Show me an exceptional math student, and I’ll show you someone who has practiced correctly and practiced enough. I call foul on anyone who says it’s just inborn talent.
Here’s the link to the article on expertise in Scientific American. Warning: it’s long. (Good, but long.)
Bright students routinely achieve top grades with what appears to be little effort. These students often dominate classroom discussions, and indeed, they score high on standardized tests, often without any apparent effort. Of course, such students capture our...
Gifted students often appear to breeze through school on natural abilities. From a distance, their giftedness appears to manifest as great grades and an easy high school experience. But far too often, that appearance masks a lack of self-awareness and of basic coping...
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