What Are the Major Classroom Problems and How Can They be Solved?
Regardless of the educational placement agreed upon, there may well be some major problems in the classroom setting because of the unique nature of the gifted learning disabled child.The interaction of giftedness with learning disabilities produces children who may be simultaneously frustrating and inspiring. Experimenting with a variety of teaching strategies is often the quickest way to find out what will work for a given child. The following are some suggestions for the classroom teacher to experiment with. 1. For Academic Problems: • Present material in a variety of ways (visually, orally, kinesthetically); have written material taped by parents, other students, or community helpers. • Give students opportunities to share knowledge in different ways (taped reports, oral quizzes or tests, class demonstrations). • Provide alternative learning experiences which are not dependent on paper and pencil or reading (puzzles, logic games, tangrams, math manipulatives). • Place the child wher
