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Creative thinking and production

Characteristics of gifted children

  • is fluent in producing and elaborating on ideas
  • makes unusual associations between remote ideas
  • is flexible in thinking patterns
  • senses when problems exist
  • acts spontaneously, intuitively
  • tolerates ambiguity and uncertainty
  • senses inconsistencies and discontinuities
  • readily guesses and makes hypotheses
  • juggles or redefines elements of a problem or task
  • can show intense concentration on a task
  • retains own ideas in a discussion or collaboration
  • provides mulitple solutions or responses to problems
  • is uninhibited in expression, sometimes radical
  • is intellectually playful, interested in fantasy, imagination
  • always trying to adapt or improve things
  • has a keen sense of humour, seeing humour in situations others don't
  • doesn't mind being different
  • doesn't accept authoritarian pronouncements without own judgement
  • asks provocative questions, challenges parents, teachers, written and other authorities
  • is bored with memorisation and recitation
  • displays energy, somtimes disruptively
  • produces unexpected, sometimes "silly" responses
  • is considered, and perhaps resented, by some peers as "crazy"
  • can show unusual degrees of originality, concentration and persistent hard work on projects that capture their interest and imagination


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