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Gifted and Talented Students
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Gifted and Talented Students
Corey Davis
EDU-500 Final Project
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How are Gifted Students Identified?
- Varies by district and by state
- Teacher referrals
- Parent referrals
- Universal testing
Racial Disparities
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- Studies show white and Asian students are often overrepresented
- Low-income, African American, and Hispanic students are often underrepresented
How can we fix this?
Issues Affecting Gifted Children
- Self-esteem issues
- Control issues
- Unrealistic expectations for themsevles
- Impatience
- Social issues
- Attention/Organization Issues
- Burnout
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Current Issues
- Student well-being
- Gifted and Talented programs coming under scruinty
- Testing biases
- No uniform standard for identifying students
- Implimentation of gifted/talented classes
- Tracking of students' academic success
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What Can Schools Do?
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- Alter curriculum
- Increase student access to AP classes
- Remove bias from gifted selection
- Regular testing to reevalutate students
- Give emotional support to gifted students
- Enrichment programs for all students
- Impliment standards other countries have implimented for gifted and talented education, such as Austrialia.