Gifted and Talented Students at Risk

Gifted and talented students

Broad approaches for identifying gifted and talented students

This is one of the most commonly used methods of identification, and its effectiveness varies enormously. Identification of gifted and talented students improves when teachers are informed of the nature and purpose of the programme for gifted and talented students. Teachers are likely to support their judgments with the help of tools, such as checklists, teacher observation scales, and student ...

Underachievement in Gifted and Talented Students With Special Needs

Talented students underachieve for many reasons and in many different circumstances. Unfortunately, there is no panacea for how to reverse underachievement in students whose talents are demonstrated in diverse ways. High-potential students with special needs are likely to experience underachievement as efforts to address their needs may focus more on remediation of difficulties and less on deve...

Talented Students and Resilient At-Risk Students: Similarities and Differences

This study compared academically talented students (n = 23) who were not at risk for school failure and resilient at-risk students (n = 27) on risk factors and protective/promotive factors. Participants’ risk status was determined by student assignment. The academically talented students were attending a summer program at a major research university and the at-risk students were graduates of a ...

Learning by Doing: Action Research to Evaluate Provisions for Gifted and Talented Students

Between 2006 and 2008 the Ministry of Education funded the evaluation of three Talent Development Initiatives for gifted and talented students. The methodology employed was one of participatory action research, a process of evaluation that enables learning by doing, as researchers and practitioners work alongside one another. Through the process of evaluating the three programmes, the researche...