Making Twice-Exceptional Students Visible in Policy and Practice
“Can you see Brian, the invisible boy? Even Mrs. Carlotti has trouble noticing him in her classroom.” – The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig To mark Gifted Awareness Week, I submitted this guest blog post to the Australian Association for the Education of Gifted and Talented. Twice-exceptional students, rendered invisible by their contradictory nature, are […]
Promoting Divergent Thinking as an Enrichment Strategy for Gifted Learners
Imagine sitting in a classroom day after day, bored, patiently waiting for your peers to learn a concept that you mastered straight away. Enduring the slow pace and lack of challenge daily, your needs remaining unmet. Imagine doing this for years. We know that up to half of gifted students underachieve in schools (Commonwealth, 2001). However […]
Unlocking Creativity: Lateral Thinking Activities for Gifted and Talented Learners
Do you find yourself pulling your hair out trying to think of ways to provide enrichment for your gifted and talented learners? Challenging gifted and talented students in a mainstream classroom can feel like a daunting task! I am going to show you how to can cater to your high ability students in the classroom […]
Logic Puzzles for Gifted Students
Do you ever ask yourself “How can I challenge my gifted and talented students in math?” Gifted and talented students make up approximately 10% of students in each class. As educators, it’s our responsibility to provide these students with challenging and engaging learning opportunities to help them reach their full potential! One way to challenge gifted […]
The 6 Types of Gifted Student in your Classroom
What do you think of when you imagine a gifted and talented student? Does Sheldon Cooper come to mind? The Senate Inquiry (2001) into Gifted Education found that up to half of all gifted learners underachieve with as many as 20% leaving high school before year 12. There are 6 types of gifted student and […]
QR Code Literacy Center for the Classroom
Are you looking for an engaging literacy center that will save you time? Keep reading! Okay teacher friend, tell me if this is you? You spend way too much time every week planning and preparing engaging and differentiated literacy centers. Did you say “yep, that’s me!” Then let’s play an IF-THEN game IF you don’t […]
Challenging Gifted Students in the Regular Classroom
Are you looking for challenging tasks to give to your gifted and high ability students? Then keep reading… Okay teacher friend tell me if this is you? You have a few clever kids in your class, but you also have a lot of students who need extra support. You know your high flyers need to […]
How Can You Challenge Gifted and Talented Students in Your Classroom?
How do I differentiate my teaching for gifted students? What is the best way to support gifted students in my class? Do I need to challenge my gifted students? If you have ever asked yourself a question like this, you’re in the right place! This post shares ideas that help you to effectively help gifted […]
Should we Care Less About Academically Gifted Children? Gifted Students Have Social and Emotional Needs too.
This Harmful Quote Do we need to care less about whether a child is academically gifted? This harmful quote is pervasive throughout social media. I’ve seen it shared hundreds if not thousands of times. Every single time I see it my stomach lurches, my blood boils and my pulse speeds up. It infuriates me! And […]
Characteristics of Gifted Students
Using Traits for Identification Knowing these characteristics will help educators in identifying the gifted students in their classroom. Not all of the traits in this list can or will apply to every gifted child. Each gifted student is unique. They may present with a mixture of these traits or they may only show a few. […]
