Correct Answer - Option 3 : gifted children
Gifted children- According to Torrance (1977), "The child who is gifted and talented shows an excellent performance in any area of human behaviour that is important to society."
- The gifted child is essential exceptional.
- In comparison to children of his group, he is superior in some ability or group of abilities.
- A gifted child doesn’t have to possess a very high IQ showing his superiority in general intelligence, over the other children of his age group.
Characteristics-
- They excel at expressing their views.
- They try to explore all the time.
- They engage them self best in any given work
- They learn any topic thoroughly.
Grade Acceleration- "Acceleration means matching the curriculum to a student’s abilities. For one student, that may mean grade skipping; for another, it may mean acceleration in a single subject, like math; for other students, enrichment-based activities in the classroom are all they need.” (e.g., when a fifth-grade student takes a middle school math course). To facilitate intellectually bright child the teaching-learning strategy may be given extra promotion. In this way, the learning experiences should be so reached that gifted children find something new and challenging for them.
Acceleration method-
- Double promotion for grade skipping.
- Provided in a research course.
- Provision for additional subjects while in the mainstream course.
- Admission at an earlier stage.
Hence, we conclude that 'Grade Acceleration' method is generally followed for gifted children.
