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Characteristics of Gifted

by Sue Watson
for About.com

Characteristics of a Gifted Child

-Learns quickly and easily.

-Readily comprehends things.

-Often reads above grade(s) level.

-Good memory and retains what is heard or read.

-Bores with routine tasks, doesn't usually benefit from any drill and repetition.

-vocabulary and linguistic ability is often quite advanced.

-Natural curiousity, make inquiries.

-Can be very assertive and hang tight to their own beliefs

-Depending on the level of interst, can have a long attention span.

-Good sense of wit, imagination and creativity.

-Prefers complex ideas and activities of an investigative nature.

-Can conceptualize and generalize thoughts and ideas with ease.

-Reaches levels of bstract thought at an earlier age and is interested in cause-effect relationships earlier than peers.

Often exhibits a wide range of interests.

- Can be very task-committed, goal-oriented, and self-directed when the activity is whithin their area of interest.

-Can become totally absorbed in certain areas, focusing all attention intensely on those areas.

-Needs to be engaged and will become frustrated with inactivity or boring and or repetitive tasks.

-Can be a perfectionist.

-Can be quite sensitive.

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