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Re:Treating Students as Gifted Yields Impressive Academic Re... by matwood on Friday July 08, 2011 @12:52PM (#2743181)
Educators that have low expectations for certain students will not challenge them and hold them accountable for their work and studies.

I found this true even as a student in the 'gifted and talented' program through high school and most of middle school. It wasn't until college (and even then only math/science/cs classes) where I was really challenged.

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Re:Treating Students as Gifted Yields Impressive Academic Re... by jerf on Friday July 08, 2011 @06:01PM (#2744270)
I suspect quite strongly that what we today call "gifted" is really about what the average child should reach, and I don't care to even guess at what the true upper end of truly gifted individuals could attain in a teaching environment that is actually properly designed, rather than being handed down from on high by our 19th century betters.
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