experience(s) to learn and realize their potential.
Talented children”
Talented children” means those persons between
the ages of four and twenty-one whose abilities,
talents, and potential
for accomplishment are so
exceptional or developmentally advanced that
they
require special provisions to meet their educational
programing
needs.
Methods to identify talented learners
1-Intelligence Test.
2-Teachers Observation.
3-Achievement Test
Aspects of talented learners:
1-They are communicators.
2-They are curious and always ask a lot of questions.
3-They ask for more and more knowledge.
4-They learn Vocabulary, and grammar structure
quickly.
5-They have creative ideas.
6-They are cognitively advanced
7- They are loved, self educators and innovators..
8-They are self-evaluators.
9-They are sensitive to their environment.
10-They like to do more tests , assignments,
homework and tests.
11-They achieve projects at a short time.
12-They like to use technology.
13- They like to observe, experience and solve
problems.
14-They like to do analysis, synthesis and evaluation.
15-They are talkative, obedient, friendly, respectful and
cooperative.
In a lot of ways, gifted children are just like their peers. However,
they often demonstrate learning characteristics that make parents and
educators wonder if they are more than smart and curious, and instead in
possession of special gifts.
Here are some learning characteristics
that make gifted children stand out among their peers:
1-Gifted children often demonstrate a strong
curiosity.
They want to know everything there is to know about
everything—right
now. Often, they latch on to a particular subject or area of interest
and decide that they want to read, study, and see everything about that
subject (and sometimes, only that subject). They don’t want to move on
to something new until they have a thorough understanding of the topic
with which they are engrossed.
2=-Often gifted children become bored with
learning.
This may come as a shock since it’s the exact opposite of the point
above, but sometimes learning just doesn’t move quickly enough for the
gifted learner, especially if someone is telling them what and how they
need to learn. They often want to know more (and then even more),
exhibiting a growing hunger for ever more challenging topics.
If they
are stuck with keeping a slow learning pace that doesn’t suit them
(perhaps to accommodate a classroom of students), this may manifest
itself in excessive behavior, a seeming lack of interest in learning,
and sometimes, acting out. If they’ve already mastered a topic, these
children often have difficulty understanding why they need to review it
(or practice it). Studies have shown that excessive review can even be
detrimental to their learning of a subject!
3-Gifted Children often have asynchronous
learning.
A
gifted child is often very advanced in one area while demonstrating a
low level of learning in another area. A gifted child might be able to
read and understand the material at a college level while still
struggling with basic math skills. This goes along with their passion
for learning what they are curious about. They have little time and
become very frustrated to be required to learn a subject in which they
have little interest.
4-Gifted children demonstrate advanced
language skills.
This
can manifest itself as a vocabulary that seems significantly above
average for a child’s age group or as an interest in (or even preference
for) carrying on conversations with older children and adults who are
more likely to have a similar understanding of the child’s intellectual
interests.
5-Gifted children often strive for perfection
A
gifted child’s love of learning can often go hand-in-hand with
envisioning perfection and a strong desire to achieve it. While this can
lead to high learning achievement, it can also lead to frustration when
a gifted child feels that he has underperformed (regardless of whether
or not that is true).
6-Gifted children are often good problem
solvers.
These children are often able to see beyond what is right in front of them to
connections, options, alternatives, and possibilities for solving
problems and creating. They frequently demonstrate a skill for
recognizing patterns and abstract thought processes that seem far beyond
their years.
Challenges of Talented Students:
Many gifted students try to reach an impossible
goal – perfection.
Because of the pressures of rigorous schoolwork or
extracurricular activities, many gifted and talented
students have
little free time.
Gifted children are often very socially mature for
their
age, but this can cause them to have problems
interacting with their
peers.
Talented and gifted students may have trouble
focusing on schoolwork that doesn’t interest them
or they don’t naturally excel at. Organization skills
can also be a problem with gifted students
as many are abstract thinkers.
To Support Gifted Students in Your Classroom
1-Learn how gifted students think. ...
