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High Achievers
Remember answers
Are interested
Are attentive
Generate advanced ideas
Work hard to achieve
Answer questions in detail
Perform at the top of the group
Respond with interest and opinion
Learn with ease
Need 6 - 8 repetitions to master
Comprehend on a high level
Enjoy the company of age peers
Understand complex, abstract
humor
Grasp the meaning
Complete assignments on time
Are receptive
Are accurate and complete
Often enjoy school
Absorb information
Are technicians with expertise in a
field
Memorize well
Are highly alert and observant
Are pleased with their own
learning
Get A's
Are able

Gifted Learners
Poses unforeseen questions
Are curious
Are beyond the group
Generate complex, abstract ideas
Know without working hard
Already knows
Need 1 - 3 repetitions to master
Are selectively mentally engaged
Comprehend in-depth, complex ideas
Prefer the company of intellectual
peers
Create complex, abstract humor
Are intense
Ponder with depth and multiple
perspectives
Infer and connect concepts
Initiate projects and extensions of
assignments
Are original and continually
developing
Enjoy self-directed learning
Manipulate information
Guess and infer well
Anticipate and relate observations
Are self-critical
May not be motivated by grades
Are intellectual

Creative Thinkers
Sees exceptions
Wonder
Daydream, may seem off task
Overflow with ideas, many of which will never
be developed
Play with ideas and concepts
Inject new possibilities
Are in their own group
Share bizarre, sometimes conflicting opinions
Question "What if . . . "
Question the need for mastery
Comprehend in-depth, complex ideas
Prefer the company of creative peers but will
often work alone
Relish wild, off-the-wall humor
Make mental leaps; a-ha
Initiate more projects that will never be
completed
Are independent and unconventional
Are original and continually developing
Enjoy creating
Improvise
Are inventors and idea generators
Create and brainstorm well
Are intuitive
Never finish with possibilities
May not be motivated by grades

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