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a bright child or a gifted learner?




This thought provoking piece which I first came across from Janice Szabos in Challenge Magazine should be in every teacher’s and parent’s consciousness in my opinion. It would be interesting to get the response of bright or gifted children (or their parents) to it:

A Bright Child:
Knows the answers
Is interested
Is attentive
Has good ideas
Works hard
Answers the questions
Top group
Listens with interest
Learns with ease
6-8 repetitions for mastery
Understands ideas
Enjoys peers
Grasps the meaning
Completes assignments
Is receptive
Copies accurately
Enjoys school
Absorbs information
Technician
Good memorizer
Enjoys straightforward sequential presentation
Is alert
Is pleased with own learning The Far Side by Gary Larsen on flickr
A Gifted Learner
Asks the questions
Is highly curious
Is mentally and physically involved
Has wild, silly ideas
Plays around, yet tests well
Discusses in detail, elaborates
Beyond the group
Shows strong feeling and opinions
Already knows
1-2 repetitions for mastery
Constructs abstractions
Prefers adults
Draws inferences
Initiates projects
Is intense
Creates a new design
Enjoys learning
Manipulates information
Inventor
Good guesser
Thrives on complexity
Is keenly observant
Is highly self-critical

It feels right to me based on my experience of both; what do you think?

July 28th, 2007 at 5:57 pm


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