{"id":60,"date":"2015-09-04T11:32:49","date_gmt":"2015-09-04T18:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mindsonfire.edwardspiegel.org\/blog\/?page_id=60"},"modified":"2015-09-13T11:56:54","modified_gmt":"2015-09-13T18:56:54","slug":"asynchronous-learners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/mindsonfire.edwardspiegel.org\/blog\/asynchronous-learners\/","title":{"rendered":"Asynchronous Learners"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my writing, I use \u201casynchronous learners\u201d to refer to children who demonstrate age-atypically rapid development of one or more cognitive functions. Their development is chronologically out-of-sync with their age-mates\u2019. The word \u201cgifted\u201d has traditionally been used to describe these learners. I feel that the word \u201cgifted\u201d is a problematically imprecise and confusing label with inflections that get in the way of communication (as I will explore on this blog).<\/p>\n

I feel that \u201casynchronous learner\u201d focuses one\u2019s attention on what is the most salient issue in their development and the source of their special needs: namely, age-atypical asynchronous development. The “gifted” label is something that I plan to explore here on Minds On Fire.<\/p>\n

I generally will use uneven development to refer to intrapersonal asynchronicity in order to avoid confusion with the two ways that a child\u2019s development can be out of sync. Frequently, asynchronous learners\u2019 various faculties develop out-of-sync with respect to each other (when compared to more typical children). A highly asynchronous learner might be years ahead of their age-mates in mathematical reasoning but only less extremely or not at all ahead in reading and\/or writing. For example, Terry Tao, one of the world\u2019s leading mathematicians, scored 760 on the math SAT at age 8 but 290 on the verbal test (answering the questions randomly would earn a score of 230). A child might be advanced in cognitive domains but lag in areas like executive function or social\/emotional development.<\/p>\n

Uneven development can be a source of great frustration and contribute to a child\u2019s sense that there is something wrong with them \u2014 since their classmates often don\u2019t experience these same struggles.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"reddit\"<\/a>\"pinterest\"<\/a>\"tumblr\"<\/a>\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"reddit\"<\/a>\"pinterest\"<\/a>\"tumblr\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In my writing, I use \u201casynchronous learners\u201d to refer to children who demonstrate age-atypically rapid development of one or more cognitive functions. Their development is chronologically out-of-sync with their age-mates\u2019. The word \u201cgifted\u201d has traditionally been used to describe these learners. I feel that the word \u201cgifted\u201d is a problematically imprecise and confusing label with … Continue reading Asynchronous Learners<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":132,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P7djHU-Y","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mindsonfire.edwardspiegel.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mindsonfire.edwardspiegel.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mindsonfire.edwardspiegel.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mindsonfire.edwardspiegel.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mindsonfire.edwardspiegel.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/mindsonfire.edwardspiegel.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62,"href":"http:\/\/mindsonfire.edwardspiegel.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60\/revisions\/62"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mindsonfire.edwardspiegel.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mindsonfire.edwardspiegel.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}