The document discusses gifted and talented learners aged four to twenty-one who require special educational provisions due to their exceptional abilities. It outlines characteristics of these learners, such as quick mastery of information, creative thinking, and leadership qualities, and provides classroom strategies and principles for effectively teaching them. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of differentiating instruction and collaboration among gifted students to meet their unique needs.

1. Gifted
and
Talented
Learners
SpEd 117n: Foundation of Special and Inclusive Education

2.  These are learners between the ages
of four and twenty-one whose abilities,
talents, and potential for
accomplishment are so exceptional or
developmentally advanced that they
require special provisions to meet their
educational programing needs.
Gifted
and Talented
Learners

3.  Gifted Learners
Those learners who have
extraordinary intellectual ability and
creativity
 Talented Learners
Those learners who have exceptional
skills and ability in a specific area such as
art, music, science, and language
Who are Gifted
and Talented
Learners?

4. Characteristics
 According to Mc Alpine & Reid (1996),
the characteristics of gifted and
talented students can be studied in
various sections:

5. Characteristics
1. Learning Characteristics
2. Self- Determination Characteristics
3. Creative Thinking Characteristics
4. Social Leadership Characteristics
5. Motivational Characteristics

6. Learning
Characteristics
Learner…
 displays logical and analytical thinking
 is quick to see patterns and
relationships
 masters information quickly

7. Learner…
 is sceptical of authoritarian
pronouncements
 questions arbitrary decisions
 pushes teachers and adults for
explanations
Self-Determination
Characteristics

8. Creative thinking
Characteristics
Learner…
 produces original ideas
 displays intellectual playfulness,
imagination, and fantasy
 creates original texts or invents things

9. Social Leadership
Characteristics
Learner…
 takes the initiative in social situations
 is popular with peers
 communicates well with others

10. Motivational
Characteristics
Learner…
 strives for high standards of personal
achievement
 is self – directed
 is highly self - motivated and sets
personal goals

11. Classroom Strategies
The subject or class teacher may
need to be aware of the school policy
and practice for gifted and talented
learners;
 refer to subject policy guidance on
working with gifted and talented
learners
 liaise with subject coordinators where
necessary

12. Classroom Strategies
 use a variety of forms of differentiation
in their teaching
 plan for the use of higher order
learning skills in their teaching
 consider and plan for different learning
styles
 set high expectations for the gifted and
talented learners

13. 6 Strategies for Challenging
Gifted Learners
1. Offer the Most Difficult First
2. Pre-Test for Volunteers
3. Prepare to Take It Up
4. Speak to Student Interests
5. Enable Gifted Students to Work
Together
6. Plan for Tiered Learning

14. Serving Gifted Learners
Gifted learners typically finished work
early than regular students which caused
them to be bored. The dilemma came out
that there is a mismatched on the
academic needs and system of
instructional program
Here are the Do’s and Don'ts's for
teachers who serve gifted students

15. Serving Gifted Learners
Don’t…
 Use these students, whether formally
identified as gifted or not, as teacher
assistants.
 Expect the gifted student to be well
behaved.
 Give them more work because they
finish early.

16. Serving Gifted Learners
Don’t…
 Isolate them to work independently
without oversight.
 Expect a gifted child to be gifted in
every subject area.

17. Serving Gifted Learners
Do…
 Figure out in what area(s) students are
gifted.
 Ensure that task demands and
assessments are content rich.
 Find other gifted students and create
opportunities for them to work
together.

18. Serving Gifted Learners
Do…
 Learn about this special diverse
population of learners.
 Implement research-based curriculum
units.

19. Six Principles for Teaching
Gifted
1. Focus on unique pattern of strengths.
2. Group students by interests or abilities
at least part of the time
3. Encourage students to move as far
and as fast in the basic skills as
possible

20. Six Principles for Teaching
Gifted
4. Enrich individual interests
5. Offer mediation, counseling, mentoring
and facilitation
6. . Provide the tools for life-long learning

21. Activities to Try in Your
Gifted and Talented
Classroom
1. Explore Space
2. Virtual Archaeology
3. Write A Novel
4. Learn To Code
5. Work On Wall Street

22. Miralles, Victor A.
Pore, Jomar L
Moldes, Cristy
Gayas, Shiela Mae
Gerez, Maricar