Gifted Students:
Prevalence
Level * IQ Range * Prevalence
Mildly Gifted * 115-129 * 1:6-1:44
Moderately Gifted * 130-144 * 1:44-1:1,000
Highly Gifted * 145-159 * 1:1,000-1:10,000
Exceptionally Gifted * 160-179 * 1:10,000-1:1 million
Profoundly Gifted * 180+ * Fewer than 1:1 million
Mildly Gifted * 115-129 * 1:6-1:44
Moderately Gifted * 130-144 * 1:44-1:1,000
Highly Gifted * 145-159 * 1:1,000-1:10,000
Exceptionally Gifted * 160-179 * 1:10,000-1:1 million
Profoundly Gifted * 180+ * Fewer than 1:1 million
Characteristics
- Well Developed Sense of Humor
- Perfectionist
- Intense Interests
- Long Attention Span
- Quick Learner
- Unusual Imagination
Identification
- Multiple types of information (indicators, academic achievement, cognitive abilities, motivation)
- Multiple sources of information ( test scores, school grades, comments by teachers, specialty area teacher, counselors, peers, parents, and the student themselves)
- Multiple time periods to ensure students are not missed by a single procedure
Impact of being gifted on cognitive functioning
- Cope better with stress
- More sensitive to interpersonal conflicts and experience greater degrees of stress than peers
- Self-concept changes over time
Impact of being gifted on socio-emotional functioning
- Inhibited by lack of relevant and clear definitions of constructs
- Trying to "fit in"
- Atypical behaviors
- Perfectionist
- Perceive themselves as "different"
Impact of being Gifted on day-to-day functioning
- Easily distracted
- Feel unchallenged
- Work open-ended
- Sequential learners
- Need teacher guidance