Posted by katilac on 13:25 Sep 14
In Reply to: P.S. There are children who just *know* things instinctively... posted by Rebecca in VA
Gifted students learn in as many different ways as non-gifted students, imo. Learning quickly and with less repetition are hallmarks of giftedness, no doubt, but I think your example is too simplified to mean anything.
I actually think your music story shows that gifted children disproves the 'gifted kids don't need repetition' theory. Your children have a gift; they are able to progress more quickly and with much less practice than other students.
But they *do* practice, routinely and consistently. Thirty minutes daily may be far less than other people would need to master the piece, but it's very different than instantly being able to play it at performance level. And I've never heard of a professional classical musician, even those lauded as incredibly gifted, who did not put in lots of practice time.
I think some of the issue here is semantics; when one person says that gifted children don't need repetition, they MEAN that they don't need repetition on the scale of public school. But what some others HEAR is that this person thinks gifted children don't need repetition, period.