Essay on Classification of Gifted and Talented Students

P. Marland felt the funds allocated to education left the nations 2 million gifted and talented students out. In his report, he defined gifted and talented students: “Children capable of high performance include those with demonstrated achievement and/or potential ability in any of the following areas, singly or in combination: 1. General intellectual ability, 2. Specific academic aptitude, 3. Creative or productive thinking, 4. Leadership ability 5. Visual and performing arts, or 6. Psychomotor…

Association of Gifted Children estimates that 6% of the student population is considered gifted (NAGC.org). According to Turnbull, Turnbull and Wehmeyer, 1.8%-18% of the student population in America is classified as gifted and talented depending on the state. (Turnbull, 2010 pp 5-6) Special Education programs for gifted and talented students are not mandated by the federal government (Gearheart 1995, p 422). Effective programs exist but they generally receive less funding than programs for students with…

recent recognition of other abilities, IQ test scores are still being used as a determining factor in most American schools. Before the 1950s, most educators and school systems tended to follow Louis Terman’s example and based most decisions about gifted individuals on IQ and scholastic achievement scores. Standardized group intelligence tests, such as California Test of Mental Maturity, were often used to determine IQ. In these tests, educators were looking for exceptional ability in verbal or performance…

Principles and Components: There are three curriculum models that are used to effectively teach gifted and talented students. These models include the Integrated Curriculum Model, the William and Mary Center for Gifted Education Research Model, and the Parallel Model. The Integrated Curriculum Model has three main dimensions advanced content, process/product, and issues/themes. The first dimension, advanced content, is content that it at a higher level. In English Language Arts the readings are…

Linguistically gifted people are particularly good storytellers, writers, or creative speakers. Those with logical or mathematical intelligence have the ability to reason well and master difficult mathematical problems. The other five types of intelligence include spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, and intrapersonal (Drew et al., 2002). This is just one theory of many describing all of the complexities of the term and condition of giftedness. Before the gifted were seen as people…

Implementation of the Gifted and Talented program is headed by Stephanie Cantu. She requires rigorous standards to be met by teachers, students, and parents. If a parent fails to meet a deadline or sign paperwork their student will not qualify for testing that academic year. Testing will be done the following year if the next grade level teacher nominates that student. Students, if accepted into the Gifted and Talented program, will remain in the program unless their grades fail to meet expectations…

officials felt that school athletic programs could meet students’ needs in that specific area and that gifted and talented programs should be instituted to help develop skills and capabilities which are not being satisfactorily provided by a school’s standard curriculum and programs (Eby and Smutny, 1990, p. 5). Defining these five or six areas as the guidelines for evaluating talent is not problematic. What is troublesome is that most gifted and talent program admissions are based on a high stakes…

homogenous classes and gifted students with in the traditional classroom concluded that gifted students in separate classes had significantly higher achievement than their gifted peers in a regular classroom setting (as cited in Delcourt et al., 2007, para.13). Research suggests gifted curricula to be veered in facilitating analytic and cognitive development. In a study, third- and fourth grade students in a gifted classroom were compared to gifted students without gifted program services. “ After…

completed. These students view extra credit opportunities as a waste of time. These mediocre scholars are also the ones who believe that Wikipedia is among the greatest inventions of all time, while turnitin.com is not. Students who contain these characteristics make up the most common category. The final group of students are the overachievers. They sit prim and proper in the front row raising their eager hands. These workaholics are the ones whom teachers adore and whom fellow students despise. They…

to be offensive and oftentimes the student is viewed negatively by their peers due to an adoption of the teacher's negative attitude, thus beginning the social stigma (Johnson 27). Another standard, "educational" treatment of gifted students is to separate them from the class. Because the gifted student has surpassed the majority the teacher isolates the child with a separate advanced activity and returns to the majority. In these situations the gifted student and his/her peers become accustomed…