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Half of them are what I call "Go Getters." They want to do more and learn more. The other half are shy about being gifted. They don't want the other students to know, so they often don't participate in class and avoid challenges.

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abstract thinkers, difficulty relating to non-gifted peers, awkward socially, serious about academics

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abstract thinkers, difficulty relating to non-gifted peers, awkward socially, serious about academics

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I would describe my gifted students as some that thing outside of the box, but others that have high data points.

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highly motivated in their own high interest areas
Very disorganized

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We have 7 identified at this time. I would say 4 of the 7 are very quiet. It is hard to carry on a conversation with them. Two of the students are so disorganized that it is very hard to give them gifted activities.

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I would describe my Gifted students as great kids that need their greatness and motivation awakened. My students need to be exposed to ways that they can use their strengths and interests for good. 

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I would describe my Gifted students as great kids that need their greatness and motivation awakened. My students need to be exposed to ways that they can use their strengths and interests for good. 

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My current students range from go getters to just doing enough to receive an A.

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My current students range from go getters to just doing enough to receive an A.

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Gifted Children have extensive vocabulary, highly sensitive to feelings, asynchronous development, vivid imagination, fear of failure.

High achievers remember the answers, needs repetition to learn, highly alert and attentive, gets As, enjoys school often, completes assignments on time, teacher pleaser.

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Gifted students think about things differently. They are like a computer with 15 different tabs open in their approach to things. A high achiever could just be a student who works hard and wants to do well.

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Gifted children are different because they need a higher level of engagement so that course material seems relevant to them, rather than bothersome and redundant. 

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Gifted children are different because they need a higher level of engagement so that course material seems relevant to them, rather than bothersome and redundant. 

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My students are competitive with each other.

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My students are competitive with each other.

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They are super insightful.
The are eager learners.
They are loud.

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Gifted children  have an extensive vocabulary in a variety of areas high achievers tend to have large amounts of pocket knowledge
Gifted kids tend to not want to ask questions, because they feel like they should know the answers

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The purpose is to meet the needs of each gifted student. No 2 are the same, so I don't feel I can define it any further than that. . .meeting the various needs of these kids.

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Gifted students are not so much- they usually know how they want to handle an assignment, and they beat to their own drum.

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The purpose of Gifted education is to meet the diverse needs of learners that require an advanced level of depth, interest, and relevance. 

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The purpose of Gifted education is to meet the diverse needs of learners that require an advanced level of depth, interest, and relevance. 

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purpose of gifted education is to provide  opportunities for these students to delve into areas of high interest and use their strengths to support them in their areas of weakness

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The purpose is to meet different academic needs of students. It is to help gifted students push for and reach their potential and academic needs.

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The purpose is to meet different academic needs of students. It is to help gifted students push for and reach their potential and academic needs.

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A lot of the times the high achiever needs to work at their work and the gifted it comes much easier.

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Purpose of gifted education is to provide students that exhibit characteristics of giftedness a way to grow in a method that challenges them while enriching their natural talents and interests.

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I have found that gifted students think "outside" of the box.  High achievers

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I have found that gifted students think "outside" of the box.  High achievers

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Simply repeat what has been taught.

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The purpose of Gifted Education is to identify students that will excel in education.

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Very intelligent.

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So far I would say they have enthusiasm to learn, but also feel threatened when they face something challenging. 

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So far I would say they have enthusiasm to learn, but also feel threatened when they face something challenging. 

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My gifted st!udents are unique individuals with their own strengths, weaknesses, and personal needs.  School is only half of their story

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My gifted st!udents are unique individuals with their own strengths, weaknesses, and personal needs.  School is only half of their story

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high achievers but due to how small our district is do not get what they should deserve  

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high achievers but due to how small our district is do not get what they should deserve  

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The gather and retain information extremely fast and are able to apply it.

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Gifted learners have multiple "windows" open at once in their brains were high achievers focus so intensely on the subject at hand

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Gifted learners have multiple "windows" open at once in their brains were high achievers focus so intensely on the subject at hand

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The purpose of gifted education it to enrich students. Gifted Education makes students think further into what they are already learning or want to learn.

