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4.5.1 Engaging the Gifted but Reluctant Learner
Not all gifted and talented learners are productive students. Not all are “A” students. Some perform exceedingly well in a single curriculum area but appear to be average in others. Some talented students establish a perplexing pattern of either doing well or doing nothing. Some are reluctant, even resistant, learners refusing to play the school game. This session explores well-documented research on underlying causes of low performance and creates distinctions between non-producers, selective producers, and underachievers among gifted populations. Participants are guided through a process for diagnosing specific performance issues and provided targeted courses of action.