Characteristics: Bright, Gifted, Exceptionally Gifted
Bright Child . . . knows the answer.
Gifted Learner . . . asks the questions.
Exceptionally Gifted . . . questions the answers.
Bright Child . . . is interested.
Gifted Learner . . . is highly curious.
Exceptionally Gifted . . . is concerned.
Bright Child . . . is attentive.
Gifted Learner . . . is mentally & physically involved.
Exceptionally Gifted . . . is committed.
Bright Child . . . has good ideas.
Gifted Learner . . . has wild, silly ideas.
Exceptionally Gifted . . . struggles with ideas.
Bright Child . . . works hard.
Gifted Learner . . . plays around yet tests well.
Exceptionally Gifted . . . thinks hard; doesn't care about tests.
Bright Child . . . answers the questions.
Gifted Learner . . . discusses in detail; elaborates.
Exceptionally Gifted . . . proposes options.
Bright Child . . . top group.
Gifted Learner . . . beyond top group.
Exceptionally Gifted . . . stands alone.
Bright Child . . . listens with interest.
Gifted Learner . . . shows strong feelings and opinions.
Exceptionally Gifted . . . weighs possibilities; long concentration span.
Bright Child . . . learns with ease.
Gifted Learner . . . already knows.
Exceptionally Gifted . . . realizes how little they really do know; learns integrative, intuitive, non-linear manner.
Bright Child . . . 6-8 repetitions for mastery.
Gifted Learner . . . 1-2 repetitions for mastery.
Exceptionally Gifted . . . needs no repetition; unusual capacity memory.
Bright Child . . . understands ideas..
Gifted Learner . . . constructs abstractions.
Exceptionally Gifted . . . perceives essential elements and underlying structures and patterns.
Bright Child . . . enjoys peers.
Gifted Learner . . . prefers adults.
Exceptionally Gifted . . . feels alone.
Bright Child . . . grasps the meaning.
Gifted Learner . . . draws inferences.
Exceptionally Gifted . . . rapid and thorough comprehension of the whole idea or concept.
Bright Child . . . completes assignments.
Gifted Learner . . . initiates projects.
Exceptionally Gifted . . . invents solutions.
Bright Child . . . is receptive.
Gifted Learner . . . is intense.
Exceptionally Gifted . . . unusual intensity and depth of feeling.
Bright Child . . . copies accurately.
Gifted Learner . . . creates a new design.
Exceptionally Gifted . . . evaluates multiple new designs.
Bright Child . . . enjoys school.
Gifted Learner . . . enjoy learning.
Exceptionally Gifted . . . learns in great intuitive leaps.
Bright Child . . . absorbs information.
Gifted Learner . . . manipulates information.
Exceptionally Gifted . . . synthesizes commonalities among a broad range of ideas.
Adapted by Barbeau from Szabos (2002)
