What is the responsibility of schools and teachers in developing giftedness in mathematics?
Classroom teachers and school districts share the responsibility of addressing the needs of gifted students. Teachers need training and support in recognizing and addressing the needs of the mathematically gifted. Teachers who teach mathematics to gifted learners need a strong background in mathematics content. If the school has only a few students with special needs and does not have such a teacher, a mentor from outside the school should be located to work with individuals. A coordinated curriculum plan needs to be in place so that the mathematical experiences for students are not duplicated or interrupted from one year to the next. The school should have an organized support system that includes resource books, technology, and human resources. Regular mathematics classrooms that offer sufficiently challenging and broad experiences for gifted students have the potential to enrich the learning community as a whole since other students will be interested in attempting, perhaps with hel
