1. Your Gifted Child
Amber Ritter
04/15/13
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2. What does it mean to be gifted?
Most commonly referred to as having
high
“cognitive ability” or “intellectual ability”
(p.10).
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3. Characteristics:
• Broken down into 5 different
categories:
– Cognitive
– Affective
– Physical
– Intuitive
– Societal
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4. Cognitive (thinking)
characteristics
• Well-developed memory
• Advanced comprehension
• High curiosity
• Diverse interests
• Great level of language development
• Verbal ability
• Understanding complex or abstract ideas
• Advanced problem solving skills
5. Affective (feeling) characteristics
• Sensitive to others
• Sense of humor
• Heightened self-awareness
• Feeling different
• Sense of justice
• Idealism
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6. Physical (sensation)
characteristics
• Heightened sensory awareness
• Low tolerance for lag between their
standards and athletic skills
• Unusual discrepancy between
physical and intellectual development
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7. Intuitive characteristics
• Creative
• Open to instinctual experiences
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8. Societal characteristics
• Involved in needs of society (truth,
justice, etc.)
• Strongly motivated by self-
actualization
• Leader
• Ability to solve societal
• problems
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9. Traits of Gifted Readers
• Advanced Language Skills
» Enjoys language with its simplicities &
complexities
» Uses wide-ranging vocabulary
» Uses descriptive terminology
• Advanced Processing
» Retain large amounts of information for retrieval
» Use analysis or synthesis
» Uses prior knowledge & experience in reading
10. Traits of Gifted Readers
Continued
• Read Early & Above Reading Level
» Start reading early
» May be self-taught
» Reading at a level of 2 grade levels above their
grade placement.
• Enjoy Reading
» Read avidly with enjoyment
» View books as a tool to enjoy life
» Read books that surround their interests
» Thirst for knowledge through books
11. Social-Emotional Traits
• Psychomotor Over excitability
• Sensual Over excitability
• Intellectual Over excitability
• Imaginational Over excitability
• Emotional Over excitability
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12. Psychomotor Over excitability
• A surplus of energy.
Ex: nail biting, impulsive behavior, tics,
etc.
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13. Sensual Over excitability
• Sensitive to sensory input, may use
sensory outlets to release tension.
Ex: Interest in sense-oriented stimuli.
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14. Intellectual Over excitability
• Intense focus on understanding,
intellectual achievement and the
pursuit of truth.
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15. Imaginational Over excitability
• Talent for fantasy, invention & imagery.
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16. Emotional Over excitability
• Characterized by intense feeling of
empathy, shyness or anxiety.
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18. The Young Gifted Child
• Parents viewed as important sources
information of children’s talents and
developments.
• Early language development
• Early reading
• Highly developed gross motor skills
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19. Gifted Adolescents
• Active reception of information from
the world
• Curiosity
• Desire to achieve
• Preference for leading
• Self-reflective
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20. Overview
• Being gifted is mostly referred to as
possessing “cognitive ability” or
“intellectual ability”.
• Gifted Characteristics can be broken
down into 5 different categories;
Cognitive, Affective, Physical, Intuitive
and Societal.
• Gifted children do not necessarily meet
all of these characteristics & may meet
some more than others.
21. Resources
Karnes, F.A. & Bean, S. M. (2009). Methods and
materials for teaching the gifted. Waco, TX:
Prufrock Press, Inc.
