Gifted and Talented Students

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Gifted and Talented Students

• Lorraine Biggin
• Dominic Doherty
• Kerrianne Henning
• Bill Whiting

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How do you identify a gifted learner?   In
general, the gifted child achieves through
natural ability and quick thinking, whereas, a
high achiever succeeds through effort and
concentration.
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• There is also a difference between low achievers
  and gifted underachievers. In general, a gifted
  student fails to do the work because of lack of
  motivation whereas a low achiever has difficulty
  comprehending the work.
• IT IS IMPORTANT IN BOTH CASES TO RECOGNISE THE
  DIFFERENCE!!
• Gillespie, C., 2002, Differences Between Ability
  Levels, St Marys CBC, Toowoomba

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ARE YOU GIFTED?

• A brief activity to find out which of you are and
  which of you
• ARE NOT!

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Implications For Curriculum Design

• So you have found yourself with a gifted or
  talented pupil.
• What do you do to help this student fulfil his or
  her potential?
• In the following we have outlined a course of
  action that is logical and easy to implement.

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FIRST

• Teachers need to modify curriculum in terms of
  abstractness, complexity, variety, organization
  and economy.

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SECOND

• This curriculum modification is called
  Differentiated Curriculum and involves 3 steps
• Determine the specific needs of an individual
  student or a group of students,
• Determine how to change curriculum to meet
  specific needs,
• Negotiate the learning experiences and curriculum
  modifications with the student/ students.

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THIRD

• There are essentially 8 aspects to look at
  with-in the topic of differentiated curriculum.
•        Appropriate speed,
•        Cognitive processes,
•        Enrichment and extension
•        Personal experience or autonomy,
•        Multiple intelligences,
•        Deductive thinking,
•        Social change,
•        Career and vocational education.

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FOURTH

•   Liase with a tertiary institution.

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Resources

• The Queensland Association for Gifted and
  Talented Children Inc.
• http//www.qagtc.org.au/
• Austega's Gifted Resource Centre
• http//www.austega.com/gifted/index.htm
• Qld Ed. Learning and Development Centres
• http//education.qld.gov.au/learning_ent/ldf/ldc/g
  ifttalent/