Challenges and Possibilities for Serving Gifted Learners

This article addresses the major obstacles that im-pede educators in differentiating for gifted learners in the regular classroom. Specific discussion of the lack of subject matter knowledge, the lack of class-room management skills, teachers ’ attitudes and beliefs about learning, lack of knowledge for modi-fying the curriculum, issues regarding responding to diverse populations, difficulties of effective use and location of resources, lack of planning time, lack of administrative support, and lack of relevant pedagogical skills isprovided.Strategies for recog-nizing and overcoming the obstacles are embedded within the discussion of each. Finally, important general considerations for facilitating the use of differentiation in classrooms are discussed, includ