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Gifted Girls

Gifted Girls. Julie Moeller and Lisa Kennedy. http :// www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/LTE1MjM4ODA2MzM. Gifted Girl Issues Are Often Presented in the Movies…. School of Rock. Akeelah and the Bee. Mean Girls. Matilda. The Facts Are….

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Gifted Girls

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  1. Gifted Girls Julie Moeller and Lisa Kennedy

  2. http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/LTE1MjM4ODA2MzMhttp://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/LTE1MjM4ODA2MzM

  3. Gifted Girl Issues Are Often Presented in the Movies…. School of Rock Akeelah and the Bee Mean Girls Matilda

  4. The Facts Are… • In early childhood through the elementary school years, gifted boys and girls are equal in number. • In adolescence, gifted boys outnumber gifted girls. • In adulthood there are far more gifted men than gifted women.

  5. Gifted Elementary Girls • Highly gifted girls aspire to careers having moderate rather than high status. • More highly gifted girls are not as likely to seem well adjusted. • Gifted girls at age 10 express wishes and needs for self-esteem. • Gifted girls are more strongly influenced by their mothers than are gifted boys.

  6. The Adolescent Gifted Girl • Gifted girls’ IQ scores drop in adolescence, perhaps as girls begin to perceive the giftedness in females is undesirable. • Gifted girls take less rigorous courses than gifted boys in high school. • Highly gifted girls often do not receive recognition for their achievements. • Highly gifted girls attend less prestigious colleges than highly gifted boys.

  7. Barriers for Gifted Girls EXTERNAL • Parents • Teachers • Grades • Peers • Society INTERNAL • Self Confidence • Social Problems/ Isolation • Career/ Family Concerns • Multipotentiality • Perfectionism • Underachievement

  8. Interesting Statistics • Girls talk, read, and count earlier than boys. • Girls have an academic edge over boys at every age between 2-14. • Between third and eighth grade gifted girls self image declines dramatically. • 8th Grade gifted girls reported more negative self confidence and image of popularity than non-gifted girls of the same age. • Gifted girls are less likely to take demanding high school math and science classes than boys (40% vs. 72%)

  9. Why do Gifted Girls Have Trouble? • the desire for friends, • a disinclination to stand out, • fear of ridicule, • the need for acceptance • Often they don't know about their own gifts and talents They only know they're different

  10. What Can We Do About This Problem? • gifted girls require extra support that is particularly sensitive to the dilemma that talent brings to the position of females in our society. • Make sure that girls don’t receive reprimands or disapproval for behavior deemed aggressive, pushy, unfeminine or impolite. • Parent’s influence tends to be the determining factor of self confidence in a particular area.

  11. Acknowledgements Navan, Joy. “Nurturing the Gifted Female, A Guide for Educators and Parents”. Corwin Press. 2009. Smutny, J. F. “Understanding Our Gifted”. Open Space Communications Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 9-13 Winter 1999. http://www.davidsongifted.org/ db/Articles_id_10171.aspx Gurian, Anita. "Gifted Girls- Many Gifted Girls, Few Eminent Women: Why?"NYU Child Study Center. Web. 30 July 2010. <http://www.aboutourkids.org/ articles/gifted_girls_many_gifted_girls_few_eminent_women_why>.

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