| What Causes Gifted Children to Underachieve?
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| What Causes Gifted Children to Underachieve? There usually are complex causes, so it is important not to oversimplify the problem. Gifted children may not understand why they are underachieving. Usually school and home causes combine to set this pattern in motion. Possible School Causes Lack of challenge Too much or too little competition Conflicts with teachers Unidentified learning disa . . . more
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| Author : National Association for Gifted Children
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Created : 11 Nov 2005
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| What is Emotional Intelligence?
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What is Emotional Intelligence?
You�ve probably heard and read a fair bit about Emotional Intelligence. There�s a lot of information out there. But what is it and where has the idea come from? Emotional Intelligence is not a fad or a passing trend but the end result of years of research into what makes people tick. In the words of EI expert Daniel Goleman, Emotional Intelligence is:
The capacit . . . more
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| Author : Hay Group
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Created : 10 Feb 2008
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| Gifted Online -New Zealand
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GO!
New Zealand's Online Programme for Gifted Children.
"GO"- Gifted Online an interactive online learning programme specially designed to help teachers and parents cater effectively for the different learning needs of children with exceptional abilities.
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| Author : Edusearch
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Created : 18 Apr 2006
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| Is Your Child Gifted?
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IS YOUR CHILD GIFTED? HERE ARE SOME BEHAVIORAL CLUES TO WATCH FOR.
Following are some core traits, aptitudes and behaviors of gifted kids:Communication skills: Highly expressive with words, numbers or symbols. Has an unusual ability to communicate verbally, nonverbally, physically, artistically or symbolically; uses particularly apt examples, illustrations or elaborations.Inquiry: Questio . . . more
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| Author : Hawaii Department of Education and the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented.
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Created : 03 Apr 2006
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| The Mystery Condition: Detection and Intervention
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| There is a group of children in New Zealand who have a condition which severely impacts on their learning but which is very difficult to diagnose. It is so difficult, in fact, that some researchers believe that over 50% of children with this condition are never diagnosed and never receive appropriate help. Misdiagnosis is not uncommon, with children being given other labels and inappropriate and s . . . more
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| Author : R Cathcart
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Created : 20 Jul 2004
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| Thinking Skills - Keys to Fusing Talents
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This article is one of many informative articles that can be found on the www.nexus.edu.au
In a world where change is the only certainty, where major technological advances are made everyday, the clearly defined borders between subject areas are becoming less distinct with overlaps that were never even dreamt of in the past. Music composition often relies on complex computer simulation; eleme . . . more
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| Author : Karin Morrison
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Created : 03 Jul 2002
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| Stuck in Another Dimension:
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Stuck in Another Dimension:
The Exceptionally Gifted Child in School
By Stephanie S. Tolan
� 1985 Stephanie S. Tolan, Used by Permission.
Originally published in Gifted Child Today, Nov. - Dec., 1985
For six years I have tried to educate an exceptionally gifted child in a school system not designed to handle him. As a parent, I've never been able to take our situation as an interesting t . . . more
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| Author : By Stephanie S. Tolan
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Created : 05 Jan 2003
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| Gender and Genius
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Gender and Genius
Barbara Kerr, Ph.D.
Arizona State University
Our ideas about what is gifted behavior for a boy or for a girl are imbued with society's notions of appropriate gender identity. Gifted boys and girls need to learn to cope with their giftedness while careful1y following prescribed gender roles if they want to avoid the rejection of their communities. How were thes . . . more
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| Author : Barbara Kerr, Ph.D.
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Created : 23 Nov 2002
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| Gifted But Learning Disabled: A Puzzling Paradox
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Gifted But Learning Disabled: A Puzzling Paradox
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ERIC EC Digest #E479
Author: Susan Baum
1990
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How can a child learn and not learn at the same time? Why do some students apply little or no effort to school tasks while they commi . . . more
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| Author : Susan Baum
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Created : 11 Aug 2002
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| Writing - The Only Way??
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Why is it that so often we measure a child's ability by the written output or quality of the way the letters are formed ??????
I have been saddened over the last two weeks by the number of people who have contacted me, either on the site or by phone,stressed by the fact that their children are failing because they cannot express themselves on paper.In many cases it seems to be boys and their . . . more
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| Author : Glenys Stanton
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Created : 03 Aug 2002
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