Proverbs 25:28
A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.
SELF-REGULATION
"People possess self-reflective capabilities that enable
them to exercise control over their motivations and behaviors"
(Mammadov, et al. 2018, p. 114).
GIFTED STUDENTS &
sELF-rEGULATION
WHY GIFTED?
Gifted students across the globe are pushed to their cognitive limits and provided opportunities to develop their academics. In the state of Florida, gifted education focuses on the seven frameworks for gifted learners. The standards include examining the complexity of knowledge; creating, adapting, and assessing multifaceted questions; thoughtfully researching; assuming leadership and participatory roles; achieving personal, academic, and career goals; and finally, developing a...
WHAT THE RESEARCH SAYS
Self-regulation is essential for any student, regardless of their cognitive ability levels; however, as gifted students strive to enhance an area of talent, self-regulation skills become more imperative and necessary for them to find success. “Reaching excellence in a talent domain requires the optimization of numerous learning processes, and this optimization depends on self-regulation” (Stoeger, et al., 2015).
STRATEGIES
Gifted students tend to possess exceptional abilities to respond to stimuli. They can also possess overexcitibilites in the following areas: intellectual, emotional, imaginational, sensual, and psychomotor (Perrone-McGovern, et al., 2015). Overexcitibility is the enhanced way an individual sees the world around them. They tend to process larger amounts of stimuli from their environment. Their emotions can be extreme and intense.