Myths About Mathematically Talented Students

Common Myths About Mathematically Talented Students

Click the number beside each of the common myths to learn about how Developing Math Talent authors Susan Assouline, Ph.D. and Ann Lupowski-Shoplik, Ph.D. work to dispel each statement.

Students whose pace of instruction is accelerated cannot cover each section of the text and will have gaps in their mathematics background.

Students who are mathematically talented demonstrate mastery of a topic by earning 100% on tests.

Only students identified for a gifted program are mathematically talented

Gifted students respond equally well to the same curriculum.

The best way to challenge mathematically talented students is to have them skip a grade and study the regular textbook in the regular classroom.

If mathematically able students study mathematics at an accelerated pace, they will run out of math curriculum before they reach high school.

Mathematically talented students are computation whizzes.

Early ripe, early rot.