A Special Pennsylvania Association for Gifted Education Publication.

• Keen power of observation; sense of the significant
• Highly verbal
• Questioning attitude, intellectual curiosity; often has great intrinsic motivation or is a self-starter
• Power of abstraction, conceptualization, ability to pull ideas and information together; enjoyment of intellectual activity
• Interest in cause-effect relations, ability to see relationships
• Reads actively
• High degree of task commitment
• Shares unusual interests
• Interested in everything at once
• Takes risks
• Describes experiences from unusual point of view
• Has keen verbal humor
• Gets bored easily
• Daydreams noticeably
• Gets involved in complex discussions
• Not confined by sex-role stereotyped behaviors
• Introspective–self critical–self checking
• Creativeness and inventiveness, looking for new ways of doing things. Interest in creating, brainstorming, or open-ended thinking
• Generally acts like an older child
• Uncooperative about doing routine learning tasks
• Often takes leadership roles in group activities
• Spends time observing prior to participation in activity
• Tells elaborate stories about personal experiences
• Expresses concern and knowledge about world problems
• Expresses moral concerns about others
• Effectively resolves interpersonal problems
• Persistent about everything
• Uses extensive detail in drawings and descriptions
• Pays little attention to details of living
• Fantasizes freely
• Learns efficiently, mastering ideas with one or two examples