pragmatic notion of giftedness

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judging a person to be gifted in the particular context where they meant to be learning, when the work set for the group is not sufficiently challenging

 

"In just about any science class, in any school anywhere in the world, work that is set to be accessible to all class members will be of minimal educative value to some members of the class because although they can readily complete the work, they will learn little from it." (Taber & Riga, 2016)

Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.