Davidson Gifted Blog
Davidson Fellows – Leveraging Scientific Innovation to Help Fight Diseases & Disorders
The Fellows Scholarship awards $50,000, $25,000 and $10,000 scholarships to extraordinary young people, 18 and under, who have completed a significant piece of work. Application categories are Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Literature, Music, Philosophy…
An Educator’s Guide to Gifted Children
An Educator’s Guide to Gifted Children PDF Version I am intense I am asynchronous I am misunderstood I am gifted! I am…intense. Intensity defines me. The further along the IQ spectrum I am, the…
Tips for Students: Getting Involved in Scientific Research at a Young Age
The following article shares highlights and insights from one of our Expert Series events, which are exclusive for Young Scholars and their parents. Being involved in scientific research at a young age can be a transformative…
A Short Guide for Building an Independent Study Course
A Short Guide for Building an Independent Study Course (with an example included!) Gifted children are often interested in topics that aren’t typically offered in traditional school curriculums, or they may be ready to…
Tips for Students: Learning to Invent – How Math Invented a New Way to Control Pandemics
The following article shares highlights and insights from one of our Expert Series events, which are exclusive for Young Scholars and their parents. This talk introduced a surprisingly simple new method to control pandemics, using Game…
Burnout in Gifted Children
The term “burnout” has become increasingly commonplace in our daily lives – whether it is in reference to job burnout, care-taker burnout, and more recently, Covid-19 burnout. So, what is gifted burnout and how…
Radical Acceleration
This article is from a Young Scholar seminar hosted by Professor Miraca Gross, who delivers some informational tips on radical acceleration. Author: Gross, M. Organization: Davidson Institute for Talent Development Year: 2002 Radical acceleration…
Academic Acceleration for Students in 8th Grade and Younger
This article is from a Young Scholar seminar hosted by Ann Lupkowski-Shoplik. She answers a number of questions that often arise in regards to acceleration options for students in 8th grade and younger. Author:…
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