Competing with Myths about the Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Students.

Cross, Tracy L.

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ERIC Number: EJ650535

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Publication Date: 2002

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Competing with Myths about the Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Students.

Cross, Tracy L.

Gifted Child Today, v25 n3 p44-45,65 Sum 2002

This article debunks myths pertaining to the social development of gifted students, including: gifted students should be age-matched peers; being perfectly well-rounded should be the primary goal; being gifted is something with which you are just born; adults know what gifted students experience; and being too smart is a problem. (Contains 3 references.) (CR)

Descriptors: Child Rearing, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Development, Gifted, Homogeneous Grouping, Psychological Characteristics, Social Development, Student Needs, Well Being

Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Special Issue: Social Studies for Gifted Students.