This article explores the challenges faced by gifted multilingual learners, using the story of Diego, an eighth-grade student, to highlight the disparities in recognizing and serving this group of students. The author discusses the need for a paradigm shift in identifying and supporting gifted multilingual learners, providing insights into their characteristics and proposing tools for educators and parents to become talent scouts for these students.
G/T Teacher Lab: Differentiating Up
There is more than one way to challenge a gifted student. It is best for teachers to develop a toolbox of strategies that both fits the need of the student and the capability of the teacher. What are some of these strategies and when is the best situation to use these? Teachers will be able to find the right tool for the right job.
