In what ways has social bias affected the achievement of girls with gifts?

Girls are often not considered to be as special as if a male were to be considered having exceptional abilities. Girls often do not use their special abilities as males do in the classroom. Females are known to be "passive, modest, dependent, nurturing, and unselfish." Although there is nothing wrong with these characteristics, they do not always equal excelling in the classroom. They have the need to be feminine and will not try and show off like the males in the classroom or show off their smarts to look like a smart studious girl. This is one of the problems and has caused girls with special gifts to ignore their gifts and not use them to their fullest potential.

Define and discuss the concept of twice exceptional.

According to the dictionary, twice exceptional is possessing average to above average intelligence despite having a disability. In our textbook, twice exceptional is described as also having superior intelligence despite having some sort of disability. The problem with children who are twice exceptional is that their intelligence is often overlooked. If a child cannot see, hear, walk, or something else, they are not always looked to as intelligent. In fact, in most cases they are overlooked because of their handicap. In fact though, these children may be twice exceptional and may actually be academically superior to their peers. However, most cases are not discovered as easily and sometimes are not discovered at all because of the obvious handicap.