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Related Topics of Gifted Children

IDENTIFYING GIFTED STUDENTS

Identifying gifted students and their strengths and talents should be an ongoing process. Assessment procedures usually involve the following.

  • Formal testing and indicators of cognitive (intellectual) ability, achievement, aptitude, and creativity.

  • Teacher observations, including anecdotal records, checklists and inventories.

  • Records of student achievement, including assignments, portfolios, grades, and outstanding talents and accomplishments.

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  • Students’ exceptional talents may not be obvious because of language delays or differences.

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  • Formal tests may not reflect cultural factors.

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  • Physical disabilities may affect students’ identification as gifted.

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  • Children may have learning or sensory disabilities which make it difficult to identify their giftedness testing and identifications may be affected by personality styles.

Some factors may make it difficult to identify a student’s giftedness, including:

For all of those reasons, identifying a child as gifted can be very challenging. Therefore, assessments usually require inputs from teachers, parents, and a person with expertise in special education.

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