The gifted and learning disabled student: teaching methodology that works

The characteristics of Gifted and Learning Disabled (GLD) students generally mean that they will display subject-specific weaknesses, subject-specific strengths and often have poor organisational skills. Some GLD students may display academic weakness across the curriculum and demonstrate their ability with higher order thinking skills in a purely oral way. Teaching that supplies success and builds upon strengths is essential as lack of success in school subjects links directly and negatively to motivation, perceptions of self-efficacy and self-image.