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Gifted Children Fail: Some gifted children fail in school and become behavior problems. What makes the difference between success and failure for bright children? The successful children tend to be sociable and outgoing. They like school. In contrast, the bright children who fail in school tend to be unsociable and withdrawn, immature, and overprotected. Emotional relations in their homes are likely to be poor. Those from higher socio-economic levels have less monetary motivation to succeed than gifted children from poor homes.
The gifted child should have the opportunity to learn as fast and as much as he wants to, at any stage of his development. Experiments have shown that gifted children placed in a special class for part of the day seemed to show initiative, leadership qualities, and a many-sided approach to problems more often than equally gifted children who remained in the usual classroom situation. Their enthusiasm is in marked contrast to the boredom and daydreaming of children in the usual classroom. Gifted
Children recognized as gifted may be superior in abstract verbal ability or may possess special talents or abilities. It has been estimated that in the United States there are about one hundred thousand children with IQ's of 130 and above. A large proportion of these gifted children are not identified, especially in the lower socioeconomic groups. In the absence of psychological services, many gifted children can be recognized by the characteristics already described (see Chap. 15). They show these characteristics at an earlier age than the majority of children; they are "old for their years."
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