Bright Child Knows the answers.
Is interested.
Is attentive.
Has good ideas.
Works Hard.
Answers the questions.
Top group.
Listens with interest.
Learns with ease.
6-8 repetitions for mastery.
U nderstands ideas.
Enjoys peers.
Grasps the meaning.
Completes the assignments.
Is receptive.
Copies accurately.
Enjoys school.
Absorbs information.
Technician.
Good memorizer
Enjoys straightforward, sequential presentation.
Is alert.
Is pleased with own learning.
Gifted Learner Asks the questions.
Is highly curious.
Is mentally and physically involved.
Has wild, silly ideas.
Plays around, yet tests well.
Discusses in detail, elaborates.
Beyond the group.
Shows strong feelings & opinions.
Already knows.
1-2 repetitions for mastery.
Constructs abstractions.
Prefers adults.
Draws inferences.
Initiates projects.
Is intense.
Creates projects.
Enjoys learning.
Manipulates information.
Inventor.
Good guesser.
Thrives on complexity.
Is keenly observant.
Is highly self-critical.
Characteristics of Gifted Students
Nancy Robinson (Assessing and Advocating for Gifted Students, 2002)
• Rapid mastery of the typical curriculum
• Passion for ideas and topics – intense curiosity
• Early reading skills
• Exceptional reasoning ability and memory
• Enjoyment of puzzles and mathematical games
• Fascination with intellectual challenges
• Advanced vocabulary
• Pleasure in posing original, difficult questions
• Capacity for self-directed activities
• Comes up with original ideas
• Advanced sense of humor
• Perfectionism
• Relatively positive social adjustment (“nerd” is not typical)
• Greater personal maturity
• Greater sensitivity to physical world and own body
• Concerns that are ahead of classmates (i.e., political and social issues). Concerns can be mistaken for anxiety disorder
• It is typical for gifted students to show unevenness in abilities across domains.
Myths
National Research Center of the Gifted and Talented
• Giftedness = “good behavior” and “high achievement” on all classroom tasks
• Gifted at all times and in all circumstances
• They are the “haves” - they don't need anything
• Social immaturity
• Socially isolated
• Emotionally disturbed
• Physically weak or clumsy
• “Nerdy” or “Stuck up”
• Homogeneous Population
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