Changing the Traditional Set Up of Schools Can Help Turn Underachievement Around
A school can help challenge a student and keep him/her from becoming an underachiever by changing the traditional way a school is set up. There are different ways that schools can help students continue to be challenged instead of being stuck in a classroom learning material they already know. Delisle and Galbraith (2002) state that “the real problem (of underachievement) lies in a lackluster set of academic offerings which leave students pleading for more” (pg 173). One way to combat the problem of underachievement in schools is to offer acceleration as an option for highly gifted students. Acceleration allows a student to move ahead one or more grade levels in order to find a fit for their ability level. When students are accelerated in school, they are able to jump past all the material they already know and be placed in a curriculum full of new ideas. Students that are forced to stay in their age appropriate grade level may lose the ability to remain a gifted student because they often fall to the level of those around them in the classroom. This will work to help stimulate the mind by providing new learning opportunities for the gifted student.
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