Nurturing gifted children-ASSET Talent Search

Nurturing the Gifted Child

Vishnuteerth Agnihotri

Nurturing the gifted imperative for realizing the ‘demographic dividend’

“…these gifted students, the 'mathletes' of the world, can shape the future. When you look at the issues facing society now — whether it's health care, climate change, terrorism, energy — these are the kids who have the most potential to solve these problems,” David Lubinski, Psychologist, SMPY, Vanderbilt University (How to raise a Genius, Nature, Sep 2016)

• The precociously gifted outweigh the rest of society in their influence

• Imagine what is possible if the top 1% realize their potential!

Early Identification a prerequisite for realizing this potential

• Many innovators supported in their early years through enrichment programmes

• All the above personalities are examples!• 12- 14 years a good age for talent identification

Identification, Recognition and Nurture are the 3 important steps

RealizePotential!

Identify Recognize Nurture

• 2 levels of testing established practice in talent identification

• Gifted students selected through this process have performed excellently in gifted programs over the years (Duke TIP, Northwestern CTD, ASSET Summer Programme….)

• ASSET Talent Search score recognized by leading gifted education organizations


Top 10%Top 1%

ASSET 90th percentile/ School Nominations

Advanced Test(ASSET Talent Search) ~90th percentile; portfolio


Springboards to leap from! (Not laurels to rest on)


Standardised tests should not be used to limit students' options, but rather to develop learning and teaching strategies appropriate to children's abilities, which allow students at every level to reach their potential- How to raise a Genius, Nature, Sep 2016

Recognition a prerequisite for nurture

Hey.. Go play with other 15 year-olds!

Imagine his future and that of Indian Cricket if we had said that…


“I was shy and the social pressures of high school wouldn't have made it a good fit for me,” says Bates, now 60. “But at college, with the other science and math nerds, I fit right in, even though I was much younger. I could grow up on the social side at my own rate and also on the intellectual side, because the faster pace kept me interested in the content.” Joseph Bates, currently 60 years old, who was identified as gifted at the age of 12 and had completed his Masters in Computer Science by the age of 17 (How to grow a genius, Nature, Sep 2016

Nurture involves different aspects-• Not restricting what can be learnt on the basis of age/

pace of average learner (acceleration)• Providing challenging and meaningful problems to work

on• Opportunities to work with students of similar potential• International exposure e.g. Study Abroad• Guidance and mentoring from subject experts and

teachers who understand giftedness• Appropriate social and emotional support


How gifted students respond when they get the environment they need…


2016-17 Programs

Firm• ASSET Summer Programme- May 2017

• 3 weeks• Most likely Bangalore

• ASSET Summer Programme- July 2017• 3 weeks; Location to be decided

• Partner Programs in the US- June 2017- August 2017• 2-4 weeks• Various University Campus locations in the US

Being Planned• Renzulli Creativity Program- Dec 2016?

• 1 week; Bangalore

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