From: radams@EDNET1.OSL.OR.GOV(Richard C. Adams) To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: giftedness Karelle, you might be interested in this list I use with parents interested in my TAG program. Although I know this conference frowns on lengthy quoted materials, this one is fairly short. Bright Child vs Gifted Learner Knows the answers. Asks the questions Is interested Is highly curious. Is attentive. Is mentally and physically involved. Has good ideas. Has wild, silly ideas. Works hard. Plays around, yet tests well. Answers the questions. Discusses in detail, elaborates. Top group. Beyond the group. Listens with interest. Shows strong feelings and opinions. Learns with ease. Already knows. 6-8 repetitions for. 1-2 repetitions for mastery. mastery Understands ideas. Constructs abstractions. Enjoys peers. Prefers adults. Grasps the meaning. Draws inferences. Completes assignments. Initiates projects. Is receptive. Is intense. Copies accurately. Creates a new design. Enjoys school. Enjoys learning. Absorbs information. Manipulates information. Technician. Inventor. Good memorizer. Good guesser. Enjoys straightforward, Thrives on complexity. sequential presentation Is alert. Is keenly observant. Is pleased with own Is highly self-critical learning by Janice Szabo from "Challenge," 1989, Good Apple, Inc. I have another list of similar length about the characteristics of gifted students versus the concommittant problems that I give to teachers who accuse me of getting all the "good" kids. Richard Adams Pleasant Hill, Oregon ---