What tools do you use- as a teacher- to discover the talented students?

Talents come in many varieties. They may be artistic or technical, mental or physical, inwardly directed or outwardly. They need not be profitable, useful, or conventional, but they will always be your own, a part of what makes you, you.Talents are usually second nature and "feel right": The expertise seems easily gained.

-Talented students are so smart they can do fine on their own in school and don’t need help. And they always get great grades.

-Talented students are good role models for other students and can provide a challenge for them in a regular classroom

-Some gifted students have various disabilities, including learning. Sometimes, a learning disability can mask a gifted ability in a child.

 

 

Refer to the following site: 

http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/policies/gats/assets/pdf/polsuppid.pdf

which contains a lot of tools for gifted/ talented students which is mainly based on assesment procedures.

General abilityHigh levels of abstract thinking, verbal and numerical reasoning, spatial relations, memory, and word fluency.Adaptation to the shaping of novel situations encountered in the external environment.The automatization of information processing; rapid accurate, and selective retrieval of information. Specific AbilityThe application of various combinations of the above general abilities to one or more specialized areas of knowledge or areas of human performance (e.g., the arts, leadership, administration).The capacity for acquiring and making appropriate use of advanced amounts of formal knowledge, tacit knowledge, technique, logistics, and strategy in the pursuit of' particular problems or the manifestation of specialized areas of performance.The capacity to sort out relevant and irrelevant information associated with a particular problem or areas of study or performance. Task CommitmentThe capacity for high levels of interest, enthusiasm, fascination, and involvement in a particular problem. area of study, or form of human expression.The capacity for perseverance. endurance. determination, hard work, and dedicated practice. Self-confidence. a strong ego and a belief in one's ability to carry out important work, freedom from inferiority feelings, drive to achieve.The ability to identify significant problems within specialized reason; the ability to tune in to major channels of communication and new developments within given fields. Setting high standards for one's work; maintaining an openness to self and external criticism; developing an aesthetic sense of taste, quality, and excellence about one's own work and the work of others. Creativity Fluency, flexibility, and originality of thought.Openness to experience; receptive to that which is new and different (even irrational) in thoughts, actions, and products of oneself and others.Curious, speculative, adventurous, and "mentally playful" willing to take risks in thought and action, even to the point of being uninhibited.Sensitive to detail, aesthetic characteristics of ideas and things; willing to act on and react to external stimulation and one's own ideas and feelings.

I am not a teacher but can i ask why a teacher needs to discover talented students? 

 

Surely the aim is to discover students who are NOT talented and to be able to teach them?? 

 

The talented students will always be able to handle themselves. Why not give your teaching attention to those in need instead? 

1. Home assignment.

2. In-course examination.

3. Final examination.

4. Term paper assessment.

5. Class attendance and contributions.