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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parents are absolutely prepping kids for acceptance into gifted programs. It seems silly because it contradicts itself. Gifted means your are above average in aptitude, nothing more. If you study, then you are trying to fake that natural level and it skews your abilities to interpret new information. Why a 2nd grader needs to be prepped for the CogAt is beyond my understanding.[b] If the programs allow for extended learning, and all teachers are differentiating,[/b] then high achieving students who do like to study should be n gen ed getting the props they deserve for working hard and setting themselves above the norm. Gifted kids are problem solvers, but also different personalities that often don’t care about doing schoolwork. Two very different profiles. [/quote]

Buahahahahaha to the bolded. In many years in FCPS with multiple kids, we've had one teacher who could successfully differentiate in an elementary school classroom, across gen ed or AAP. That includes classrooms where the math resource teacher was supposed to be coming and giving the advanced kids extra work, but ended up getting too busy helping the kids who weren't on level.[/quote]

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