are you a gifted or an intelligent?
By mskzalameda
@mskzalameda (4023)
Philippines
April 15, 2007 2:35am CST
Here is a copy of an article in the newspaper stating the differences of an intelligent child from a gifted child.
"There's a gift in every child... Experts say there is a difference between two groups of children: the intelligent and the gifted. Here is a list of characteristics:
THE INTELLIGENT CHILD THE GIFTED CHILD
Knows the answers Asks the questions
Is interested Is highly curious
Is attentive Is mentally and physically involved
Works hard Plays around, yet tests well
Answers the questions Discusses in detail, elaborates
Is in the top group Is beyond the group
Listens with interest Shows strong feelings and opinions
Learns with ease Already knows
Needs 6-8 repetitions Needs 1-2 repetitions
for mastery
Understands ideas Constructs abstractions
Enjoys peers Prefers adults
Grasps the meaning Draws inferences
Completes assignments Initiates projects
Is receptive Is intense
Copies accurately Creates a new design"
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28 responses
@cdparazo (5765)
• Philippines
15 Apr 07
I don't really like catgorizing children because I believe that each child is gifted and intelligent in their own unique way. There are 8 known intelligencies and each could be good or weak in some aspects and it just balances the scale, generally. An introvert child who doesn't ask a lot of question may be gifted in art but not in interpersonal intelligence.
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@neglitex (347)
• Latvia
16 Apr 07
You know IQ can actually be increased. Many of us think that IQ is as high as it's given to us when we are born and it's totally WRONG. If you have more interest in it you may want to check www.IncreaseBrainPower.com or anyother site like this. It's really cool you know, try it. :)
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@mskzalameda (4023)
• Philippines
2 Jun 07
yes I will try it. thanks for informing that. Yeah I know that IQ can be increased and its not stable. it depends on the maturity one has. :)
@someincome (785)
• India
15 Apr 07
Wow! Reading this has flattered me really! Because I always thought that I'm not an extraordinarily intelligent person, but above average. But the comparison chart you've given says that I'm a gifted person! Because I matched in all of them, except one! heheheheh
@Arkadus (895)
• Canada
15 Apr 07
Aye I was, or am. I got tested back in second grade because they thought I had a disorder. Turned out I was just smarter than average and bored most of the time. However sometime later the highschool principle got the notion I was "handicapped" and had me tested again and I was still way above average. Being gifted means a whole lot of nothing unless you've got the motivation to do something with it. that motivations harder to get if the school you're in has no gifted class as well.
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@prashantrjp (275)
• India
15 Apr 07
to be good is above all being gifted and intellegent...
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
15 Apr 07
from that description I am a bit of both, so where does that leave me?
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@jennybianca (12912)
• Australia
15 Apr 07
My daughter is gifted. This was diagnosed when she was three years old. She is in the gifted class at high school.Many people don't know how to tell the difference between a gifted child & an above average, highly motivated child.In fact, even some teachers don't recognise it.
There are other indications to giftedness, as well as the above. These include certain issues with social interactions, a strong sense of social justice, unusual medical problems, etc.
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@mskzalameda (4023)
• Philippines
15 Apr 07
wow that's a nice addition to my list here.. i think it is really hard to differentiate a gifted child to an aboce average one.
@liranlgo (5752)
• Israel
15 Apr 07
Well i guess i was more the gifted child, by this article.
But i also had a few things that belonged to the intelligent child as written in this article.
i know i was always asking the questions, but i also knew the answers. Lol. i was always curious but i did play around alote. I never did well at tests, because i did not have the patient to start written what i already knew, that seemed a waste of time , even when i was a child. I always preferred adults, cause i felt the youngsters do not really interest me, or has something important to add to my life. Well i guess it is possible to belong to the two definitions. isn't it?
@mskzalameda (4023)
• Philippines
15 Apr 07
yes. i also belong to both definitions. he he! i think they missed the third category ha ha!
@mskzalameda (4023)
• Philippines
2 Jun 07
but why does it scares you pelo? he he.. me too in the middle.. :)
@whyaskq (7523)
• Singapore
17 Apr 07
Based on the given characteristics, I am intelligent, to a minimum extent, gifted.
However, I feel that gifted can be nutured from young, something which my parents is not able to provide.
Today's kids are born both intelligent and gifted as they tend enjoy better standard of living and love and attention showered by their parents.
@smellsyummy (635)
• United States
15 Apr 07
So the Intelligent characteristics are supposed to be on the left and the gifted on the right side?
I guess I am more so gifted on that set of guidelines then...although I do have some of the intelligent traits too:)
It sounds like it was a really interesting article. Thank you for sharing it:)
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@mskzalameda (4023)
• Philippines
15 Apr 07
yes that is perfectly right and sorry for giving you troubles he he!
@Divzs18 (441)
• India
1 Jun 07
Well according to an article I'm bit of both. But I didn't feel like that I'm a gifted child. I didn't find anything of sort in me which I can called as a gifted talent. Neither I find myself as much intelligent person as most of the time I remain confused in taking decissions.
@theproperator (2429)
• United States
2 Jun 07
I was classified as "gifted" when I was in 5th grade. In our schoolsystem, that just meant that we would go to another school one day every week or two to and work on special projects or take a class not usually offered at the regular grade level. In high school, we had a class 3 time a week that wsa sort of a history and ethics class that was mostly discussion based.
Personally, I'm sort of the "low end" of gifted, or gifted, but not so much intellligent. I didn't take many advanced classes like the other gifted kids did in high school and was mostly a B average student. The problem with most of the gifted kids I was with (myself included) was that many things came so easy to us that we sort of were able to coast along and didn't have to really strive and work as hard to make good grades; I think this works against us in adult life, because the people who really knew how to apply themselves are the ones that usually get ahead in business, etc.
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@xParanoiax (6987)
• United States
1 Jun 07
All of those applies to me lol. So which one am I? Both, I guess..*winces*
Tests have said I'm different before, and school said I could've skipped grades..but..*shrugs*
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@misheleen73 (6037)
• United States
15 Apr 07
My son was given an IQ test in 2nd grade and had a 135 IQ. he was just tested this year for Gifted and was placed in Gifted classes. He is now in 4th Grade. A lot of the differences thatare listed are true of my son. He definitely prefers adults, he tests very well, and lots of other things. I suggest to any parent that feels their child is gifted, get him tested. AND DO NOT GIVE UP !! I was put off for years by teachers, etc, until finally this year I put my foot down. When they saw his IQ from 2 years ago was that high, plus his scores on the tests, they actually asked me why he wasn't placed in gifted earlier. I politely told them to talk to each other and find out !! He is doing so much better now with peers and work that challenge him. The difference is amazing.
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@harivamseedhar (144)
• India
15 Apr 07
Hi mskzalameda, Good article of compilation of the differences between an intelligent child and a gifted child.. I definitely was not a gifted child and i'm not sure whether i was an intelligent child..
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@mskzalameda (4023)
• Philippines
15 Apr 07
hehe.. sorry for the slight errors, i must have put some dash on it to divide it he he.. now it's a mess.
@jamie622 (508)
• India
15 Apr 07
Going by the aricle I would conclude that I ma gifted .
Though it is just someones way of looking at intelligence .
I could go all the way around writing another aricle in which I would just exchange the qualities assigned to the gisted and the intelligent . Then the intelligent would look better than the gifted .
Its more of what you want to qualify as intelligence and what as a gift .
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