When is the challenge for students complicated? Search through high potential and adolescence

Abstract

Gifted adolescents were faced with the typical problems of their age, and with the difficulties connected with their potential. Often they present behaviour such as school demotivation, perfectionism, sensitivity, over-excitability and social problems. These characteristics can influence academic performance, in a two-way relationship. Purpose of the study is to investigate the behavioural characteristics of the high-potential students. Goal is to better understand the high potential adolescents in order to prepare individual or group interventions, to promote their psychological well-being. Understanding the weaknesses of gifted students allows the structuring of individual or group activities to provide students with tools and strategies to manage their potential. Also this allows to provide teaching methodologies and laboratory to promote the skills of high-potential students in inclusive perspective. The promotion of the skills of gifted students is critical to prevent early school leaving.