The Gifted
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This document discusses giftedness, including positive and negative characteristics of gifted individuals. It notes that gifted people have superior intelligence, ranging from 120-150 IQ or higher. Positively, they are curious, enjoy learning, and excel in various areas. However, they may also be inattentive, critical, or disagreeable. The document outlines types of gifted learners and recommends enrichment programs, challenging curriculum, counseling and mentoring to support their needs. Finally, it emphasizes that teachers of gifted students should be flexible, helpful, knowledgeable and inspiring mentors.
The Gifted
- 3. The Giftedness Positive Characteristics Negative Characteristics Need for Enrichment Programs The Teacher’s Role
- 4. - a person who has special ability in art or music, mechanical ingenuity, or leadership
- 5. Superior - 120 to 125 IQ Gifted - 135 to 150 IQ Extremely gifted - 170 to 180 IQ
- 6. o curious o show interest in words and ideas o rich vocabularies o enjoy reading o read rapidly & retain information o seek older companions among children and enjoy adults o have good sense of humor and cheerful o have strong desire to excel
- 7. o quick to comprehend o follow directions easily o have the ability to generalize, to see relationships and to make logical associations o interested in science, astronomy and the nature of man and his universe o like to do research, tabulate, classify, collect and to keep records o show initiative and wide imagination o have good memories
- 8. 1. asks the question 2. enjoy learning 3. highly curious 4. mentally & physically involve 5. has wild silly ideas 6. plays around yet tests well 7. discusses in detail 8. beyond top group 9. strong feelings & opinions 10. already knows 11. constructs abstraction 12. has much factual info 13. may disagree w/ teacher or textbook answers 14. frequently respond in an elaborate manner 1. knows the answer 2. enjoy school 3. interested 4. attentive 5. has good ideas 6. works hard 7. answers the question 8. top group 9. listeners with interest 10. learns with ease 11. understands idea 12. knowledgeable 13. one of the first to respond 14. asks safe questions
- 9. o restless, inattentive, disturbing or annoying o poor in spelling, careless handwriting or inaccurate arithmetic o lackadaisical o outspokenly critical both of themselves and of others “Hidden Gifted”
- 10. o Type 1 – The successful o Type 2 – The challenging o Type 3 – The underground o Type 4 – The dropouts o Type 5 – The double labelled o Type 6 – The autonomous learner Neihart and Betts, 2010
- 11. specialized program assessing their strengths then providing enrichment through resources and services fulfill both individual and social needs counselling & encouragement services challenging & grouping them mentorship
- 12. acceleration - allowed to learn materials at more rapid pace or is promoted more rapidly through grades enrichment - work through the usual grades at the usual pace but with a curriculum supplemented by a variety of cultural activities differentiation - are accelerated or enriched within the regular classroom
- 13. flexible helpful forbearing and understandable skillfull, knowledgeable or fully equipped great mentors inspired
- 15. “Most teachers waste their time by asking questions which are intended to discover what a pupil does not know, whereas the true art of questioning has for its purpose to discover what the pupil knows or is capable of knowing.” -Albert Einstein