Gifted and Average Students with Good Reading Skills

 

• Spend longer to complete homework

• Physical complaints of headaches, strain, or tiredness when reading or at school

• Avoids reading or reading for pleasure

• Does poorly on timed tests or standardized tests

• Unable to keep up with reading assignments

• Reads beginning and summaries rather than the entire chapter

• Listens in class rather than doing assigned reading

• Finds it easier to learn from discussion than reading

• Works hard to get grades but feels that s/he is brighter than grades indicate

• Considered lazy or unmotivated. Told they could do better if tried harder

• 12-14% can be helped by the Irlen Method