I have a child who adamantly denies being a smart kid, but we just received the Cogat, Iowa, and IQ scores which all add up to absolutely gifted. I can see why she might feel "less than" -for example, she has to take these quizzes every week that have multiplication questions. She had to get all the "1's" correct to move on to the "2's", then get all the "3's" correct to go to the "4's" etc. She just can't get out of the 7s. Her WISC score indicated some big smarts in math yet she struggles with memorizing something like 7 x 8. To her, it just proves that she cannot do math. She also gets pulled out for AG math every week, and she insists that it is NOT math because it's fun. She says that she hates math because it's so awful in her classroom - I would hate it too if I couldn't get past the 7s!!
What is this all about? I plan on having "the big talk" with her third grade teacher next Monday about how we can get her adequately challenged, and I am afraid that I am going to hear (again) that she needs to get the basics mastered before she can move on up to more advanced math.
Thanks!!
