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= Gifted and Talented Students  = = = This wiki is a tool to help teachers gain an understanding of gifted students in the class and to give some direction on how teachers can modify their lessons to suit these students. Gifted students have needs in the classroom just like all students, even though their ability is often well above the norm for their age level. It is important that these students are correctly identified, and classroom curriculum is made more suitable to their needs.

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Myths

 * Gifted students are the high achievers
 * All students are special
 * There are no gifted students in my class
 * They don’t need any help and can work by themselves
 * Accelerant or gifted classes are not necessary
 * They need to go through school with mates their own age

Gifted students at risk of

 * frustration
 * anxiety
 * social isolation.
 * depression among creatively gifted.

Principles MOE

 * Identification should begin early
 *  Need communication between parents, teachers students etc
 *  Identification should be on going
 *  Can not spend all your time on identification
 *  Identification should be unobtrusive
 *  Collaboration is important
 *  Need to be aware of hidden gifted and under represented groups
 *  Multiple methods are needed

Characteristics

 * =====Learning characteristics=====
 * =====Creative thinking characteristics=====
 * =====Motivational characteristics=====
 * =====Social leadership characteristics=====
 * =====Self-determination characteristics=====

Identification
How we discover gifted students is important and can range from intelligence tests to nomintations = = = = = =

Models
There are three commonly accepted models for gifted students these are Gagne, Renzulli and Tannenbaum In New Zealand it is also relevant to include Maori concepts of giftedness as part of these models

Differentiation
There are many ways in which a class can be modified to cater to the needs of the students the main focus of this web site is: Tomlinson, Bloom's taxonomy and Gardner's multiple levels of intelligence = =