1. Understanding Giftedness & Enrichment and Extension SSS 2011 Samford State School By Justin Marchesi Gifted Education Mentor [email_address]

18. GIFTED VERSUS BRIGHT STUDENTS Bright Child Gifted Learner Knows the answers Asks the questions Is interested Is highly curious Is attentive Is mentally and physically involved Has good ideas Has wild, silly ideas Works hard Plays around, yet tests well Answers the questions Discusses in detail, elaborates Top group Beyond the group Listens with interest Shows strong feelings and opinions Learns with ease Already knows 6-8 repetitions for mastery 1-2 repetitions for mastery Understands ideas Constructs abstractions Enjoys peers Prefer adults

19. GIFTED VERSUS BRIGHT STUDENTS  Bright Child Gifted Learner Grasps the meaning Draws inferences Completes assignments Initiates projects Is receptive Is intense Copies accurately Creates a new design Enjoys school Enjoys learning Absorbs information Manipulates information Technician Inventor Good memoriser Good guesser Enjoys straightforward, sequential presentation Thrives on complexity Is alert Is keenly observant Is pleased with own learning Is highly self-critical

23. GAGNE’S MODEL OF GIFTEDNESS & TALENT

25. Spot the Gifted

26. Her family suggested she find work as a servant. Spot the Gifted

27. Louisa May Alcott

28. His music teacher called him a hopeless composer with a terrible technique. Spot the Gifted

29. Beethoven

30. Was told that he had no voice and could not sing. Spot the Gifted

31. Caruso

32. Was viewed as ordinary and somewhat subnormal in intellect. Spot the Gifted

33. Charles Darwin

34. Was fired by a newspaper editor for a lack of ideas. Spot the Gifted

35. Walt Disney

36. Was considered stupid by his teachers. Spot the Gifted

37. Carl Jung

38. Did poorly in school. Spot the Gifted

39. Isaac Newton

40. Flunked college and was described as ‘unable and unwilling’ to learn. Spot the Gifted

41. Leo Tolstoy

42. Was not a success at school e.g. he failed Sixth Grade Spot the Gifted

43. Winston Churchill

44. Was thought to be retarded. He was four before he spoke. He was seven when he learnt to read. He was expelled from school and condemned by his teacher as mentally slow, unsociable and a foolish daydreamer. Spot the Gifted

45. Albert Einstein

46. Was an average student is Chemistry, ranking 15/22 in the class. Spot the Gifted

47. Louis Pasteur

48. The French sculptor was regarded as an idiot and failed three times to gain entry into the School of Art. Spot the Gifted

49. Rodin

50. Enrichment and Extension 2011 Samford State School

51. Major References