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Gifted And At-Risk, Steven Littles, Rose Prejean-Harris Ph.D.

Georgia Educational Research Association Conference

As professionals, teachers are responsible for instructing varied sets of students assembled in dissimilar classrooms. Therefore, differentiated delivery of curricula is needed in order to meet the various needs and abilities of any given population. Although gifted students are thought to be able to hold their own academically, they are in need of these differentiated curricula as well. Access to differentiated curricula provides for maximization of gifted students’ learning potential, while helping to deflect the effects of other issues which surface as a result of being academically gifted.

The purpose of this case study is to explore the social emotional, …