Intro to Exceptional Learners Quiz 4

Gifted learners

Those who have ability in one or more learning areas that exceed the grade/age level expectation by two or more years

Most or all should be true…

Learns new material faster or younger than peers

Remembers what has been learned forever

Can handle concepts that are too complex for peers

Has a passionate interest in one or more topics

Can operate on multiple brain channels at a time

Negative Learning and behavioral characteristics of gifted students

Refuse to conform.

Resist cooperative learning.

Act out or disturb others.

Become the “class clown.”

Daydream.

Positive Learning and behavioral characteristics of gifted students

1. outstanding memory

2. alert observer

3. sees patterns that others don’t

4. advanced vocabulary

5. wants to share all he knows

Techniques to challenge them

• Acceleration

• Compaction

• Curriculum extension

• Incorporation of higher levels of Bloom’s taxonomy

• Encourage creativity 

Twice-exceptional

Giftedness that coexists with a learning disability, behavioral problem, or other impairment

10-30% of “gifted” students have some form of learning disability

Negatives of moving ahead

1. Emotional maturtiy level- if a student skips 1st grade or two grades, etc. Then you have to kook down the riad,

2. they will finish highschool when they are 15-16 (still at this age emotionally)

3. When they graduate they are always with people not their age

Pros of being “advanced” or moving them along

They will be more engaged and not be as bored in away

Keeps them engaged

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We must understand the typical class

Different ways that advanced learners respond

People pleasures (not all times but many times)- Advanced, Ones that do the work

A bit less complainant, picks and chooses, does not strive for excellence, does some of the work

Very unmotivated, does none of the work

Two factors continue to create stress for teachers

Number of students

Increasingly larger span of ability in class

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It is imperative for gifted kids to experience valid opportunities to work hard to learn new concepts… The real joys of learning are those that come from accomplishing difficult things

Most difficult first strategy

Pre-determine which exercises are most difficult and allow students to complete those first to “test out” of the assignment

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We can’t convince gifted kids to take risks and turn challenging new learning opportunities if we also communicate the expectation that they must perform perfectly

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The only way to entice gifted kids to work on more challenging material is to allow them to keep getting the highest grades possible with the grade-level work

During meltdowns:

From video (idk if we need to know anything from this or not)

1. Provide choice

2. Look at your reactions 

3. Respect their personal space

4. Redirection

5. Have a way for them to communicate

6. If you can meet your child to engage in movement

7. Avoid more stimulation 

8. Do anything that encourage deep breathing, blowing bubbles, or blowing a candle out

Skill subjects

Subjects that require the ability to perform tasks in increasingly difficult problems

Content subjects

Subjects comprised of learning information, facts, and the application thereof

Learning contract

A form created with and for an individual student that lists the combined plan of class instruction and individual advanced learning tasks, including behavioral expectation

Extension ideas by modalities

Auditory- reading, writing, presentations

Visual- posters, timelines, videos

Kinesthetic- skits, play, models