2-Created tiered assignments for students. ...
3-Include a variety of levels in your classroom
library.
4-Utilize their talents and interests. ...
5-Explore real-word application.
Some methods to support gifted students:
1-Promote creative and critical thinking.
2-Require problem-solving.
3-Involve group interaction.
4-Have variable levels of pacing.
5-Allow for debriefing of the process.
6-Involve open-endlessness.
7-Allow for freedom of choice.
8-Involve higher order thinking processes.
Strategies to use with gifted students:
1-Design your lessons with Bloom's Taxonomy
2-Assign independent projects. ...
3-Ask intellectually stimulating questions. ...
4-Find mentors. ...
5-Organize cluster groups.
Who is a slow learner?
A child can be described as a slow learner if his or her thinking skills
develop at a notably slower rate than that of his or her peers.
The
child will carry on through the exact same developmental stages as his
or her peers but at a comparatively slow rate. Also, the child typically
has
below-average intelligence.
The problem with such an approach is that not all students can adapt to a
rigid and fast-paced style of learning. Due to this, a gap forms between their true ability and their performance level and such children
are then dubbed slow learners.
To put misconceptions to rest, slow learning is not a learning
disability. It is used to describe a student with the ability to acquire
all academic skills at a rate below than that of the average student.No student is weak or bright by birth; it’s the way we feed the knowledge and how they imbibe it which makes them so.
A
slow learner needs more time, more repetition and more resources from
teachers to be successful. These students do not have intellectual
disability, but it takes them longer to understand and
grasp concepts.
A slow learner needs more time, more repetition and more resources from
teachers to be successful.These students do not have intellectual
disability, but it takes them longer to understand and grasp concepts.
What are the challenges faced by
slow learners?
Regular
classroom learning focuses on the acquisition of new skills based on
previously learnt concepts. When the majority of the students are
learning at a faster pace, a slow learner tends to be left behind.
This
creates a knowledge gap in basic concepts and skills and reduced
comprehension ability across a wide spectrum of academic areas.
A slow learning child not only faces educational challenges but social and personal challenges as well.
As
a result of their inability to match the learning pace of their peers,
they might consider themselves lesser than others. This will affect
their self-confidence and self-esteem.
They find it
difficult to bond with children of their age group and are often
excluded from extracurricular activities, sports, and other activities.
This aggravates the problem as they become prone to anxiety and negative self-image.
Methods of teaching slow learners:
1-Compensatory Teaching.
2-Remedial Teaching. ...
3-Instructional Strategies for Slow Learners.
4-Develop Lessons that Incorporate Students'
Interests, Needs, and Experiences. ...
5-Frequently Vary Your Instructional Technique
6-Incorporate Individualized Learning Materials
7-Incorporate Audio and Visual Materials.
Most of the slow learners are
found to be very slow
in reading.
They neglect self-reading. Reading is
one of the
important skills.If the student is given some extra
time for understanding the keywords then he will
improve the reading skill.
Programs for Slow Learners:
How to help a slow learner
There are numerous ways to help a child who is a
slow learner.
Here are a few methods that are known to help slow
learners:
Praise and reward:
Motivation works wonders for slow learners.
To help them continue
learning, it is important to
acknowledge even the smallest victory and
offer
rewards for each milestone.
Set realistic expectations and
smaller targets:
As a parent and an educator, it is essential to
understand what is achievable for the child and
set targets accordingly.
Encourage peer tutoring:
This is one of the most effective strategies for slow
learners.Parents
and teachers should encourage slow
learners to study in groups. The
more a child interacts
with others of his/her age, the more confident
he/she
will feel.
Encourage multiple intelligence:
If the child shows interest in any co-curricular activity,
it is essential to support them. This boosts their
confidence and they start
feeling socially accepted.
Encourage interaction and
communication:
Slow learners should be encouraged to voice their
thoughts.Parents should ask their children about their
day at school,have discussions on
TV shows, sports