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What are we looking for?

Intellectual characteristics which many gifted children openly demonstrate are the following:

• Unusually large vocabulary for age
• Ability to read earlier than most children
• Greater comprehension of the subtleties of language
• 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
• Ability to retain a great deal of information
• Unusual sense of humor

Some populations of gifted children may require special attention in their identification and program services because they do not display the typical characteristics of giftedness. These populations include the gifted handicapped, the disadvantaged, the culturally different, and the very young. Efforts are made to include these children in the screening process for gifted services and to serve them appropriately.

Bright Learners and Gifted Learners