Chapter nine entry

Briefly explain the six ways to accelerate students, as described by Stanley.
“The process of student acceleration- passing students through the educational system as quickly as possible- is a clear educational objective for some children.” (Educating Exceptional Children, 308) The six different ways to accelerate students according to Stanley are, early school admission, skipping grades, telescoping grades, advanced placement, dual enrollment in high school and college, and early college admission. Early admission to school as well as college allows students to start kindergarten or their freshman year of college early. While, skipping grades allows students to test out of grades, but it also has its drawbacks. There can be adjustment problems for the student as they are placed with students of different age levels. Advanced placement allows students to take classes that allow them to receive college credit while still in high school. Last is dual enrollment in high school and college, the student takes college courses while finishing high school. Acceleration is very important to keep a student’s interest in their education, a student who is so far ahead of students their age will not enjoy sitting in class bored and will easily lose interest.

What are some special problems of gender for students with gifts?

One special problem of gender is the idea that girls must project a feminine message. For gifted girls, this is a difficulty they face because they are stuck knowing what they are supposed to project and what they are able to project, they struggle with idea’s such as being independent while the feminine message is to be dependant as well as passive or modest against assertive. The roles of male and females are very well known and they are sometimes interfered with when a working with gifted students, male or female.

Define and discuss the concept of twice exceptional.
Being twice exceptional is when a student is both gifted and learning disabled. Often when this happens a student’s gift is overlook because of the great focus on their disability. An example of when a child can be twice exceptional in some cases is when they are diagnosed with autism, “Although the majority of children identified as sutistic have average or below-average ability, a subset of children, those sometimes diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome, can be highly intelligent.”(Educating Exceptional Children, 304) Having this disability would make a student socially awkward in many situations but would not take away from their intelligence. Twice exceptional children do not show helplessness when dealing with their disability in a learning environment because in a sense their disability is made up for by their gift, while students with average intelligence and a disability may become helpless or distance themselves.

Differentiated Instruction-

This picture at the top of the page shows differentiated instruction because the students are working together on a computer instead of sitting in a traditional lecture style class setting that may not benefit the exceptional child. This will benefit student who need hands-on interaction in order to learn rather than being auditory learners.