Brief Summary
Knowing the definition of “gifted and talented children” is important. Unfortunately, there really is no general meaning for it. The Angleton Independent School District (2013) defines “gifted and talented” as someone who has the potential to achieve an outstandingly high level of accomplishment and who can display a high performance capability, compared to others of the same age, experience, or environment. It refers to someone who excels in a specific academic field (Angleton Independent School District, 2013). In the article Do Gifted and Talented Students Need Special Schools?, the opposing views of John Cloud (2007) and Susan Winebrenner and Dina ...