For Parents of Gifted Children
Editor's note, winter 2009: For many parents with gifted children, motivation can be a struggle. This article offers explanations for why this struggle exists, and offers some recommendations for how to foster effort and help students reach their potential. One...
I’m smart, and smart people don’t have to study or work hard.” Does this sound familiar? How unexpected and frustrating to discover that your child who has been identified as gifted is underachieving academically! Twenty percent or more of students...
Feature Volume 4 / Issue 2 / Winter 2004 Parenting/Advocacy Trotman, Michelle Frazier
DGL: IQ tests measure a wide range of cognitive abilities. Do nonverbal tests measure as wide a range of skills? Donna Ford: Traditional intelligence tests have different scales and measure different cognitive abilities or skills. However, nonverbal tests have...
Expert's Forum Volume 3 / Issue 1 / Fall 2002 Silverman, Linda Kreger Tests & Testing
Given the ever-increasing diversity in our nation and schools, it is essential for parents to address their children’s cultural development. Although engendering cultural awareness and sensitivity in all children is important, gifted students tend to have an especially keen sense...
Volume 2 / Issue 2 / Winter 2002 Parenting/Advocacy Social-Emotional Issues Special Focus