The Bright Child

-Knows the answers
-Is interested
-Is attentive
-Has good ideas
-Works hard
-Answers the questions
-Is in the top group
-Listens with interest
-Learns with ease
-Needs 6-8 repetitions for mastery
-Understand ideas
-Enjoys peers
-Grasps the meaning
-Completes assignments
-Is receptive
-Copies accurately
-Enjoys school
-Absorbs information
-Enjoys technical challenges
-Good memorizer
-Enjoys sequential presentation
-Is alert
-Is pleased with own learning

The Gifted Learner

-Asks the questions
-Is highly curious
-Is mentally and physically involved
-Has wild, silly ideas
-Plays around yet test well
-Discusses in detail, elaborates
-Goes beyond the group
-Shows strong feelings and opinions
-Already knows
-Needs 1-2 repetitions for mastery
-Constructs abstractions
-Prefers adults
-Draws inferences
-Initiates projects
-Is intense
-Creates a new design
-Enjoys learning
-Manipulates information
-Is an inventor
-Good guesser
-Thrives on complexity
-Is keenly observant
-Is highly critical

The Profoundly Gifted

-Asks questions without answers
-Is curious about extraordinary things
-So involved may block out all else
-Has innovative ideas
-Tops out of most tests
-Focuses, summarizes, conceptualized
-Stands out among gifted peers
-Recognizes opinions and can justify own
-Already has internalized information
-Osmosis learning
-Applies abstractions
-Prefers certain adults
-Expands inferences
-Develops creative projects
-Directs intensity
-Creates and applies new designs
-Has a passion for learning
-Manipulates information in unique ways
-Envisions possibilities
-Good educated guesser
-Creates complexity
-Near photographic memory for detail
-Redirects self on basis of self assessment OR is a perfectionist

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