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= = = = = = =__ Working with Gifted Student __= Children who are gifted display many of the same qualitites that other children do, but the difference is the degree to which, and the speed with which, these qualities develop.
 * For example: A Kindergartner may perform at the level of a second grader.

Compared to other students, gifted children are more likely to:
 * Have more hobbies that require thinking.
 * Be interested in braod conceptes and issues.
 * Tolerate ambiguity and complexity.
 * Have longer attention spans.
 * Zone out/Get bored.
 * Have a well-developed speaking and listening vocabulary.
 * Act out.
 * Be highly curious and sharp eyed observer.
 * Be a top-notch reader.

Gifted students often become bored, unchallenged, and will seek attention in disruptive ways. There are ways to keep this problem from happening:

 * 1) Creative and divergent thinkers need to grow toward what their fully capable of. One way to work toward this is to use many open-ended investigations and activities through the 6E model.
 * 2) Encourage gifted students to build a large knowledge base. Gifted children sense how a broad array of knowledge feeds their creative and problem-solving abilities which motivates them to learn even more.
 * 3) Let them manage their own learning through individual and small-group projects. It's important to show students how to use reference materials such as trade books, instructional materials in the library etc...
 * 4) Provide these students with role models and sources. A good way to do this is expose them to persons in science and other professions who can serve as imformational sources.

Gifted students may need help with their social skills. The student may be advanced academically, but be average in social and personal skills.

__Gifted Student Resources__
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =__ **National Science Standards (NSES)** __= = = -The NSES authors say that these new standards are, a new way of teaching and learning about science that reflects how science itself is done, emphaszing inquiry as a way of schieving knowledge and understanding of the world."  -K-12  -Studnets should ..
 * observe phenomena
 * develop personal questions
 * Predict
 * Hypothesize and explore
 * Gather relevant information to see what has already been discovered using tools to collect, organize, analyze, and interpret.

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