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insightful, imaginative, outside-the-box thinkers who sometimes appear lazy and disinterested especially when bored

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insightful, imaginative, outside-the-box thinkers who sometimes appear lazy and disinterested especially when bored

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To further enrich gifted students studies.

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My gifted students seem to be very self motivated and excited to learn.  

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My gifted students seem to be very self motivated and excited to learn.  

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My gifted students are very self motivated and excited to learn.

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My gifted students are collectively very anxious. They want to do well and their perception of "doing well" results often in a negative self-view.

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All of my students love to learn but hate to be pushed to an uncomfortable level where failure is a possibility. They are very afraid of failing/losing in whatever activity we are completing.

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Most of my identified students are very quiet and prefer to be independent and focus on their own interests rather than be involved with classmates and discussions.

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I would describe my gifted students as students who want to be challenged. They want to learn new things and challenge their abilities. They are always looking at what we are going to be doing next, and willing to try new things.

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Gifted students think differently.  They don't need to be high achievers, although some are.

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Gifted students think differently.  They don't need to be high achievers, although some are.

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They are clever, inquisitive, problem-solving, critical-thinkers, fun, high-performing.... but they are also needy, overly-critical, moody, difficult, ...

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They are clever, inquisitive, problem-solving, critical-thinkers, fun, high-performing.... but they are also needy, overly-critical, moody, difficult, ...

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I think high achievers sometimes have more stamina than a gifted child, simply because a gifted learner is used to things being easy for them, whereas a high achiever just wants to get it right and will keep going until they do.

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I think high achievers sometimes have more stamina than a gifted child, simply because a gifted learner is used to things being easy for them, whereas a high achiever just wants to get it right and will keep going until they do.

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My kiddos are either full of anxiety, terrified to make mistakes, and stressed out about their future plans OR resilient and completely decided/confident in their path.

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They aren't as afraid of a more complicated challenge... more confident of their own abilities to solve a problem or accomplish a task.

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They aren't as afraid of a more complicated challenge... more confident of their own abilities to solve a problem or accomplish a task.

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The purpose is to give gifted students access to content and experiences that exercise their brains in ways that the reg. ed. curriculum doesn't. 

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The purpose is to give gifted students access to content and experiences that exercise their brains in ways that the reg. ed. curriculum doesn't. 

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Gifted students work beyond grade level.  High achievers complete on grade level work.  

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Gifted students work beyond grade level.  High achievers complete on grade level work.  

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Being gifted comes more naturally than being a high achiever. You do not need to be gifted to be a high achiever and sometimes gifted students are not working to their potential.

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Often successful with very little effort.  High interests in focused areas.

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yes they are the ones who know about the Battle of Marathon before I teach it in world history. They know where Afghanistan is before I teach it. They can put together geopolitical concepts before I introduce them.

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yes they are the ones who know about the Battle of Marathon before I teach it in world history. They know where Afghanistan is before I teach it. They can put together geopolitical concepts before I introduce them.

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high achievers typically enjoy school because they thrive on learning new material while being a teacher pleaser, gifted students enjoy learning new material when they are highly interested and motivated, they are not typically driven by pleasing the teacher

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high achievers typically enjoy school because they thrive on learning new material while being a teacher pleaser, gifted students enjoy learning new material when they are highly interested and motivated, they are not typically driven by pleasing the teacher

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They are high achieving and need extra enrichment to achieve their academic goals.

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They are high achieving and need extra enrichment to achieve their academic goals.

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I feel my gifted students are intelligent, but also have struggles within the school setting such as procrastinating, disorganization, social skills, etc.

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The purpose of gifted education is to meet gifted students where they are at. To provide different instruction and supplemental resources to enrich them, not "more" work.

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meet the academic needs of gifted students by providing them opportunities to demonstrate their strengths

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meet the academic needs of gifted students by providing them opportunities to demonstrate their strengths

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I believe that the purpose of GE is to challenge the students that are not challenged enough with the regular curriculum... to allow them to take off and fly a little...above and beyond what a regular classroom can do.

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I believe that the purpose of GE is to challenge the students that are not challenged enough with the regular curriculum... to allow them to take off and fly a little...above and beyond what a regular classroom can do.

