Curbing Challenges Encountered By Gifted Children In Learning With An Acceleration Approach

Abstract

Although gifted children are perceived as a group of learners who can excel in academics, they often face challenges while attending school. Addressing these challenges requires a multifaceted approach that includes appropriate syllabus differentiation, enrichment opportunities, social-emotional support, and understanding from teachers and peers. Creating a supportive and intellectually stimulating environment is essential for helping gifted children to reach their full potential. An accelerated approach was applied to a class of gifted children in a school holiday program that uses blended, differentiated and visualisation learning to support the gifted children and lessen their challenges in school. The Hope Scale, informal interviews/chats, and diaries have shown that the accelerated approach managed to curb the challenges the gifted children faced