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Characteristics of Gifted Children
Chart Comparing High Achievers, Gifted Learners, or Creative Thinkers |
A High Achiever… |
A Gifted Learner… |
A Creative Thinker… |
Remembers the answers |
Poses unforeseen questions |
Sees exceptions |
Is interested |
Is curious |
Wonders |
Is attentive |
Is selectively mentally engaged |
Daydreams; may seem off task |
Generates advanced ideas |
Generates complex, abstract ideas |
Overflows with ideas, many of which will never be developed |
Works hard to achieve |
Knows without working hard |
Plays with ideas and concepts |
Answer the questions in detail |
Ponders with depth and multiple perspectives |
Injects new possibilities |
Performs at the top of the group |
Is beyond the group |
Is in own group |
Responds with interest and opinions |
Exhibits feelings and opinions from multiple perspectives |
Shares bizarre, sometimes conflicting opinions |
Learns with ease |
Already knows |
Questions: What if… |
Needs 6 to 8 repetitions to master |
Needs 1 to 3 repetitions to master |
Questions the need for mastery |
Enjoys the company of age peers |
Prefers the company of intellectual peers |
Prefers the company of creative peers but often works alone |
Understands complex, abstract humor |
Creates complex, abstract humor |
Relishes wild, off-the-wall humor |
Grasps the meaning |
Infers and connects concepts |
Makes mental leaps: Aha! |
Completes assignments on time |
Initiates projects and extensions of assignments |
Initiates more projects that will ever be completed |
Is receptive |
Is intense |
Is independent and unconventional |
Is accurate and complete |
Is original and continually developing |
Is original and continually developing |
Enjoys school often |
Enjoys self-directed learning |
Enjoys creating |
Absorbs information |
Manipulates information |
Improvises |
Is a technician with expertise in a field |
Is an expert who abstracts beyond the field |
Is an inventor and idea generator |
Memorizes well |
Guesses and infers well |
Creates and brainstorms well |
Is highly alert and observant |
Anticipates and relates observations |
Is intuitive |
Is pleased with own learning |
Is self-critical |
Is never finished with possibilities |
Gets A’s |
May not be motivated by grades |
May not be motivated by grades |
Is able |
Is intellectual |
Is idiosyncratic |
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