Browsing by Subject "differentiering"

Gifted students are a resource we cannot afford to overlook. Every student should receive encouragement and stimulation to develop his/her learning. Right kind of support and stimulation help the student reach his/her full potential. Together with a competent person, the ultimate limit of what a student can master can be found. The purpose of the thesis was to investigate the didactic methods teachers use to stimulate the mathematically gifted students in mathematics. To achieve this purpose, the research questions were formulated as following: ● How does the teacher identify a mathematically gifted student? ● How does the teacher work to support and stimulate the mathematically gifted student? The thesis was a qualitative study and data was collected through semi-structured interviews. Five teachers participated in the interviews. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the data. The results of the thesis show that since neither the curriculum nor teacher education do not provide guidelines, a framework or tools for identifying, supporting and stimulating gifted students, the respondents rely on their work experience, their observations in everyday school life and to the school´s possible action plan. The respondents' didactic methods represent various forms of acceleration and enrichment efforts. Coaching as an intervention is used sparingly. An interesting theme for continued research could be to investigate how the current national development measures are perceived to support teaching and learning in everyday school life when they are realized and put into use. The thesis can be used as a source of inspiration or a toolbox for, among others, teachers who want to orient themselves in the theme.