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Ana Smith
Sansanee Erickson
Angelica Rinebarger
Definition
Subgroups
Giftedness: Advanced
placement in intellectual
areas, in specific academic
or art-related areas, or
unusual organizational
power for desired results
Talent: Extraordinary
ability in a specific area
Cognitive Characteristics
May understand
language and
mathematics at an early
age
Can get very absorbed in a
project or topic and have a
high degree of
concentration
Can have phenomenal
memory for information
they have only seen once
Reading Behaviors
Often read early
Read with expression
Have a high interest in
reading
Have early knowledge of
the alphabet
Writing Behaviors
Displays early ability to
make written sound-symbol
correspondence
Exhibits fluency and
elaboration in story writing
Uses advanced sentence
structure and patterns
Generates many writing
ideas
Uses precise, descriptive
language to evoke an image
Speaking Behaviors
Learns to speak early
Has a high-receptive
vocabulary
Uses advanced sentence
structure
Exhibits highly verbal
behavior in speech
Enjoys acting out story
events and situations
Mathematical Behaviors
Recommended Educational
Practices
Acceleration: advancing
learners through levels of
curriculum and programs
according to individual
achievement and
performance
Enrichment: the extension
of regular curriculum with
different examples and
associations that build
complex ideas
Works Cited
Marilyn Friend, (2011). Special Education. 3rd ed.
New Jersey: Pearson Education, Inc..
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