Krystal

I decided to do my research on Academically Gifted students in the classroom. So many times, gifted students are the ones that suffer. Schools are so focused on pulling the lower kids up, that we forget to challenge the kids who already understand what you are teaching.

**Source #1** The article I read was Meeting the Needs of the Academically Gifted by Sally M. Lafferty, Ed.D. This article talks about the Gifted Kids and the ways they learn and act in school. These students tend to be able to do many things at the same time while in class. The article talked about one young girl who was able to sit in an Algebra I class, so a Science Lab and still answer questions in Algebra class. []

**Source #2** This article talks about the Gifted Child within a regular classroom. This article covers subjects from how to identify kids to how to teach them. The teacher has many roles within the classroom. []

**Source #3** This article is abot classifying gifted children. Being uniform across the board so that everyone has the same standards. []

Parental support is crucial in the education of a gifted child. Many times the focus is on lower students in the class since there are very few higher level kids. []
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This is a very valuable website for meeting the needs of those higher level learners. It gives students many ideas and resources to use. []
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