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How to Help Your Gifted Student Reach Their Full Potential | Oak Crest Academy

How to Help Your Gifted Student Reach Their Full Potential

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Researcher David Lubinski, a renowned psychologist at Vanderbilt University has been studying gifted adolescents and teens since the 1970’s. He has learned much about this exceptional population. His research has generated more than 300 research articles and papers. Lubinski and his colleagues conducted a long-running longitudinal study of more than 5,000 gifted 12-year-olds. They followed these individuals … Read More

Why Some Highly Gifted Students Underachieve | Oak Crest Academy

Why Some Highly Gifted Students Underachieve

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Most people believe that it’s easy to identify highly gifted students. They’re the ones walking out of awards ceremonies with an assortment of metals around their necks. They go to prestigious schools designed for overachievers with exceptional talent. You hear about them winning awards, read their creative masterpieces in legitimate publications and witness their above-average … Read More

An Introduction to Gifted Children Education - What Is It? | Oak Crest Academy

An Introduction to Gifted Children Education – What Is It?

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Gifted children education is any educational program that caters to children identified as academically talented. There is no universal definition or list of characteristics that might qualify a child to enter a gifted education program, but most gifted schools require kids to pass one of the following tests to highlight areas in which they may … Read More

Why Gifted Children Need Gifted Schools | Oak Crest Academy

Why Gifted Children Need Gifted Schools

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In Silicon Valley and businesses across the nation, gifted students are transforming into the leaders of the next generation. According to a study at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College, gifted students only step out of the shadows after graduation. During school, they are the invisible students in classrooms. Despite efforts to change the situation, modern schools … Read More

Five Advantages of Gifted Education Programs | Oak Crest Academy

Five Advantages of Gifted Education Programs

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Gifted children learn differently than their counterparts. Their academic needs may be unmet by the traditional classroom or the modern learning environment. When you want to give your accelerated learner every educational benefit, you should discover these five advantages of gifted education programs. Tailored, Individualized Instruction Teachers in public schools must create lesson plans that … Read More

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