gifted students in schools
Joyce VanTassel-Baska explores the options available to educators for working with gifted children by offering strategies to employ with gifted students to prevent them from being bored in the classroom and to challenge them…
Searching for Gifted Utopia
What would the perfect school look like to you? Do you picture a public school with resourceful teachers and administrators? Do you picture a private school with rigorous academics? When you look around your…
Elementary Years for the Gifted: Patterns, Strategies, Encouraging Growth
Outside of the profoundly gifted (PG) world, it seems like everyone assumes that elementary school is the “easy” time. Most students are in school full time, so there may be less juggling of schedules.…
Mathematically Gifted Students: How Can We Meet Their Needs?
This article discusses the identification of the characteristics of the gifted math student, how school districts comply with the child’s needs, and how teachers can learn the importance of differentiation of instruction. Author: Rotigel, J.…
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