Gifted & Exceptional Students
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Teaching Gifted Children: Ideas, Tips & Lesson Plans
Whether it is the beginning of a new school year or close to the end of the final semester, educators are always searching for information on new activities, lesson plans and projects for advanced learners. This guide is chock-full of information dedicated...By September 14, 2011
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What It Means to Be Gifted
How is exceptionality in children determined? What programs are available for children who are gifted? Most parents and some teachers of exceptional children ask these questions. Often, the answers they receive are less than helpful. This article...By August 9, 2011
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Games to Play with the Visually Impaired
Visually impaired children also need to be entertained. Like other children, they too need games that fun and interesting. The article discusses various games that use Braille in its functioning to help visually impaired children enjoy.By August 3, 2011
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Tips and Ideas for Gifted Group Activities
Do your more talented students sometimes struggle working in groups? Do you need ideas for grouping and creating a strong activity for them to work on together? Providing a theme may help them to tap into their thirst for excess knowledge and...By July 12, 2011
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Some Important Visually Impaired Devices for Computers
Visually impaired children can use the same vision aids that they use for other normal reading activities to access their computers. Apart from the range of handheld magnifiers, eyeglass mounted magnifiers and stand-alone magnifiers special devices have...By July 11, 2011
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Challenging Gifted Students in Mainstream Classrooms
Diagnostic testing has shown that gifted students have exceptional academic skills in processing and applying knowledge in mainstream classrooms. For the gifted student who is being marginalized in the classroom, teachers must find challenging instructional...By July 6, 2011
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Gifted and Exceptional Students and Math Problem Solving
Gifted students may be the best problem-solvers in your math classroom or the ones who will assert that they are just not into math. Either way, teachers can take a simple math lesson on ratios and create both a challenging opportunity and a teaching...By July 5, 2011
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How to Get Gifted Students Ready for College Life
Many people assume that gifted and exceptional students will find college easy. The reality is different. These special students also face numerous challenges that if not adequately prepared by teachers, gifted students would face insurmountable frustrations...By July 5, 2011
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Gifted Students and Reading Instruction-- What's the Answer?
Teaching students who are reading at a level beyond their chronological age is a challenge, especially with young children. Choosing content for reading instruction and class activities requires care and preparation. Read on for some tips on reading instruction...By July 5, 2011
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Unraveling Giftedness: The Six Areas of Giftedness and Talents
Do you suspect that your child or student is gifted or talented? There are six areas that you can look into to determine giftedness and/or talent.By July 5, 2011