Document Type

Graduate Project

Date of Degree Completion

1982

Degree Name

Master of Education (MEd)

Department

Education

Committee Chair

Alan Bergstrom

Second Committee Member

Joe Schomer

Third Committee Member

Daryl Basler

Abstract

The problems encountered by gifted students when integrating into the regular self-contained classroom were studied. Parents and peers display their misunderstanding of gifted students by their innocent remarks that adversely affect them. Teachers unwittingly cause discomfort by the unchallenging tasks gifted children are expected to perform. Sixty children from the Wenatchee School District's Gifted Pull-out Program were asked to share some of their concerns pertaining to these problems. Based upon their responses and a survey of the literature, a handbook was compiled to help prevent parents, teachers and peers from misunderstanding the gifted student.

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