Friday, May 1, 2009

Why Gifted Children Fail

Tomlinson, C.A., Coleman, M.R., Allan, S., Udall, A., Landrum, M. (1996). Interface between gifted education and general education:Toward communication, cooperation, and collaboration. Gifted Child Quarterly, 40(3), 165-171

According to Tomlinson (1996), gifted learners struggle with being bored in regular education classrooms. Four areas identified as reasons for this boredom include skill and drill; teacher- centered instruction; test driven curriculum; and text based instruction.

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