PPT-Underachievement in Gifted Students

Underachievement in Gifted Students What is underachievement Underachievement is most often defined as a discrepancy between a students performance and Underachievement is a and can change over time. To Turn Around . Underachieving Gifted Students . Kristen Seward. Purdue University . Gifted Education Resource Institute. Fifth . Annual National Leadership . Summit:. Identifying and Serving . Gifted Native . Leonie Nicholls. Monday 17 March 2014. Topics in tonight’s presentation. Definitions of gifted and talented. Characteristics of gifted learners. Overexcitabilities. Introverts and extraverts. Perfectionism. FACT OR MYTH: . GIFTED STUDENTS HAVE HIGHER INCIDENCES OF DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, AND SUICIDE.. MYTH. Gifted . students . DO NOT . show higher . prevalence rates of depression, suicide, or anxiety. .. (. By: Margaret Garrett, Alicia Payne, and Chris . Rhinehart. Hispanic Gifted . Students. Introduction. For over 25 years, blame has been extended to gifted programs for favoring children from advantaged backgrounds. Minority groups or gifted learners are highly underrepresented in gifted programs in the United States. Statistics report that this underrepresentation may vary for 30% to 70%. The average is common at around 50%. (Ford & Thomas, 1997). Gifted students exist in all levels of society, every culture, and every ethnic group (Frasier, Garcia, Passow, 1995). In order to include underrepresented minority groups in gifted programs, it is mandatory to establish “equal footing” for all students no matter what their race, culture, or socioeconomic status is . Brenda Bryant. Brittani Martin . Brittany Dykes. Nikita Wilcox. What is underachievement? . Disagreement between a child’s school performance and some type of ability score like ____________. . This is more of a technical definition. We have to dig deeper to truly understand underachievement in gifted children. . Gifted Learner. Presentation by Mrs. Kimberly Stevens. MSE Program, Arkansas State University. The. Pleaser. The . underachiever. The. Perfectionist. The. Emotionally. sensitive. Lets find out how. all. Twice-Exceptional Students. Underrepresented in Gifted Programs. Frequently Struggle. Unique Talents Overlooked. In Danger of Dropping Out. Primarily Three Categories. Students enrolled in a Gifted Program but not identified with a learning disability . How they Affect your High Ability Student. Kathy Paul. Extended Learning Program . Johnston Community Schools. Motivation: Essential to Achievement. Drive. Desire for success. Requires initiative. Interest. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter once said…. “There’s . nothing so unequal as the equal treatment of . unequals. .”. Question 1:. Should We Use Different Measures To Identify Gifted Students Of Poverty? If So, What Should Those Measures Look Like?. DeSoto County Schools will offer a qualitatively different educational experience that is not available in the elementary or middle school general education classroom.  Each school will develop a differentiated program designed to address the needs of the students enrolled in the school in line with the districts instructional management plan.  These programs guarantee . Lynette Baldwin. Executive Director. Kentucky Association for Gifted Education (KAGE). For decades, misconceptions about gifted and talented students and their learning needs have persisted. These “myths” have often become barriers to learning for these students.. plus. How to . be . most . effective . in the . mixed ability classroom. Genny Jenkins. Rowan County Schools. Gifted and Talented Coordinator. Gifted and Talented Instructor. Open your bag of cards.. Created by Nicolette Edenburn. OSU EPSY . 5213 ADVANCED EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY. Response to “Cognitive Sex Differences” . Wk. 11 Ch. 27. GIFTED GIRLS. PROBLEM. Girls tend to outperform boys in the fifth grade in math and science classes. However, there are significantly more men going into math and science professions. . Adapted by Madeline DiGiovanni and Julie Chilton. Chapter C.3 . Companion PowerPoint Presentation. Sonali. Nag & Margaret . Snowling. The “IACAPAP Textbook of Child and Adolescent Mental Health” is available at the IACAPAP website .