My head has been spinning with ideas since last week’s #gtchat on Twitter! So many exciting things are beginning to take shape in the online gifted community. 2011 stands to be a pivotal year for gifted advocacy and the advancement of gifted children’s issues.People have been researching and talking about gifted education for a very long time. I think...
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Looking At the Big Picture … How Gifted Kids Learn
“Determine the thing that can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.” ... Abraham LincolnEver had to remind your gifted child to pay attention to the details? Well, there’s a reason for that! Gifted learners tend to see the ‘big picture’ first and fill in the details later. They conceive of the whole before understanding the parts. As you...
Independent Study for the Gifted Learner
The fact that independent study is good for gifted learners is certainly not a new idea, but it may be for parents of newly identified gifted children. Gifted learners are individuals with differing abilities. What excites one student may bore another. Different learning styles require parents to take different approaches.Most parents of gifted children...