Giftedness

10. Identify students who possibly have less obvious special needs (e.g., learning disabilities, giftedness, etc.) and describe how these students’ behaviors are indicative of exceptionality. There were a few students who struggled with focusing, staying on task, and had to move around a bit. Two boys, in particular, struggled with keeping on task and focusing on anything that was given to them without being redirected numerous times. These students often copied other peoples’ work or it just…

The Power of Pride All across literature, there are symbols and impersonal forces so strong, they possess the ability to manipulate the world. One might argue that the giftedness of a fiction writer could be determined by his or her ability to capture these forces and fit them into their works. Many authors have possessed this ability; one in particular is Nathanial Hawthorne. Revered by his contemporaries and praised by future generations, Hawthorne used this talent in a variety of short…

based on female leaders in scientific fields using interest, personality, and achievement (2013, p. 141). She created specialized indicators for “linguistic, mathematical/scientific, interpersonal/emotional, music and dance, and visual/spatial” giftedness (Kerr, 2013, p. 141). These creative students become scholars (creating in arts or sciences), helpers (social service), leaders (enterprising, powerful positions), and inventors (mechanics and engineers) (Kerr, 2013, p. 144). Kerr realized that…

Your surroundings don't define who you are. In The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace written by Jeff Hobbs, Robert Peace grows up in Newark; a community that increasingly declines in safety and rises in poverty and drug dealing. However despite his surroundings Robert shows remarkable signs of intelligence in which his mother sacrifices ⅓ of her salary to be able to feed his thirst for education by sending Rob to private school. However, Peace’s father becomes wrongfully imprisoned for the…

5- Motivation Intrinsic motivation is the natural human tendency and habit to seek out, conquer challenges, pursuing dreams, and testing our capabilities and limits. When people are intrinsically motivated, they don’t need incentive or punishment, because the activity itself is satisfying and rewarding. Simply, intrinsic motivation happens when people do things just because they love it, and want to get better at it. While in contrast, when people do things for grade, praise, avoiding…

French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu found that there are certain qualities that are taken for granted by those who have them and are seemingly unattainable to those who do not. For example, some children know to raise their hand often in class and some do not, or lack the confidence to do so. The difference between these children is internal and hidden; the first child has qualities the second child does not. Bourdieu states that the difference is found in the first child’s possession of embodied…

that wealthy children are more likely to succeed than children from low social classes. (Kakutani)This appears to indicate that lower class children, born without the gifts of timing and a nurturing environment still have a high level of innate giftedness, or talent. One example of this highlighted by Gladwell was the comparison of Chris Langlan and J. Robert Oppenheimer. Langlan had an extremely high IQ but was unsuccessful, while Oppenheimer was not as naturally talented but more successful,…

Experiential Reflection of Council for Exceptional Children Standards This paper presents the author’s reflections on her personal experiences completing her Master of Education in Special Education degree at Lamar University, Beaumont, TX from Fall 2014 to Spring 2016 as related to the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Initial Special Educator Preparation Standards. The paper summarizes the seven CEC initial preparation standards that address the following areas: Learner Development and…

“In everything give thanks ……” 1 Thessalonians 5:18 All men have the attitude of asking. Most men have the attitude of complaining, grumbling and murmuring. But a few men have the attitude of gratitude. A little seed of gratitude from appreciative and willing heart yields baskets of bumper harvest. A grateful heart is a graceful heart. An ungrateful heart is a natural heart that dries up the well of God’s abundance. God commands us to be thankful at all times and in all things. Being thankful is…

together personality traits. The presence of implicit personality theories amongst school teachers towards gifted students is confirmed in an empirical study conducted by Baudson and Preckel (2013). The disharmony hypothesis, explaining that “giftedness implies maladaptive social behavior and emotional problems” (Baudson & Preckel 2013), is confirmed to exist between participants and gifted students. Each participant (either a teacher or a prospective teacher still in undergraduate school)…