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. 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 . an IQ score. . . This is more of a technical definition. We have to dig deeper to truly understand underachievement in gifted children. . Children:. A Special Variety. Justine Cauley, Miranda Manley, and Mark Berg . Based on a Presentation By:. Julie Williams. Who are the Gifted?. Someone who shows, or . has the potential . for showing, an exceptional level of performance in one or more areas of expression:. 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. . Cory Meehan & Josh Cameron. Define “Gifted Learner”. What makes a child a gifted learner?. Students who are advanced in one area or in many areas and exceed the expectations of parents or of the school curriculum in specific areas of development (Hutchinson, 2014).. 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 . D. isabilities. Bridgette Krueger. Outline. Learning Disability Defined. Types of Learning Disabilities. GLD (Gifted with Learning Disabilities). Effects of GLD for girls and boys. Training Areas. 4 . 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. What’s your mindset?. Mindset. 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.. Identifying gifted and talented students in Design and Technology Adrian Twissell MA 2010 A Twissell 2010 Identification of gifted and talented students Aims Background to the study- definitions & models