Understanding Children with Cognitive Deficits and Intellectual Gifts |
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You will read the following article which discusses children with special needs and children labeled as gifted.
*Please know that this article does use the word “retarded”. This is not a word that we use in the educational field today. I do hope that you can see past this word and read the article and answer the questions to the best of your ability.
What are the similarities and what are the differences between a gifted child and one with mental retardation according to this article?
What do the terms “schoolhouse giftedness” or “six-hour retarded child” refer to?
Explain why being educated in a regular classroom might be detrimental to both gifted children and mentally retarded children.
Why have we, as a culture, been more willing to spend extra funds to educate the retarded but not the gifted?
