Arab Educational Information Network

Talented are among the important segments that needs interest and care to be a main assistant in the raise and development of the nation. This paper addresses programs and methods assigned for talented students in mathematics and the problems they face in Saudi Arabia. The paper reviews some related literature on the topic and the definitions of talent and talented students based on specialists and researchers. The paper concluded that most programs specified for talented students in mathematics focus mainly on the talented student and ignore or pay less attention to teacher and parents and preparing them to understand the nature and the thinking of a talented student and teachers do not balance their interest toward talented students in mathematics within classroom which also includes usual students. The paper recommended with the necessity of designing activities appropriate for talented students' thinking and abilities levels in mathematics and also those who are concerned to design special programs for mathematics teachers about how to treat talented students. (Published abstract)