Course Overview
Gifted students are often assumed to have it easy. In reality, advanced ability does not eliminate social and emotional challenges. Gifted learners may also experience perfectionism, heightened sensitivity, asynchronous development, underachievement, and social-emotional needs that are less visible than their academic strengths.
Drawing on a major research-based volume edited by Maureen Neihart, Steven Pfeiffer, and Tracy Cross, this course examines what the evidence says about perfectionism, motivation, resilience, underachievement, and the psychosocial factors that shape gifted learners’ development and performance, and where the research remains uncertain.
You will leave better prepared to recognize what may be happening beneath the surface for gifted students and to respond with strategies grounded in research rather than assumption.
About the Editors
This is a graduate-level course intended for K–12 educators who have completed a bachelor’s degree. It is recommended that you receive board or district approval before registering with TPAI.
A designation version of this course is part of the GT Specialist Designation, a five-course graduate pathway in gifted education.
