Analyzing The Work Of Kayson Maciel Andrews - 776 Words

Discussion After observing, communicating with, and analyzing the work of Kayson Maciel-Andrews, I have learned many things about working with advanced students in a low-achieving classroom. At my internship site, we have a very low population of talented and gifted students, less than 2%, and therefore, getting the opportunity to work closely with one of these students was a very unique opportunity for me. Before my child study, I had a feeling that advanced students were not being adequately challenged at my school; however, I completely underestimated the degree of boredom these students experience. It was very eye-opening to observe how quickly Kayson completed his classwork and then the amount of time he spent engaged in non-academic activities. Kayson often spent as much of 20 minutes engaged in non-academic conversations and â€Å"free drawing† because he completed his work so much quicker than the other students in the classroom. Any behavioral issues that Kayson had w ere attributed to his lack of boredom in the classroom. When he was scolded for talking with other students during work time, it was usually due to the fact that he finished early and did not have anything else to do. Another thing that surprised me during this child study was the gap of social development in the students in Kayson’s first-grade class. During my observation, I got to see both sides of the spectrum in terms of proper social behavior. In the lunchroom, I observed the students at