Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Gifted with bad behavior When I was interning in a fifth-grade classroom, there was a girl that was considered gifted. She was very intelligent and her work definitely showed for it. However, she was very disrespectful and disobedient. What could the teacher do to deal with this student? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) There is a chance that she is acting out because she is bored. If this is the case, try offering her more challenging and engaging tasks. Try not to just give her more work, but to make the work she is doing more project-based. Gifted student may be especially bored with repeated tasks or lengthy sets of practice problems if they already feel like they get the topic. Instead, try to give them a chance to apply their knowledge rather than just demonstrate it.