Surf these sites: Bright Child/Gifted Learner -- a chart showing the basic differences between a bright child and a gifted learner--a very useful tool when discussing the definition of gifted. Characteristics and Behaviors of the Gifted -- identifing, learning characteristics, creative characteristics Diagnosis Questions -- The general lack of professional education regarding issues of giftedness can lead to wrong advice or even misdiagnosis. GT-World Frequently Asked Questions about ... Testing Our Gifted Children -- A summary of information about developmental tests, standardized achievement tests, and intelligence tests, gathered by parents, for parents, of gifted children. Giftedness and the Gifted: What''s It All About? -- An ERIC Digest exploring definitions of the term "gifted." Giftedness as Asynchronous Development -- Understanding giftedness as a stable aspect of the self, an issue of differential development, helps us to understand and support the whole gifted child, rather than only the accomplishments Howard Gardner: Seven Types of Intelligence -- Psychologist Howard Gardner identified seven distinct types of intellligence. Here is his list. Identification in Visual Arts -- Important issues and practices relative to identification of gifted and talented students in the visual arts are introduced in this paper. Misdiagnosis of the Gifted -- Gifted individuals face many challenges. One of them may be in getting correctly identified by psychotherapists and others as gifted. The gifted and the extraordinary -- A column by By Martin E.P. Seligman, PhD. Who Are the Gifted? -- This information about giftedness from the National Association for Gifted Children includes: "Who Are the Gifted?," "Characteristics of Various Areas of Giftedness," and "Why Should Gifted Education Be Supported?"
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