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Not quite sure who you are talking about...are you saying that the student in question may NOT be g/t or are you talking about mine?
Obviously the child is gifted but I have no idea why you think not labeling this child will make it any more palatable to be beaten at everything by her.
I think your teachers needs better questioning methods in order to make sure that all students have an opportunity to feel successful in the classroom.
Several methods that I use are:
1) WAIT! If the students are going to shout out an answer, I put up my hand and no one is allowed to answer until I feel like everyone has had processing time.
2) Softball: for those students who need encouragement, I'll lob an easy question at them.
3) Quiet children: I give a question for "those who haven't answered lately."
4) Make it equal around the room: I won't take just the "smart" kids answering.
Obviously the child is gifted but I have no idea why you think not labeling this child will make it any more palatable to be beaten at everything by her.
I only said that I hate labels and that "maybe" labeling was a problem. I didn't say the student should have g/t removed from her status.
Gifted students in any district I have worked in were selected based on IQ tests. It's ironic that the gifted kids in my districts were not the straight A students. Frequently they were disorganized and minor to severe behavior problems. The students that rec'd straight "A's" and won the awards were the ones that put forth alot of effort as well. Also, I typically see that many students that excel in elementary and middle school are not the ones that excel in high school.
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