California's most neglected group of students: the gifted ones

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412 points tafda | 2 comments | 26 Nov 24 16:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source

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didibus ◴[26 Nov 24 22:10 UTC] No.42250615[source]▶

Wasn't there something about gifted students not necessarily translating into gifted adults? And that it's just that they are faster to reach a level of development, but doesn't mean they will go beyond the normal limit.

Like the rate of development and learning just follows a different curve, but ends up near the same point once an adult.

I think it was only some gifted student retain an advantage in adulthood, and it is normally when they are gifted in a specific discipline for which they maintain a consistent and continued practice through to their adulthood.

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1. casey2 ◴[26 Nov 24 23:35 UTC] No.42251332[source]▶

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You can just as easily measure the second derivative, i.e. see how fast they are improving at improving.

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2. didibus ◴[26 Nov 24 23:57 UTC] No.42251470[source]▶

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Couldn't that also be on a different curve though?

Like they might have accelerated improvement right now, but will reverse in their late teens for example, thus still ending up in the same place in the end?

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