Characteristics of Gifted Children
Typical
Characteristics of Gifted Children
* Unusually large vocabularies
for their age
* Greater comprehension of the
subtleties of language
* Longer attention span,
persistence and intense concentration
* Ability to learn basic
skills more quickly and with less practice
* Wide range of interests
* Highly developed curiosity
and a limitless supply of questions
* Interest in experimenting
and doing things differently
* Tendency to put ideas or
things together in ways that are unusual and not obvious (divergent thinking)
* Sees relationships
* Ability to retain a great
deal of information
* Unusual sense of humor
* Heightened sensitivity to
values and moral issues – keenly aware of what is right, just, or fair and what
is not
* Goes beyond assigned tasks
* Irritated and bored by the
routine and obvious
* Finds different ways of
doing things – many ways to solve a problem
* Impatient with others who do
not see his/her way or understand his/her ideas
* High level of activity