Varied Characteristics of Gifted Students Traditional Perception Gifted and Talented ELL who is also a SPED/504 Student who of a Gifted and Talented Student from Poverty Gifted and Talented is also a Gifted and Student Student from Poverty Talented Student from Poverty Learning: Use of Language Is highly verbal and May have limited Displays limited Is highly verbal with uses advanced verbal skill and uses thoughts in English but advanced vocabulary vocabulary limited to may be rich in native vocabulary, but may informal language language experience great Exhibits richness of difficulty in written expression, Exhibits richness of Expresses language language elaboration, and expression when nonverbally due to fluency entertaining or telling limitations in native Demonstrates strong a story language and English listening Uses complex comprehension and sentences effectively Uses advanced May use inventive recall nonverbal expression vocabulary Naturally uses May lack cause and combining both May use language in metaphors and effect relationships in languages inappropriate ways analogies to express sentence structure and at inappropriate relationships Develops new times Uses figurative language quickly language in when given the Creatively finds comparisons to opportunity alternative ways of people and communicating entertainers Gains language proficiency through a Easily learns May try to shock teacher cycle of silence in compensatory language or peers to get attention order to avoid errors in systems, such as Braille, speech sign language Learning: Curiosity and Questioning Attitude Is inquisitive Is often obnoxious Is curious and can learn to Has a strong with questions be independent, but still questioning attitude Doesn’t accept values relationships information at first glance Likes to stump people May appear disrespectful Asks questions to learn when questioning Asks penetrating May questions and reinforce information and facts questions that people relationships and fairness presented by the teacher “shock” Shows curiosity and inner Questions authority May be culturally Enjoys active inquiry, drive for thorough, conditioned NOT to experimentation, and independent Asks questions that question discussion understanding focus on relationships Questions issues related to fairness Is unwilling to follow rules
Varied Characteristics of Gifted Students Traditional Perception of a Gifted and Talented Student Gifted and Talented Student from Poverty ELL who is also a Gifted and Talented Student from Poverty SPED/504 Student who is also a Gifted and Talented Student from Poverty Learning: Use of Language Is highly verbal and uses advanced vocabulary Exhibits richness of expression, elaboration, and fluency Uses complex sentences effectively Naturally uses metaphors and analogies to express relationships May have limited verbal skill and uses vocabulary limited to informal language Exhibits richness of expression when entertaining or telling a story Uses advanced nonverbal expression May lack cause and effect relationships in sentence structure Uses figurative language in comparisons to people and entertainers May try to shock teacher or peers to get attention Displays limited thoughts in English but may be rich in native language Expresses language nonverbally due to limitations in native language and English May use inventive vocabulary combining both languages Develops new language quickly when given the opportunity Gains language proficiency through a cycle of silence in order to avoid errors in speech Is highly verbal with advanced vocabulary, but may experience great difficulty in written language Demonstrates strong listening comprehension and recall May use language in inappropriate ways and at inappropriate times Creatively finds alternative ways of communicating Easily learns compensatory language systems, such as Braille, sign language Learning: Curiosity and Questioning Attitude Is inquisitive Doesn’t accept information at first glance Asks penetrating questions Shows curiosity and inner drive for thorough, independent understanding Is often obnoxious with questions Likes to stump people May questions that “shock” people Questions authority Asks questions that focus on relationships Questions issues related to fairness Is unwilling to follow rules Is curious and can learn to be independent, but still values relationships Asks questions to learn and reinforce relationships and fairness May be culturally conditioned NOT to question Has a strong questioning attitude May appear disrespectful when questioning information and facts presented by the teacher Enjoys active inquiry, experimentation, and discussion
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