Amber


 * Effectively teaching Academically Gifted students in the Secondary classroom **

Side Note: I chose this topic because during my student teaching I struggled with treating gifted students fairly. The attitudes they presented irritated me, and I think that by understanding them I will be able to better teach them.

Ø **Because so many schools are beginning to include IG students in regular classrooms, general education teachers need to know how to teach IG students. The article mentions specific ways to accommodate IG students in a mainstreamed classroom. The authors performed a study of students to answer what changes were made in classroom practices (to help IG students) and well as what factors influenced the changes. **
 * Good Sources I found: **
 * 1. ** **Changing General Education Classroom Practices to Adapt for Gifted Students**

  Ø **This article focuses on how curriculum can be changed to better meet the needs of gifted students. This article has a table of contents which makes it easier to navigate and brings up important points that many people forget about gifted students. The article reminds educators that even though gifted students may learn faster than some students, they are all different, and there is not ONE method to teach ALL gifted students. This article described changes that can be made ranging from curriculum to environment. **
 * 2. ** **To No Longer Educate the Gifted: Programming for Gifted Students Beyond the Era of Inclusion**
 * Ø ****This article presents ideas that will help schools keep their gifted programs as well as make sure these programs meet the needs of intellectually gifted students. Some strategies the article suggests are allowing students to work one on one with adults, creating enriched curriculum, and focusing on methods that enable IG students to have higher self concepts. The author does not suggest the IG students should be mainstreamed. **
 * 3. When gifted kids don't have all the answers: How to meet their social and emotional needs (book) Jim Delisle & Judy Galbraith (This may be changed as I am having difficulty finding more than excerpts from this book). **
 * Ø ****This book focuses on meeting the needs of gifted students emotionally, socially, and educationally. The book includes strategies to use in the classroom. **
 * 4. ** **Differentiating Curriculum for Gifted Students**

Ø **While this source is not from an academic journal, I thought it was still noteworthy. A website, (teachersfirst.com/gifted) dedicated to better teaching AIG students, mentioned that planning with Bloom's Taxonomy as well as knowing what learning styles your AIG student prefers will make teaching at a more effective level much easier. The website mentioned that students who are gifted should be given assignments that are at a higher level in Bloom's taxonomy instead of just giving them more of the same work. This is not a punishment because they have the higher order thinking skills needed to perform well at these tasks; in fact, giving them assignments that are too easy or boring would actually be more like punishment because it could stunt their learning. **
 * 5. Links to ** **Bloom's Taxonomy** **<span style="font-family: 'Andalus','serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> and ** **Multiple Intelligences**.