More Able Pupil Support (MAPS)
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips' red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare.
• ‘The boy is an indolent and illiterate
member of the class.’
Roald Dahl’s English report at 16 years of age.
• ‘…mentally slow, unsociable and adrift
forever in his foolish dreams.’
A school report’s assessment of Albert Einstein.
• ‘As a composer, he is hopeless.’
An assessment of Beethoven by his music teacher.
“If only I had ………..”
‘He who finds diamonds must grapple
in the mud and mire because
diamonds are not polished stones,
they are made.’
Henry B Wilson
Content
• Spotting more able underachievers;
• Causes (including dual or multiple
exceptionalities);
• Countering underachievement;
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An Able/More Able
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knows the answer
is interested
is attentive
has good ideas
works hard
answers the questions
top of the group
listens with interest
learns with ease
6-8 repetitions for mastery
understands ideas
enjoys peers
grasps the meaning
completes assignments
is receptive
copies accurately
enjoys school
absorbs information
Technician
good memorizer
is pleased with own learning
is alert
enjoys straight-forward tasks
A Gifted Pupil
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asks the tricky question!
is highly curious
is mentally and physically involved
has wild, silly ideas
plays around but does well in tests
discusses in detail/elaborates
beyond the group
shows strong feelings and opinions
already knows
1-2 repetitions for mastery
constructs abstractions
prefers adults
draws inferences
initiates projects
is intense
creates a new design
enjoys learning
manipulates information
Inventor
good guesser
is highly self-critical
is keenly observant
thrives on complexity
Factors that may obscure high ability
• Economic disadvantage;
– Eligibility for free school meals;
• Summer birthdays;
• Gender issues;
• Learning difficulties and other SEN;
– Disability, sensory impairment and illness;
• Socio-cultural issues;
Max
Russell
is odd.
is notHe
atfinds
school
it as
hard
often
to fit
as he
Tasneem is a gentle, quiet girl from
in
should
with be.
the He
restspends
of thea class
lot ofand
time ata Pakistani family. She is shy, nonhis
home
teachers
looking find
after
hishis
behaviour
mother, who iscompetitive, easy to overlook. She
difficult
agoraphobic.
to manage.
When he
Hedoes
won't
make
takeit to
picked up spoken English within three
turns
school,
and
helaughs
seemsiflethargic,
another child
anxious and
months of her family's arrival in
gets
preoccupied.
hurt at playtime.
Despite the
He cares
seldomon hisEngland. Although she is wellfinishes
young shoulders,
his work and
Russell
getsdid
very
well in the
behaved and eager to co-operate,
upset
recentwhen
mockthe
SATs,
focusshowing
shifts progress
from
her teachers notice that she often
his
nearly
favourite
two National
subject,Curriculum
maths, tolevels seems to have little idea of what is
another
above the
lesson.
expected
He talks
ones in most
happening in class. Her schoolwork is
obsessively
subjects. Things
about have
spacebeen
exploration
going a bit
increasingly off-task. Recently she
and
better
is especially
for Russell
fascinated
recently, by
since his has been whispering a lot with
black
familyholes.
has been
Max's
assigned
progress
a home-schoolin
classmates at the back of the room,
school
community
is unbalanced.
link workerHis
andwritten
his motherespecially
is
when looking at something
work
less depressed
is sloppy, and
now.his handwriting on the interactive whiteboard.
immature.
He loves
Unexpectedly,
the Urdu-speaking
Lesley
started
off asmathematics,
the brightest student
in
though,
is always
the
mother of her best friend tells the
the
year and
group,
but is top
now of
seriously
class, never letting
the other
school librarian how lively and
underperforming.
Lesley
is now more interested
children
forgetstreet
it.
in
appearance,
culture, and thetalkative
newest Tasneem is when playing
with friends in her home language,
electronic gadget, and shrugs off teachers'
making up songs and stories,
attempts to rekindle interest in schoolalways
subjects
and initiating elaborate imaginative
with a sarcastic remark.
games.
Renzulli’s Three Ring Model
Above Average
Ability
Task
Commitment
Creativity
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips' red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare.
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Relief 2007 (Shakespeare).