Metroparent: Gifted Kids and School: The Best Approach to Educating Einstein By Kristen J. Gough Keeping super-smart children engaged, motivated and accepted can be an incredible challenge. Learn how to help your academically bright child. “Alison Kenyon looked forward to the start of school for her son, Emmett. “I just assumed he’d take the world … Continue reading
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Mensa og meg
Speilvendt.no: Mensa og meg Av Beate Duus Wetteland En refleksjon om annerledeshet, elitisme og den norske skolemodellen utløst av min egen nysgjerrighet. Å være et begavet barn i Norge “Jeg hørte for første gang om Mensa da jeg oppdaget at min studievenninne Maria Regine Johannesen er medlem. I likhet med mange andre Mensa-medlemmer opplevde hun … Continue reading
A MODEL FOR THE EDUCATION OF GIFTED LEARNERS IN LEBANON
International Journal of Gifted Education: A MODEL FOR THE EDUCATION OF GIFTED LEARNERS IN LEBANON By Ketty M. Sarouphim Abstract: “The purpose of this paper is to present a model for developing a comprehensive system of education for gifted learners in Lebanon. The model consists of three phases and includes key elements for establishing gifted … Continue reading
Intellectual ability and cortical development in children and adolescents
Nature Magazine: Intellectual ability and cortical development in children and adolescents By: P. Shaw, D. Greenstein, J. Lerch, L. Clasen, R. Lenroot, N. Gogtay, A. Evans, J. Rapoport & J. Giedd “Children who are adept at any one of the three academic ‘R’s (reading, writing and arithmetic) tend to be good at the others, and … Continue reading
Many Ages at Once
Psychology Today: Many Ages at Once By Lisa Rivero What is normal development for a gifted child? “Many people assume that the brightest children in the classroom are the ones who are most able to pay attention, to sit still, to do their work, and to conform to the expectations of authority. They are the children … Continue reading
Brain Development and Intelligence Linked
The Washington Post: Brain Development and Intelligence Linked, Study Says By Shankar Vedantam “The brains of very intelligent children appear to develop in a distinctive and surprising way that distinguishes them from less intelligent children, a federal study reported yesterday. The study is the first to try to measure whether differences in brain development are … Continue reading
What is asynchronous development?
Gifted 101: What is asynchronous development? Anyone who has worked with children knows that the idea of the “normal” child is a fiction. All children are asynchronous in some area of development. They learn to walk early, learn to ride a bicycle late, learn to read early, learn their multiplication tables late. Gifted children, however, … Continue reading
Hereditary Genius -An Inquiry Into its Laws and Consequences
Hereditary Genius An Inquiry Into its Laws and Consequences by Sir Francis Galton From the Preface: “The relation between genius in its technical sense (whatever its precise definition may be) and insanity, has been much insisted upon by Lombroso and others, whose views of the closeness of the connection between the two are so pronounced, … Continue reading
Gifted children are failed by the system
Education News: Gifted children are failed by the system By Deborah Orr … “It is an endemic misunderstanding, the assumption that people with IQs over 130 are likely to sail through life, effortlessly achieving “success”. … Even experienced psychologists, let alone “pop” ones, often fail to understand how high intelligence can isolate people, especially children. … Continue reading
NC to let gifted students get credit without taking classes
Education News: NC to let gifted students get credit without taking classes ” Gifted students will be able to get high school credit in the near future without having to enroll in some classes, changing a long-standing requirement in North Carolina’s public schools. No later than spring 2015 – and possibly this spring in some … Continue reading
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