Anyone else sick of gifted talk?

[Anonymous]

A handful were. Most weren't. Most teachers can't effectively differentiate in class and basically just teach to the middle and basically ignore the top and bottom performers.

I was a teacher and I did differentiate. Everyone that I knew did this. So did my teachers when I was young.

[Anonymous]

Teachers tell themselves that but I think precious few actually manage to pull it off in any genuinely effective manner.

How do you deal with a middle school class where some kids read at a college level, but others can't read at all? Most teachers don't and can't differentiate sufficiently to deal with those situations. They do a few things here and there but basically just pay lip service to it.

[Anonymous]

How do you deal with a middle school class where some kids read at a college level, but others can't read at all? Most teachers don't and can't differentiate sufficiently to deal with those situations. They do a few things here and there but basically just pay lip service to it.

By middle school, the non readers should be in some other type of class.

[Anonymous]

Teachers tell themselves that but I think precious few actually manage to pull it off in any genuinely effective manner.

How do you deal with a middle school class where some kids read at a college level, but others can't read at all? Most teachers don't and can't differentiate sufficiently to deal with those situations. They do a few things here and there but basically just pay lip service to it.

Clearly, you're not a teacher and know very little about differentiation.

Just because you went to school doesn't make you qualified to claim that teachers pay lip service to anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

How do you deal with a middle school class where some kids read at a college level, but others can't read at all? Most teachers don't and can't differentiate sufficiently to deal with those situations. They do a few things here and there but basically just pay lip service to it.

By middle school, the non readers should be in some other type of class.

Clearly you have never been inside some of these DCPS schools.

[Anonymous]

DCPS is a different story. Go to Paul Ryan thread under political discussion. Read Petula's column today.

[Anonymous]

http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2014/03/15/the-poor-neglected-gifted-child/rJpv8G4oeawWBBvXVtZyFM/story.html

leaving gifted kids behind

[Anonymous]

Exactly what I have been shouting into the wind:

"Even among Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth participants, the Vanderbilt researchers have previously found that those who weren’t challenged in school were less likely to live up to the potential indicated by their test scores. Other research has shown that under-stimulated gifted students quickly become bored and frustrated—especially if they come from low-income families that are not equipped to provide them with enrichment outside of school.

“What the study underscored is the tremendous amount of potential here—they’re a national resource,” Lubinski says. "

This is why paying attention to G&T is extremely important - even in DCPS.

[Anonymous]

What's wrong with being bored, exactly? It's a critical type of solitude.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's wrong with being bored, exactly? It's a critical type of solitude.

This.

It's trite--but "only boring people get bored." Kind of a generalization, but --at least to me--most of the truly gifted are imaginative and creative thinkers. If you are always busy---you have less time to think.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's wrong with being bored, exactly? It's a critical type of solitude.

Why resurrect a five year old thread?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just here on DCUM, where there must be a dozen threads at any time devoted to it.

That's why I had asked to expwnd the description of the AAP forum to include all those discussions under one forum.

To answer OP's question, no, not sick of it. Lots to talk about, to best understand our kids and provide for their needs. In a year or a few I could lose interest when my kid's gifted IQ test results prove not to be stable, but for now, with a kid in the 99th percentile who's requiring teacher to find creative ways to accomodate, i am in complete info absorption mode, and any new thread is interesting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just here on DCUM, where there must be a dozen threads at any time devoted to it.

That's why I had asked to expwnd the description of the AAP forum to include all those discussions under one forum.

To answer OP's question, no, not sick of it. Lots to talk about, to best understand our kids and provide for their needs. In a year or a few I could lose interest when my kid's gifted IQ test results prove not to be stable, but for now, with a kid in the 99th percentile who's requiring teacher to find creative ways to accomodate, i am in complete info absorption mode, and any new thread is interesting.

I remember being at that stage. Hoagies is the best resource by far that I found. Has loads of information on being gifted. Also has great links for enrichment for kids.

http://www.hoagiesgifted.org

Tamara Fisher, a teacher in Montana for gifted children, has a great blog. For whatever reason, the link only seems to work on my phone if I'm in desktop mode before I go there.

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/unwrapping_the_gifted/2007/08/my_yard_is_gifted_1.html

[Anonymous]

As the parents of a very bright middle schooler, I can tell you that it doesn't mean much without motivation. I am glad that my child has the ability to succeed, but it can definitely be frustrating to see the ability not applied.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just here on DCUM, where there must be a dozen threads at any time devoted to it.

That's why I had asked to expwnd the description of the AAP forum to include all those discussions under one forum.

To answer OP's question, no, not sick of it. Lots to talk about, to best understand our kids and provide for their needs. In a year or a few I could lose interest when my kid's gifted IQ test results prove not to be stable, but for now, with a kid in the 99th percentile who's requiring teacher to find creative ways to accomodate, i am in complete info absorption mode, and any new thread is interesting.

I remember being at that stage. Hoagies is the best resource by far that I found. Has loads of information on being gifted. Also has great links for enrichment for kids.

http://www.hoagiesgifted.org

Tamara Fisher, a teacher in Montana for gifted children, has a great blog. For whatever reason, the link only seems to work on my phone if I'm in desktop mode before I go there.

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/unwrapping_the_gifted/2007/08/my_yard_is_gifted_1.html

Thank you for those links! I will read her blog.