Giftedness

//This page is devoted to assisting second language teachers in better meeting the needs of students who are gifted in the world language classroom by exploring questions such as://
 * What does it mean to be gifted?
 * How might some of the special needs of students who are gifted influence their performance in the second language classroom?
 * Why don't some students who are gifted perform well in second language classes?
 * What are some ways that language teachers can adapt classroom activities, assignments, and materials to better serve students who are gifted?
 * What materials, resources, and tools are available to help language teachers support students who are gifted?

[|Identifying Gifted Pupils: Modern Foreign Languages] - Links to resources and materials from Britain designed to help world language professionals better identify and serve the gifted students in their classes user:chericem1

[|Dabrowski’s Overexcitabilities or Sensitivities in Gifted Children] - A very informative page that explains how the sensitivities and intensities of gifted children produce some of the contradictions often observed in their behavior user:chericem1

Extending Gifted And Talented - An excellent wiki that explores and hypothesizes about relationships between giftedness and language learning. It includes a host of practical activities that are specifically designed to support students who are gifted in world language classes user:chericem1

[|Parenting Emotionally Intense Gifted Children] - This page speaks specifically to the issue of emotional intensity in gifted children user:chericem1

[|Helping Your Highly Gifted Child] - Helpful tips for parents of gifted children user:chericem1

[|How Parents Can Support Gifted Children] - The concept of asynchronous development outlined in the paragraph titled Gifted Child Development Center is an interesting lens for understanding the “whys” behind some of the paradoxes of giftedness—and helps to explain how common characteristics of giftedness “clash” in ways that sometimes produce problems user:chericem1

[|Social Networking: Impacting the World of Gifted Education] - A list of links to Facebook, Ning, and Twitter feeds of people and organizations who comment on issues related to giftedness user:chericem1

[|Teaching Gifted Learners Well] - A good article by Carol Ann Tomlinson that identifies several common, but inappropriate strategies for working with gifted students.


 * //Developing Gifts and Talents//**


 * Apple (posted by PeterGreen125). (2006, April 26). [|Think different]. //YouTube.// Retrieved May 2, 2007, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jULUGHJCCj4


 * Bronson, Po. (2007, Feb. 11). [|How not to talk to your kids: The inverse power of praise]. //New York Magazine.// Retrieved March 17, 2010, from http://nymag.com/news/features/27840/


 * [|The Incredibles] - A movie about how a crisis forces a family to pool their special individual gifts user:chericem1


 * [|Matilda]. Retrieved February 14, 2010, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNKrEmcSZ-k ([|Also available in Spanish])


 * Norlinger, Ulf. (1998, April 21). [|Estimated IQs of the greatest geniuses]. Retrieved March 13, 2007, from http://hem.bredband.net/b153434/Index.htm


 * Onodera, Shun. (2008, April 4). [|Gifted]. Retrieved February 14, 2010, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkQiI09zlPQ


 * Orion Pictures Corporation. (1991). [|Little man tate 2]. //Little Man Tate.// Retrieved February 14, 2010, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2ky7M8RfNk


 * Orion Pictures Corporation. (1991). [|Fred goes to school]. //Little Man Tate//. Retrieved February 14, 2010, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4-5sqbjBq0


 * Shiras, Wilmar. (1953). //[|Children of the Atom].// Garden City, NY: Nelson Doubleday, Inc. - Although written back in the 1950s, this fictional book about highly gifted children who learn to hide their intelligence to get along with others continues to be relevant user:chericem1


 * Sony Pictures UK. (2010). //[|Cloudy with a chance of meatballs - Dock scene].// Retrieved February 14, 2010, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3RM5hHfvFA - First 30 seconds of the video demonstrate how gifted girls sometimes feel they have to hide their giftedness


 * Tolan, Stephanie. (1996). [|Is it a cheetah?] Retrieved June 24, 2009, from http://www.stephanietolan.com/is_it_a_cheetah.htm - A phenomenal, thought-provoking page that offers unique insights into the behavior of children who are extremely gifted and the misconceptions that influence the way that schools and parents attempt to meet their needs user:chericem1


 * Tolan, Stephanie S. (2000). [|//Welcome to the Ark//]. HarperTeen. - A fictional book about underachieving gifted children with abnormal gifts user:chericem1


 * [|Zoom] - A Disney movie about children with special gifts who learn to use them to help themselves and others user:chericem1

//**Research & Scholarship on Giftedness**//


 * Azpeitia, Lynne, &amp; Mary Rocamora. (1994, November). [|Misdiagnosis of the gifted]. //Mensa Bulletin.// Retrieved January 24, 2010, from http://www.talentdevelop.com/articles/Page10.html
 * Fiedler, Ellen. (1998, Spring). [|Foundations for understanding the social-emotional needs of the highly gifted], //The Hollingworth Center, 12//(1), 3-5. Retrieved November 25, 2009, from http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/dabrowskis_theory_existential_depression_feb09.pdf
 * Kuipers, W. (2007). [|How to charm gifted adults into admitting giftedness: Their own and somebody else's]. //Advanced Development Journal, 11,// 1-25. Retrieved February 14, 2010, from []
 * Silverman, L. K. (2005). [|Who cares if i’m smart, am I thin enough?] The Hague, The Netherlands: European Council of International Schools &amp; The Institute for the Study of Advanced Development. Retrieved February 14, 2010, from http://www.gifteddevelopment.com/PDF_files/Who%20Cares%20if%20I%27m%20Smart.pdf
 * Webb, James T. (2009). [|Dabrowski's theory and existential depression in gifted children and adults]. Paper presented August 7, 2008 at the 8th International Congress of the Institute for Positive Disintegration, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

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