This helpful guide walks parents through the terminology, signs, and challenges associated with twice exceptionality, as well as information about testing and the best ways to empower children who are 2e.
This article outlines gifted education advocates’ belief that while many educators feel that the common-core standards fall more in line with the pedagogy of gifted education than previous states’ standards, the standards in and of themselves will not be sufficient to challenge a school’s most advanced learners.
Richard M. Cash, Ed.D connects the unique learning differences among gifted students to the specific teaching methods used to tailor their educational experiences. Differentiated instruction for gifted and talented students must go beyond adjusting content levels, task complexity, or product choice.
This book contains an annotated bibliography of more than 300 books recommended for gifted students, as well as some good advice about the importance of reading and how to encourage it in children and adolescents. Well-selected books can help gifted children learn new social and emotional skills, while at the same time fostering intellectual and creative development.
The Center for Gifted Education Policy (CGEP), which is housed in APA’s Education Directorate, focuses on gifted and talented PreK-12 education, teaching, and learning. CGEP is also particularly interested in researching the role of psycho-social skills in talent development and high performance in all domains.
Elevated Giftedness provides information and services to parents of gifted students, teachers who have gifted students in their classes, and administration who want help with gifted programming and staff education.
In this 2018 article in the New York Times, Dana Goldstein unpacks the “excellence gap” and how it can be narrowed by changes to elite programs.
In this 2016 article in the New York Times, Susan Dynarski explains how Black and Hispanic students are more likely to be underestimated academically, as well as policy changes that are making an effort to change that trend.
This guide for teachers by Sandra Manning describes certain behaviors and characteristics that can help educators identify and understand exceptional students. She goes beyond academic success to list sensitivities and emotional tendencies that are more likely to be present in gifted students.
John Munro provides a wealth of information in this article that can be passed along to teachers or anyone else who would benefit from a deeper understanding of giftedness. He unpacks different types of giftedness, common characteristics of gifted students, tips for teachers and parents, and more.