As we seek to identify gifted and talented learners, we keep in mind the unique characteristics of these students. Janice Szabos (Good Apple, Inc.) provided the following comparison of bright children and gifted learners:
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additionally, the National Foundation for Gifted and Creative Children (www.nfgcc.org) noted the following characteristics of these students:
• High sensitivity
• Excessive amounts of energy
• Bore easily and may appear to have a short attention span
• Require emotionally stable and secure adults around him/her
• Will resist authority if it is not democratically oriented
• Have preferred ways of learning, particularly in reading and mathematics

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