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Unit 21: Gifted Children: Teaching Strategies

• Special group strategies: It has to type of class (a) Special classes (b) Special coping grades Notes
school. Progress though an educational programme at a faster rate of an age younger than
convention discs.
• There are various methods of teaching to gifted children:
(i) Individual enrichment, group oriented method, special project for gifted children, flexibility
in teaching units, and stimulating individual as search.
(ii) Positive reinforcement or praise and encouragement devices are effective provision should
probe into depth of content difficult teaching questions are some other teaching methods.

21.6 Keywords
• Giftedness : A special ability to do the work more efficiently and in early time as compared
to other persons.
• Technique : A method or way for doing any task.
• Acceleration : An increase in how fast something happens.
21.7 Review Questions

1. What should be the curriculum for gifted children?
2. Give any two teaching strategies for gifted children.
3. What is ability grouping? Explain.
Answers: Self Assessment
1. (i) acceleration strategy (ii) acceleration
(iii) qualitative, quantitative (iv) educational objectives
(v) fundamental skills knowledge
2. (i) True (ii) True (iii) False (iv) False

21.8 Further Readings

1. Special Education : Laura Rothstein; Scott F.Johnson; Sage Publisher, Inc.
2. Special Education: Linda Wilmshurst, Ph.D., ABPP, Alan W. Brue, Ph.D., NCSP
3. Special Education: Daniel P. Hallahan, James M. Kauffman, Paige C. Pullen; Pearson
Education, Inc.

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