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Gifted students are able to tackle activities and subjects effortlessly to the point where they can lose interest if it is too easy. They care little about grades at times because they are confident in their abilities and knowledge

High achievers have a drive about them that forces them to put forth an endless amount of effort in fear of getting a bad grade.

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The purpose of gifted education is to meet the needs of students who are working above grade level.

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Just like with students who need extra support with a learning difficulty, a gifted learner needs extra support with learning how to express their ideas, work toward a goal with confidence, and build empathy toward others. These are very preliminary observations as this is a new role for me.

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Just like with students who need extra support with a learning difficulty, a gifted learner needs extra support with learning how to express their ideas, work toward a goal with confidence, and build empathy toward others. These are very preliminary observations as this is a new role for me.

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High-achievers are those who can do very well with hard work and perseverance.  Gifted kids often think they don't need to study, get bored easily, and are often their own stumbling blocks in achieving success.   

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High-achievers are those who can do very well with hard work and perseverance.  Gifted kids often think they don't need to study, get bored easily, and are often their own stumbling blocks in achieving success.   

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To provide higher level concepts within the constrains of their regular education  concepts 

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To provide higher level concepts within the constrains of their regular education  concepts 

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The purpose is to take what a gifted child is interested in and expand upon that knowledge.  

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The purpose is to take what a gifted child is interested in and expand upon that knowledge.  

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Gifted students have a different view on things. They have the higher order thinking skills already established. These students already have the foundational knowledge for their grade level, and need pushed in their thinking to dig deeper.

High achieving students usually are motivated and learned what is needed for their class. They do not always have the knowledge before it is taught in class.

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To expand students' talents and areas of inquisitiveness.  To challenge beyond current abilities and build the strength to work through difficulties because oftentimes things come easily.

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In a typical year, I have perhaps 25% who are highly motivated and pumped about anything I throw at them. These students love to be pushed, and push me to keep them challenged. Around 50% are high achievers who are relatively organized and are very concerned with their GPAs, but not necessarily their "learning." The remaining 25% may struggle in some way, be it socially, academically, or both. Most of my sleepless nights concern this subset.

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The purpose of gifted education is to meet the educational needs of students through acceleration, enrichment, or a combination of both.  Where gifted ed falls short (in PA) is that it doesn't help students cope with their giftedness.  Thinking differently isn't necessarily a good thing in a standardized world.  

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The purpose of gifted education is to meet the educational needs of students through acceleration, enrichment, or a combination of both.  Where gifted ed falls short (in PA) is that it doesn't help students cope with their giftedness.  Thinking differently isn't necessarily a good thing in a standardized world.  

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The purpose of gifted education is to provide students with the opportunity to be pushed mentally. One that inspires creativity while also pushing them to be "gritty."

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The purpose is to reach their very unique learning needs by offering them challenges and providing them with enrichment in areas beyond the classroom.  Providing gifted support with similar peers also gives them a safe environment of support and community.

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The purpose is to reach their very unique learning needs by offering them challenges and providing them with enrichment in areas beyond the classroom.  Providing gifted support with similar peers also gives them a safe environment of support and community.

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Gifted children often have very specific, almost obsessive interests. Also, many of these individuals are more concerned with how much they can learn or accomplish than their GPA or social status.

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The purpose of gifted education is meet the needs of gifted students. Meeting the students where they are individually and giving them the resources to expand on the knowledge they already have. It can push students to their full potential and excel them even further in their knowledge and learning.

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High achievers work within the general curriculum to be on top. They work hard and study. Gifted already start on the top and need a push to achieve beyond the norm.

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The purpose of Gifted Ed. is to identify and challenge students that need further enrichment to showcase their skills. It does not mean giving them more work, but giving them meaningful work at their higher level.

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The purpose of Gifted Ed. is to identify and challenge students that need further enrichment to showcase their skills. It does not mean giving them more work, but giving them meaningful work at their higher level.

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...like it's just to make sure we're in compliance with documents. Pushing paper.

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For me, gifted education is an opportunity to facilitate growth (both academically and socially), encourage risk taking, and support any areas of need (such as anxiety, overly high standards, organizational challenges).