Answer:
Explanation:
Researchers and educators differ in how they define gift-
edness. Traditionally, researchers have defined giftedness
as high general intelligence as measured by a high global
IQ score (Hollingwort
Exceptionally intelligent students (hereafter referred to
as gifted students) face a variety of problems in ordinary
classrooms. They often are ostracized as being different
and weird and are labeled as nerds and geeks (Silverman,
1993a, 1993b). In addition, they face the problem of
boredom due to lack of an appropriate level of challenge
(Csikszentmihalyi, Rathunde, & Whalen, 1993; Gross,
1993). Teachers often make little accommodation to the
needs of these children, and many teachers have little
or no special training in how to teach such exceptional
children
